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“Climate change and epidemics are a common threat to humanity. We must all work together to address them and build a clean, green and safe world. “
Last Monday (September 26) an article by the Prime Minister was published in the Financial Times, one of the most important newspapers in the world. In that article, the Prime Minister expressed these views on climate.
In the article, the Prime Minister wrote: “Climate change, epidemics and natural disasters are a threat to human existence. To address these, humanity must work together to build a clean, green and safe world. Furthermore, he wrote: ‘We have a proverb in Bengali:’ Think and act, don’t think. We must not do anything that we regret. ”
The entire article by the Prime Minister is highlighted:
Water is a matter of life and death in Bangladesh
My country is a riverside country. Many people live in coastal and riparian areas. But in 2020 we face an unprecedented difficult situation.
Last May, Cyclone Amphan struck southwestern Bangladesh, leaving a trail of destruction. Since then, a third of the country has been flooded by monsoon rains. As a result, thousands of people have been displaced and large amounts of crops have been damaged.
I want to warn the countries that think they are free from the climate crisis, the bankers and financiers who think they can be saved: it cannot. Kavid-19 has shown that no country or company can survive alone. What has created 2020 in a way that we are committed to listening to scientists.
Climate, health and nature We are facing a planetary emergency on three fronts: the crisis. The loss of biodiversity is accelerating and exacerbating due to climate change.
Bangladesh alone is not feeling the wrath of nature. The fires have spread to the Amazon, Australia, California and Siberia this year. The cyclone and hurricane hit the United States, the Caribbean, and much of Asia. The UK, host of next year’s COP-28 climate summit, is also facing flooding.
Climate change arises from the lack of sustainability of human activities. In recent years we have been experiencing floods, rains, cyclones, heat waves, landslides and droughts with a more adverse and intense intensity that also threatens food security. We have to recognize the importance of these.
A rise of one meter above sea level will submerge many small islands and coastal countries. Floods from melting glaciers will bring disaster to the Himalayan countries. Millions of people will become climate refugees. The world does not have the capacity to house such a large number of people.
The G20 countries account for about 70 percent of emissions, with the lowest 100 countries accounting for only 3.5 percent. The emitting countries have the greatest responsibility to stop the increase in global temperature by 1.5 degrees Celsius, and their emissions must make a greater contribution through the necessary reduction.
As the current chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, Bangladesh seeks more support from the international community and the G20 to increase access to finance and technology for faster adaptation to the most vulnerable countries.
In this group, Bangladesh is one of the best countries for adverse weather. We are building levees, planting mangroves, adding resilience to all government work.
However, we cannot undertake this journey alone. The 64 countries and the EU signed this week the “Nature to Response” pledge to respond to global emergencies. They represent around 1.4 billion people and a quarter of the world’s gross domestic product. From there, we must build common political goodwill both nationally and globally. As hosts of the upcoming COP meetings, the G-7 and G-20, the UK and Italy must follow this agenda, which requires a comprehensive support package for the most affected countries.
Business leaders, CEOs, CFOs and investors at all levels must play a role. You might think that your end result is too far away. But, our common end result is more important: if nature is violated, it cannot protect us, then we will all be harmed. What happens in Bangladesh affects the London and New York stock exchanges.
No one is free from rising sea levels. The only solution is a systematic change in government policies and business practices, taking care to absorb higher and lower carbon and planetary resources. A recent economic analysis around the world on the Cavid-19 response suggests that its effects on climate change have been mixed. I salute the EU for prioritizing green recovery.
We are planning to do the same in Bangladesh and I am hopeful that my fellow government leaders and business leaders will do the same. Future works must prioritize building a solid foundation for the next decade.
Climate change, epidemics and the destruction of nature are common threats. A clean, green and safe world: we must come together to work for a universal solution.
As we say in Bengali: “Think, act, don’t think”, we shouldn’t do something that we have to regret later.
Source: Bass
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