Call to establish research fund on climate change

The Daily Star (Bangladesh): Climate change experts and researchers yesterday called on the government to establish a fund for research with a portion of the Climate Change Trust Fund. They also made an appeal to the development partners to fund a research platform in the country to encourage and support the involvement of Bangladeshi scientists in research programme and use the opportunity Bangladesh provides to build knowledge on climate change adaptation.

The recommendations came from the concluding session of an international conference in the city. The Bangladesh Centre for Advance Studies (BCAS) organised the conference on 'Building Collaborative Research Platform to support the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan'.

Speaking as the chief guest in the concluding session, State Minister for Environment and Forest Hasan Mahmud said the government has already allocated 15 percent of its own climate fund for research recently. "Climate change is a knowledge-based issue. Generating proper knowledge and implementation those is very important to deal with the issue," he said.

Bangladesh wants to play a leading role while battling the global challenge, as the country is at the forefront of the climate change impacts, he added….