Dr Yunus to address climate summit today

Chief Adviser of the interim government Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus will address the UN Climate Change Conference today, scheduled to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

According to the COP schedule, Dr Yunus will attend the main summit of COP-29 on Tuesday (November 12) and will deliver his address at least three major events.

The Chief Adviser is leading Bangladesh in the annual UN Climate Change Conference. He held a coordination meeting of the Bangladesh delegation at a hotel in Baku just after he arrived in the Azerbaijan capital.

Prof Yunus asked the Bangladesh officials and NGO and civil society leaders to put up extra efforts to highlight the country’s climate crisis at the COP-29 in Baku.

“Our main efforts will be to include our concerns and demands in the final declaration of the COP-29,” Prof Yunus said.

In the meeting, Environment Secretary Farhina Ahmed briefed the officials about Bangladesh’s stand on some key issues of the conference.

She said Bangladesh has set up nine teams to negotiate in all major areas, including climate finance, loss and mitigation, and just transition and adaptation mechanisms in the summit.

At least 29 NGOs and civil society groups from Bangladesh are joining the COP-29, she said.

She said despite assurance from the rich countries in the Global North, Bangladesh has so far received US$ 344 million grants and US$ 250 million credit as climate finance.