Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo has pressed for national climate policy and plans to be turned into coordinated programmes, quality projects, suitable financing and measurable outcomes. Development decisions taken today will determine climate risk for the coming decades, he said, so the climate situation of the locality must be weighed in every large investment.
He spoke as chief guest at the opening of the two-day Bangladesh Climate Development Partnership Knowledge Conference 2026 at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in Dhaka on Wednesday, 7 October.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change organised the conference with support from the Asian Development Bank. More than five hundred climate specialists, policymakers, development partners, private sector representatives and civil society representatives from Bangladesh and abroad are taking part.
The stated aim of the conference is to speed up implementation of the National Adaptation Plan 2023-2050 and of the strategic investment plan for the country's Nationally Determined Contribution, NDC 3.0.
The most direct point for farming came from the special guest. State Minister for Environment Sheikh Faridul Islam pointed to rising salinity along the coast, falling crop production and the growing pressure on people's livelihoods as effects of climate change.
Saimum Parvez said Bangladesh's experience of climate adaptation is a story of courage, innovation and collective effort.
The first day's sessions gave weight to climate resilience and low-carbon growth, the National Adaptation Plan and the implementation of NDC 3.0. The second day, 8 October, covers energy transition, low-carbon transport, water resource management, climate-resilient agriculture and the preparation of investment-ready projects.
The conference also discussed a digital portal for real-time monitoring of climate projects, which would bring project progress and investment opportunities together in one place.
Source: Channel i Online
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