A book that explains the complex terms of international climate diplomacy and environmental negotiations in plain Bengali, "COP and Climate Change Glossary" (Kop o Jolobayu Poriborton Shobdokosh), was launched on Thursday (12 November) in the Bangladesh pavilion at the COP31 centre in Antalya, Turkey.
It is written by Professor Dr Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder, dean of the science faculty at Stamford University Bangladesh, joint secretary of the Bangladesh Environment Movement (BAPA) and chairman of the Centre for Atmospheric Pollution Studies (CAPS). The foreword is by Emeritus Professor Dr Ainun Nishat, a climate change and water resources expert. It is published jointly by C3ER, LEDARS, OCL and SRCL.
According to the publishers, new technical terms such as adaptation, mitigation, loss and damage fund, carbon markets, NDCs, tipping points and climate refugees keep entering climate diplomacy and policy talks. The glossary was compiled to make the real meaning and context of these English terms clear in Bengali.
It explains 1,294 environmental and climate terms in simple Bengali, and adds short forms of international climate agreements, the meanings of negotiating jargon and brief profiles of government, non-government and international bodies working on climate, environmental protection and sustainable development.
Present at the launch were State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed, State Minister for Environment Sheikh Faridul Islam, Jahangirnagar University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Nurul Islam, Save the Children deputy country director Rahmat Ullah and CPRD chief executive Shamsuddoha. The report is by Sarabangla's Ujjal Jisan.
Source: Sarabangla
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