Bangladeshi and international climate experts have called for more international climate finance, use of new sources of funding and the conversion of climate priorities into realistic, investable projects so that developing countries including Bangladesh can deliver their NDC 3.0 (nationally determined contribution) priorities.
The 90-minute online webinar, 'The Road to Antalya: Climate Finance and NDC 3.0', was organised ahead of the UN climate conference COP31 by the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust (BCCT), the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Development, Green Skills and Climate Action. It was also part of BCCT's work on the climate-finance and renewables and low-carbon priorities of its draft strategic plan for 2026-2030.
Speakers stressed coordination between science-based research and policymaking, stronger institutional capacity, public-private partnerships, and transparency and accountability in financing and project delivery.
Opening the webinar, BCCT managing director Kazi Rownakul Islam said that although Bangladesh contributes very little to global greenhouse gas emissions, it is highly vulnerable to climate change, and has long used its own resources to adapt to cyclones, floods, drought and heatwaves.
State Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Sheikh Faridul Islam was chief guest and Dr Md Saimum Parvez, the Prime Minister's special assistant on the environment, special guest. UNESCO Chair Professor Dr Mohammad Nurunnabi moderated.
The international panel included Dr Leonardo A. A. Teguh Sambodo, deputy minister at Indonesia's national development planning ministry; Dr Maria Neira, former director of WHO's environment, climate change and health department; Professor Olav Muurlink of CQUniversity in Australia; Dr Elif Kaya of Istanbul Aydin University; Umay Yilmaz of Turkey; and Dr Clinton Mawanda, country director of Climate Hub International in Uganda.
Source: Desh Rupantor
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