The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Bangladesh is facing adverse environmental impact due to climate change and a coordinated effort could only help to overcome it.

Environmentalists and experts said this at a seminar on 'Global Climate Change and Bangladesh' organised by Bangladesh Science Writers and Journalists Forum at National Press Club yesterday.

They said, "There is no clear conception about how climate change will affect Bangladesh and how the country will respond to it."

They urged all to come up with ideas and programmes to save the country from floods, cyclone and other disasters, which are occurring due to climate change.

Dr Ainun Nishat, Country Director of the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Prof Dr AQM Mahbub, Chairman of Geography and Environment Department of Dhaka University, Mostafa Kamal Majumder, Editor of the New Nation, Abu Naser Khan, Convener of Save the Environment Movement, among others, spoke, while Prof Dr Muhammad Ibrahim, President of the Forum, chaired the session.

Mir Lutful Kabir Saadi, General Secretary of the Forum, presented key-note paper.

One of speakers said, "Green house gas is one the factors of climate change. Though in Bangladesh, there is no frequent use of green house gas, but the country is facing the adverse effects of it."

"The real picture of the rate of damages in the country is high due to climate change. We should come forward to solve the problem as early as possible," he said.