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Staff Reporter

Adviser in charge of the ministries of agriculture, fisheries and livestock and environment and forests Dr CS Karim said, "Climate change is related with development, and we should realise it and take effective steps to prevent climate change".

Only one catastrophic Sidr had damaged Tk 7,000 crore, so causes of climate changes should be found out and people should be aware of the effects of the climate change, he added.

Dr CS Karim was speaking at a commemoration ceremony for IPCC lead Authors from Bangladesh on receiving Nobel Peace Prize 2007 organised by Climate Change Development Forum at the National Press Club yesterday. Dr Karim chaired the ceremony.

It may be mentioned that IPCC lead Authors won the Nobel Peace Prize this year for the fourth assessment report of the organisation.

The members of the IPCC lead Authors from Bangladesh are Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmed, Chairman of Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, Dr A Atiq Rahman, Executive Director of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, Dr Saleemul Huq, Head, Climate Change Group of International Institute for Environment and Development in UK and Dr M Monirul Qader Mirza Adaptation and Impacts Research Division (AIRD) Canada.

They all wrote chapters in the fourth assessment report of the IPCC lead Authors for which the organisation got the Nobel Peace Prize this year.

The key findings of the fourth assessment report says that the level of greenhouse gas should be reduced otherwise whatever action we take it will not have any effect in climate.

The other recommendations of the report is to adapt with climate change and mitigate it. It recommends people to plant environment friendly trees to protect the environment.

Dr Anwara Begum, Director, CARITAS, Fisheries Programme, Khandoker Rashedul Haque, Director General, Department of Environment and AHM Rezaul Kabir ndc, Secretary-in-Charge, MoEF, among others, spoke at the ceremony.