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UNB, Dhaka

A preparatory meeting for a proposed seminar on global warming and its impacts was held with chief patron President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban onWednesday.

The meeting discussed various issues of the seminar, being held in the wake of adversities stemming from global warming reportedly due to excessive greenhouse gas emissions in the developed world.

Organizers said the aim of the seminar is to find out ways and formulate strategies as Bangladesh is going to be worst victim of the climate change amid global warming.

The proposed seminar will be organized jointly by Dhaka University, Bangladesh, and the Ohio State University of the United States.

Experts on global warming from 15 countries are likely to take part in the seminar while researchers and scientists present various papers on the hot issue of the time.

Secretaries concerned, vice-chancellors of different public universities and chairpersons of relevant departments attended the preparatory meeting.