The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

A non-governmental organisation yesterday demanded creation of a Climate Change Trust Fund to receive, manage and disburse money for climate change adaptation in Bangladesh.

Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihood (CSRL) urged to ensure this at the forthcoming Bangladesh-UK joint meeting on September 10.

The NGO also called upon to form a National Board on Climate Change to manage the fund.

"The fund will be used properly, if the board works effectively," CSRL hoped.

The CSRL however, demanded the fund as compensation rather than aid or loan. "We are strongly protesting World Bank (WB) participation in the fund from this conference," they said at a press conference in the city.

Among others, AMM Badrul Hasan and Ziaul Haque Mukta, members of CSRL and Dr Ahsanuddin Ahmed, climate specialist addressed the press conference.

Holding the developed country's gas emission responsible for all the miseries of climate change, Ahsanuddin Ahmed said, "We demand compensation from them not loan."

Many people will migrate due to the climate change. He urged to include this matter in the Bangladesh-UK joint conference agenda.

The massive destruction caused by cyclone Sidr in 2007, along with the initiatives of the Bangladesh Government, drew particular interest from the United Kingdom.

A "Bangladesh-UK Climate Change Conference" was held in Dhaka on March 25 this year.