The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Speakers yesterday at a special conference in the city claimed that the developed countries should give Bangladeshi people emigration right, as the lower part of the country will submerge due to these countries' abrupt and harmful emission.

They said this while addressing a special conference styled "Climate change and Bangladesh development strategy: domestic tasks and international cooperation" organised by Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA) and Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) at the auditorium of ICMAB.

Speakers demanded adaptation centre should be established in Bangladesh since the country will be damaged more by climatic change adding only Bangladesh should have the authority to access the aids, which will be granted for adaptation.

A coordinated social planning should be implemented instead of free market access, as it could not reflect the climate change problem effectively speakers said and added Bangladesh government should lead that plan.

Poor are the main victim of climate change. Therefore the development strategy of Bangladesh should be strong from the aspect of social distribution they opined.

Though the suppositions that were presented by IPCC could be applicable generally, these could vary from country to country for different geographical context. Thus researches should be conducted in local context and strategy needs to be based on the researches' findings speakers said.

The daylong conference was addressed, among others, by Prof Mozaffar Ahmad, president of BAPA, Abul Mal Abdul Muhit, MP elect, Adv Sultana Kamal, former adviser of caretaker government, Jamilur Reza Choudhury, Vice-Chancellor of Brac University, ASM Shahjahan, Vice-President of BAPA and Prof Nazrul Islam, Chairman of the University Grant Commission.