'Come forward further to help climate vulnerable countries'
Published : Wednesday, 29 January, 2020 at 12:44 PM Count : 111
Observer Online Desk


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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday asked the developed countries and development partners to come forward further to help the climate change vulnerable countries in a proper way, not to utter the volleys of pledges only.

"We formulate various programmes regarding the climate change issue, we receive numbers of pledges, but no-one fulfills those pledges like the way they pledged," she said.

The Prime Minister said this while inaugurating the two-day Bangladesh Development Forum 2020 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC).

Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Finance is organising the BDF which is a high-level multi-stakeholder participatory forum, periodically hosted by the ERD, providing a platform for effective dialogues among development partners, national and international NGOs, development think tanks, development practitioners, leaders from business and industry.

The Prime Minister said that as the developed countries and the development partners are not fulfilling their pledges properly, Bangladesh government has formed a Trust Fund in this regard to face the challenges of the climate change.