World has to share responsibility of Climate migrants,Sheikh Hasina

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the world to share the responsibilities of the people forced to migrate due to climate change induced events like sea-level rise, river erosion, floods and droughts and salinity. Addressing the Scottish parliament in Glasgow on Tuesday, she said that Bangladesh already has six million people displaced by climate related events in addition to 1.1 million Rohingya refugees, reports the official news agency BSS.
She urged the developed countries to fulfill their commitment of providing USD 100 billion annually to the developing countries for addressing climate change issues. She said that the amount should be in addition to the existing ODA (Official Development Assistance). She added that the distribution at the climate fund should have a 50:50 ratio  between adaptation and mitigation. Prime Minister Hasina also called  for technology transfer and dissemination of green technology to developing countries at affordable cost. Drawing attention to the recently published assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Prime Minister Hasina said that it is a wake up call as the world is facing its most serious global challenge. She called for decisive action to save the world from irreversible temperature rise leading to climate disaster.Speaking about the economic loss to Bangladesh due to climate change, Prime Minister Hasina said that Bangladesh loses about 2 percent of its GDP due to the adverse effects of climate change which may go up to 9 percent in the coming decades. 
Referring to efforts made by Bangladesh to address the climate change challenges, Prime Minister Hasina said that Bangladesh has established the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) under which 800 projects worth USD 480 million have been taken up. The country has adopted the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100,  to achieve a safe, climate resilient and prosperous delta, said Prime Minister Hasina. She said that Bangladesh has expanded its emission coverage from the energy sector to the entire economy. She said that Bangladesh recently cancelled ten coal based power projects worth USD 12 billion to cut its future carbon emission. She said Bangladesh has a target of generating 40 percent of its energy requirement from renewable sources by 2041. She informed that Bangladesh will soon launch a ‘Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan’ to mobilise financing for implementing renewable energy generation  and climate resilient initiatives.