COP26 President Alok Sharma in Dhaka to discuss climate issues
COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma arrived here on Wednesday morning on a two-day go to to strengthen support for UK COP26 environment priorities before hosting the key UN climate change summit in Glasgow this November.
Express Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam received Sharma in the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 09.20am after his arrival, reports UNB.
He will carry a gathering with Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen at12:30pm at Foreign Service Academy.
Sharma is scheduled to meet Primary Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban at 11:30am.
He will also attend "UK- Bangladesh Environment Partnership Roundtable" at 2pm at Foreign Assistance Academy before holding a good joint briefing at 3pm.
During his engagements in Dhaka, Sharma will discuss shared priorities with Bangladesh which will remains a "important" partner on the path to COP26.
He'll discuss the desires of countries most susceptible to climate change, to make sure they are equipped to handle its recent and damaging effects before COP26.
Preventing deforestation while ensuring development and trade is normally sustainable will also be on top of the agenda, since COP26 appears to highlight the safeguard of aspect and biodiversity as a key program in limiting global heat rise to 1 1.5C.
With less than half a year to go before COP26, he will match leaders from government, business and civil society to press his personal priority for a proceed to global clean power, critical to limiting global temperature rise to 1 1.5C.
Bangladesh is one of the fast developing economies with significant renewable strength potential, said the UK government.
The visit will highlight their growing leadership and the way the UK Presidency will continue to work with countries to aid workers and communities to make the transition to good green jobs.
It builds about the recent Environment and Environment Ministerial meeting where, beneath the UK's leadership, G7 nations agreed to end all new direct federal government support for international coal power, and increase support for tidy energy alternatives like solar and wind.
G7 nations also decided to work to raise the quantity of finance for climate action so as to meet up with the $100bn each year target to aid developing countries.
Ahead of his check out, Sharma said the other day, the G7 made record with a major stage towards consigning coal to record and moving to a good decarbonised power system but tackling the climate crisis must be a worldwide effort, which leaves no-one behind.
"COP26 is our best chance of safeguarding our world for our children, creating a brighter potential with greener jobs and cleaner oxygen, and keeping the 1.5C target alive," he said.
