Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has sought collective efforts of the international community to save the planet from the adverse impact of the climate change.
He deplored the fact that Bangladesh had contributed nothing to the climate change, but this phenomenon is hugely impacting its development efforts.
The finance minister was addressing the general debate of the ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) Forum on Financing for Development (FFD) at the UN Headquarters in New York recently.
The Finance Minister also urged the international community to revisit the policy to extend support measures to the graduating countries in the initial stages in order to help them to enjoy and maintain a smooth and sustained graduation.
Mentioning the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for achieving sustained graduation, the Finance Minister said that the growth rate of Bangladesh has gone up from 6.5 percent in 2014 to 8.13 percent in 2018 and the per capita GNI has increased by more than 250 percent between 2006 and 2018.
