Substantial and sustainable promotion of renewable energies, particularly solar power, can be the crucial means of lessening the gradually mounting pressure on fossil fuel.
Side by side with the financial burden on the economy, fossil fuel has detrimental impacts on the environment, but renewable energies have no bad impact on the economy and the environment.
So, the institutions and research entities concerned should come forward and work together to promote the sector after the best uses of the existing resources and potentialities.
Legal experts and social watchdogs came up with the observations while addressing a view-sharing meeting titled "Compliance Assessment of Civil Society Proposed Energy Transition Perspectives with Existing Laws, Policies and Plans in the Energy of Bangladesh" in Rajshahi recently.
Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) organized the meeting to discuss and devise ways and means on how to promote renewable energies successfully.
CAB Senior Researcher Barrister Tureen Afroz addressed the meeting as resource person and disseminated her expertise on the issue through presenting a keynote paper.
With CAB local unit president Kazi Giash in the chair, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Editor of Sonali Sangbad Liakat Ali, Editor of Daily Sonar Desh Akbarul Hassan Millat, CAB Senior Vice-president Dr Nasrin Lubna and journalists Mustafizur Rahman Khan and Rashed Ibne Obayed.
CAB local unit General Secretary Golam Mostofa Mamun moderated the discussion.
