Information and broadcasting minister Hasan Mahmud recently said that 40 percent energy would come from green sources by 2041 as per the Mujib Climate Plan declared by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
‘Solar and nuclear are the two main green sources. The solar energy is booming in the country and we’ve joined the nuclear club,’ Hasan said while addressing a meeting organized by Bangladesh Climate Change Journalists Forum, marking the upcoming COP28 at his secretariat office in Dhaka.
The minister said that global temperature rise could not be tapped to 1.5 degrees as per the Paris Agreement.
‘Sea level is rising by an average three to four millimeters in every year, which is much more in some parts of the world including this region. There is no alternative to massive global actions to mitigate the changes. The climate is changing due to many reasons created by people,’ he said.
‘Our awareness can only solve the problems,’ he said adding that journalists can play a vital role to aware the people.
BCCJF president Kawsar Rahman, general secretary Motahar Hossain, joint general secretary Masudul Haque, members Rafiqul Islam Ratan, Riman Mahfuz, Ummul Wara Sweety and Alamgir Swapan, among others, addressed the meeting.
