প্রকাশ: 16/04/2022
The US will support Bangladesh in improving and widening its
coastal embankments as part of a climate change adaptation effort.
Bangladesh will also get assistance from the US in improving
renewable energy and afforestation.
The assurance came as Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen held a
meeting with John Kerry, US President Joe Biden's special envoy for climate
change, on the sideline of the 7th "Our Ocean Conference" during
April 13-14.
Momen attended the conference in Palau, an island country in
the western Pacific Ocean, at the invitation of Kerry, according to the foreign
ministry.
The US envoy lauded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's global
leadership on the climate front and urged Bangladesh to join the Global Methane
Pledge to get assistance in reducing emissions from solid waste.
Countries joining the Global Methane Pledge commit to a
collective goal of reducing global methane emissions by at least 30 percent
from 2020 levels by 2030.
Momen described the potential of Bangladesh in harnessing
the promises of the blue economy and called for US support to create employment
in this sector.
Also, on the sidelines of the 7th "Our Ocean Conference,"
co-hosted by the US and Palau, Momen held talks with his Palau counterpart
Gustav Aitaro.
They discussed possible cooperation on tourism and
healthcare and the export of Bangladeshi readymade garments to Palau.
Maritime Affairs Unit Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs Rear Admiral (retd) Md Khurshed Alam and Bangladesh Ambassador to the
Philippines FM Borhan Uddin were also present.
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