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COAST Trust and Equity and Justice Working Group, in association with 31 coastal NGOs in Bangladesh, organized a seminar “Risk of Climate Change: Loss Compensation” at National Press club .


This seminar is objectively organized to discuss ‘climate change risk and loss’ in Bangladesh, raise mass awareness on climate change impact and demanding compensate on the eve of UN CoP 13 to be held in Bali from 2-14 December, 2007.


COAST Trust and Equity and Justice Working Group, in association with 31 coastal NGOs in Bangladesh, organized a seminar “Risk of Climate Change: Loss Compensation” at National Press club .


This seminar is objectively organized to discuss ‘climate change risk and loss’ in Bangladesh, raise mass awareness on climate change impact and demanding compensate on the eve of UN CoP 13 to be held in Bali from 2-14 December, 2007.


Renowned economist Dr. Quazi Khalikuzzaman, also one of the lead authors of IPCC recent assessment report, country’s climate experts, policy makers from the mainstream political parties, civil society groups participated in the seminar and call the global leaders to keep on KYOTO commitment.


The speakers pointed that Bangladesh is no way responsible for global warming but would face severe consequences like permanent inundation of country’s 17 percent land area, 50 percent reduction in national agricultural production etc which certainly will slow-down country’s economic growth and MDG achievement.


In this perspective, speakers in the seminar demanded compensation of climate change loss of Bangladesh from the countries who largely are responsible for carbon emission and global warming.


In relations to this seminar, COAST and Justice Working Group(EJWG) has developed 6 policy briefs for educating and sensitizing mass people on the climate change impact. Md. Shamsuddoha, Secretary General of Equity & Justice Working Group presented the key note paper and Mr. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury Executive Director, COAST Trust and Convener of Equity & Justice Working Group moderated the seminar.


please follow the media links;


Daily Star


Pressure developed countries to implement Kyoto Protocol


http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=12980


New Age


CLIMATE CHANGE


Bangladesh should ask developed countries to compensate


http://www.newagebd.com/2007/nov/25/met.html#2


Financial Express


1.8m tonnes of crops lost to natural disasters this yr


http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/search_index.php?page=detail_news&…


News Today


Climate change may reduce agri production by 50 pc


http://www.newstoday-bd.com/frontpage.asp?newsdate=#9340


New Nation


Govt urged to prop up for coming disasters


http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2007/11/25/news0996.htm


In relation we have released six briefing papers with data on grass root impacts, you will find and down load those from our website links as follows;


Factors of Climate Change: Global Warming is the Major Ground


http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/1.pdf


Sea Level Rise and Environmental Refugee in Bangladesh


http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/6.pdf


Measures to Combat Climate Change: the Koyoto Protocol


http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/2.pdf


Climate Change and River Erosion in Bangladesh


http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/5.pdf


Salinity Threatens the World Heritage: The Sundarban of Bangladesh


http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/4.pdf


Increasing Salinity Threatens Productivity of Bangladesh


http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/3.pdf


For more other information on us and our campaign you can visit www.equitybd.org or wwww.coastbd.org


Bazlu


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AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR


Chief Executive Officer


Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication


&


Member, Strategy Council


UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)


House: 13/1, Road:2, Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207


Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh


Phone: 88-02-9130750, 88-02-9138501


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E-mail: ceo@bnnrc.net, bnnrc@bd.drik.net,


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