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Int'l Climate Change Talks

Appoint permanent negotiators: Experts

Staff Correspondent
I xperts at a discussion meeting yesterday urged the government to appoint one or two permanent negotiators to lead the country's delegation to international climate change negotiations.
"The negotiators are usually changed in line with the changeover of political government. So they cannot achieve expected success form their mission. We should bring an end to this culture and appoint permanent negotiators for continuing climate change negotiations," theyadded.
The discussion on 'Revised text for climate change negotiation’ was organised jointly by the Sustainable Development Networking Foundation (SDNF) and the Forum of Environmental Journalists of Bangladesh (FEJB) at the National Press Club in the city.
The meeting was organised to exchange views with the cross section of people to revise the text drafted for the upcoming United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Dr Asaduzzaman, secretary of the SDNF, Dr Rezaul Karim, environment specialist, and Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, chairman of FEJB, presented separate keynote papers.
They said the neighbouring country India has a number of skilled permanent negotiators.
Addressing the meeting * *6tete Minister for Environment and Forest Advocate Mostafizur Rahman said the present government allocated Tk 700 crore in the current fiscal year, and the immediate-past caretaker government allocated Tk 300 crore for short, mid and longterm projects to face the challenges of climate change.
But the fund remained unutilised in absence of any legal framework on how to use it, he added.
Mostafizur said the revised version of Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, and the draft on the utilisation of Climate Change Trust Fund have already been submitted to the cabinet division for approval.
Terming the Copenhagen conference a milestone in addressing the global climate change, Jamilur Reza Chowdhury, vice chancellor of BRAC University, said. ‘"We have to build up our capacity to realise our due share from the conference for adaptation as a leastdeveloped country."
He also suggested formation of a separate group of 'most vulnerable countries (MVC) to raise their voice unitedly at the global forum.
Dr Ainun Nishat, an environment specialist, said to protect its own interest Bangladesh should look for forging unity with other most vulnerable countries (MVC) and take initiative to make the group acceptable to others engaged in the negotiations.