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'Rally behind Bangladesh'

PINAKI ROY from Copenhagen
Bangladesh and many small island states could become submerged by rising sea level if world temperatures increase by another two degrees centigrade, said Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Rajendra Kumar Pachauri yesterday.
During the opening session at die much anticipated UN Climate Change Conference 2009, the chairman added that the global community has a moral responsibility to do all it can to limit the impacts of climate change.
He said the next six years would be critical and urged the world leaders to act without delay.
Rajendra Kumar said, "If the global temperature increases between 2.0 and 2.4 degrees Celsius, global emissions must peak no later than 2015.
“The evidence is now overwhelming that the world would greatly benefit from early action and delay will only lead to progressively higher economic and human costs.”
Delegations from 192 countries have gathered in Denmark's capital Copenhagen to discuss how to combat the perils of
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More than 100 participants from Bangladesh, including 88 members of government, are attending the summit.
The session was opened by Poland's Environment Minister Maciej Nowicki, who is also the current president of the fourteenth Conference of the Pdftles (COP 14) which meets annually to discuss the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) treaty.
Terming the conference an opportunity that the world cannot afford to miss, the Danish prime minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said, "The world leaders are not just here to talk - - they are here to act.
He said, "Any political differences can be overcome if the willingness is there and I do believe we can reach an agreement that is just and equitable."
Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of UNFCCC, said developing countries desperately need tangible, immediate and practical measures to betaken.
He said he was seeking pledges from the world leaders on ambitious emission reduction commitments and actions.
He also urged the developed nations to commit to
contributing a total of $10 billion per year to tackle climate change, as well as long-term finance initiatives.
Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Mayor of Copenhagen Ritt Bjerregard, and Connie Hedegaard, Danish minister for climate and energy and incoming COP15 president also spoke during the opening session.
Connie Hedegaard chaired the session. He said the world must now enter a low carbon age.
She said, "The time has come to set the right course for our world.”
A documentary on the impacts of climate change, "Please Help the World" was screened prior to the speeches.
Further negotiations amongst the world leaders will take place in 2010 and if a pact is sealed, a new treaty could take effect from 2012.
More than 100 heads of state, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, US President Barack Obama, China's Premier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the heads of the European Union, will attend the climax of the Copenhagen summit on December 18.