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Khaleda wants 25pc more carbon cut

She slates govt's lobbying for 'handouts' at Copenhagen

Staff Correspondent
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday hoped that the Copenhagen climate conference would bring an international global charter with the developed nations promising to cut carbon emission by 25 percent more than they promised in the Kyoto Protocol.
She said Bangladesh is one of
the countries to be worst affected by climate change and it would not be possible for Bangladesh to face this challenge alone with- out unity and solidarity among the people of the whole world.
"We have expressed our solidarity to the possibility of unity of thinking and work in this regard across the world," she said at a press conference at her Gulshan office yesterday evening.
Khaleda "on behalf of the people of Bangladesh" placed a three-point policy stance that
includes the carbon emission issue.
She expressed hope that the governmentFROM PAGE 1
will not reduce the COP 15 conference to a mere opportu nityof getting fund from the rich countries by not raising fundamental issues that affect all both globally and nationally.
"Lobbying for handouts (at Copenhagen! is below our national dignire, " Khaleda said.
"We hope the government of the day does not fail us by stooping low to get funds at the Copenhagen meet. Affluent countries ought to meet their moral obligations," she added.
Khaleda said she already . gave a statement appealing to world leaders and the global community committed to save life on earth and livelihoods, saying, "Let us stand together to save the planet and tire people of Bangladesh, now."
In her address to newsmen, the leader of the opposition also warned people of the country that an effort is going on in the name of global warming to hide local and regional crimes that are destroying life and environment.
"Bangladesh becomes dry because of the Farakka barrage-Salinity is increasing in the southeast region," she said.
Trees in the Sundarbans are dying and many other flora and fauna are facing extinction because of salinity. Meanwhile a conspiracy is going on to imple-ment the Tipaimukh dam project, she said, urging the head of Indian government to refrain from implementing projects detrimental to environment
Asked about her observation regarding the activities of the Bangladesh delegation led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Copenhagen. Khaleda said she does not know anything about their activities as of now.
She expressed gratitude to those who raised voices for the people of vulnerable countries and took part in peaceful demonstrations across the world. "A demand for compensation for adaptation has been raised but we think it is a moral obligation for the rich countries," she said.
Khaleda's three-point policy also includes assurance that Bangladesh will not be deprived of technologies because of restrictions on the rights to intellectual property or the desire for high profit She asked developed nations to make technologies available for countries like Bangladesh to tackle the impacts of the abnormal change in climate.
The former prime minister also requested development partners of Bangladesh to cooperate in formulating policies for a sustainable development and provide support to implement those.
BNP General Secretary Khandaker Deiwar Hossain. Senior Joint Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, former secretaries Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury and Sabihuddin Ahmed and former 1GP Abdul Qayyum were present at the press conference. STATEMENT TO GLO BAL COMMUNITY
In her statement. Khaleda thanked the millions of people who took a strong stance to get "climatic justice" delivered as
an outcome ofCOP-15.
"Their demand for unconditional compensation from rich the countries, for those who have become victims of thus human-induced calamities caused by greenhouse gas emission, has united them with a deep bondage with the people of Bangladesh," she said.
Khaleda hoped that world leaders stand for justice and will not lose this opportunity to come up with a final text that is based on the positions for which people's consensus all over the world has already been formed.
“We all must save our planet, people and life from the imminent danger of global warming. We must take responsibility defined by our different capacities. moral obligation and differential position in the global economy," she said, adding that the opportunity that has arrived in Copenhagen must no t end in vain.
She said the people of Bangladesh do not like to see themselves as dependent on aid or be conceived as merely receivers of money. But the developed countries have the moral obligation not only to mitigate this global vulnerability but also to support people's capacityfor adaptation.
"1 expect that the present Awami League-led grand alliance government will look at both local and global factors as well as regional factors that is definitely going to increase vulnerabilities of people due to climate change and will act to mitigate such threats," her statement said.