Minister for Environment and Forests Anwar Hossain Manju said Thursday Bangladesh will strongly raise the climate change issues, including the Paris agreement, in the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP 23) to find a solution to the fast spreading problem.
The COP 23 is going to be held in Germany on November 6-17, said a UNB report.
"The Paris Agreement signed in COP 21 in Paris targeted to keep global temperature below 2 degree Celsius. At least 193 countries signed the deal and later 168 countries ratified it. But the United States withdrew from the agreement which is halting its implementation," the minister said while talking to reporters at the Secretariat.
Last year's COP 22 was held in Marrakech of Morocco aiming to demonstrate to the world that the implementation of the Paris Agreement was underway and the constructive spirit of multilateral cooperation on climate change continues, he added.
"The organising country of COP 23 is Fiji. But due to their infrastructural lacking, the conference will be held in Germany under their supervision. Technical negotiations will be held from November 6 to November 15 while high-level segment from November 15 to November 16 and the concluding ceremony will be held on November 17," Manju said.
A 28-member Bangladesh delegation, led by the Environmentand Forests Minister, will attend the conference.
The delegation members include Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Environmentand Forests Ministry Dr Hasan Mahmud and climate experts.
