Demand NGO activists
Some NGO activists yesterday placed a six-point demand, including necessary measures to keep global temperatures stable, to face challenges posed by climate change.
Global temperatures now are around 1.5 degree Celsius more than that of the pre-industrial period, they said.
They placed the demands at a human chain programme organised by Youth in Action on Climate (YAC), a network of youths of Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, in front of the National Museum in the city yesterday.
Addressing the function, they said Bangladesh has become vulnerable due to climate change caused mostly by the developed countries and their luxurious lifestyle.
Because of climate change numerous natural disasters are frequently hitting the coastal areas of Bangladesh, causing untold sufferings to millions of people. But world leaders are now showing reluctance to provide compensation as per their promise, they alleged.
They also urged global leaders to design an effective plan of action in the upcoming climate change conference, scheduled to be held in Mexico, to face the challenges of climate change.
Their other demands include bringing the proportion of greenhouse gases under 350ppm (parts per million) globally, to control emergence of greenhouse gases and providing $200 million per annum to least developed countries as compensation.
YAC Coordinator Sharifuzzaman Sharif, Green Voice Coordinator Alamgir Kabir and Online Knowledge Centre Coordinator Prodip Roy spoke at the function, attended by around 100 youths.
Later, they sent postcards containing their demands to the ambassadors of the G-8 countries and China and India.
