Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister Tareque Rahman yesterday directed the authorities concerned to formulate a comprehen-sive action plan to reduce carbon emissions and enhance Bangladesh’s carbon credit potential, aiming to position the country to benefit from the growing global carbon market.
The directive came at a meeting on climate change held at the Prime Minister’s Office Bangladesh Secre-tariat, Prime Minister’s press secretary Hasan Shiplu said.
During the meeting, the Prime Minister underscored the importance of expanding the use of renewable energy, promoting environmentally friendly technologies in the industrial sector, improving energy effi-ciency, conserving forests, and undertaking large-scale tree plantation programs to increase carbon ab-sorption.
He also instructed the authorities to prepare realistic strategies to capitalize on Bangladesh’s opportunities in the international carbon market.
The Prime Minister stressed the need to ensure transparency in carbon credit management, establish a reliable national database, and strengthen coordination with international organizations to facilitate car-bon credit generation and trading.
To streamline the country’s efforts, he directed the formation of a committee to enhance coordination among the relevant ministries and agencies working toward securing carbon credits.
Ministers and senior officials attending the meeting said effective implementation of emission reduction measures would significantly improve Bangladesh’s prospects of earning carbon credits in accordance with international standards.
