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US bears greater moral responsibility for global warming impact: Bangladeshi activists to Kerry
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A group of climate and development activists in Bangladesh called on US President Joe Biden s administration to take the leadership role in a global transition to a new clean-energy economy.
The call was made by the Bangladesh Working Group on External Debt (BWGED), in a letter addressed to US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, who will be visiting Bangladesh tomorrow.
Kerry will come to the country to invite Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate , to be hosted by President Biden on 22-23 April.
Stop financing dirty fossil fuel; invest in renewable energy instead: Speakers at virtual energy dialogue
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Speakers at a virtual dialogue today urged foreign investors to stop financing in dirty coal- and LNG- fired power plants and invest in renewable energy instead.
The virtual dialogue, titled Energy Investment in Bangladesh was co-organised by 16 campaign groups, non-profit organisations and climate movement platforms from Bangladesh and across the globe.
The dialogue was inaugurated by renowned Bangladeshi energy campaigner and Professor of Economics at Jahangirnagar University, Anu Muhammad. In his inauguration speech, Anu Muhammad said Bangladesh is going towards a blind path of dirty energy whereas it had all the opportunities to start afresh with renewable energy.