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Tuesday 15 Sep 2015 - 10:27 Makkah mean time-2-12-1436
PM Sheikh Hasina (Google image)
New York (IINA) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh has been announced as one of the winners of the UN Champions of the Earth award in recognition of her country’s initiatives to address climate change.
“Serving as Prime Minister of Bangladesh – one of the world’s least-developed countries – Sheikh Hasina has proven that investing in climate change is conducive to achieving social and economic development,” said the announcement issued by the UN Environment Program (UNEP), which confers the awards.
UNEP noted that Bangladesh is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change. Cyclones, floods and droughts have long been part of the country's history, but they have intensified in recent years.
“Through a number of forward-looking policy initiatives and investments, Bangladesh has placed confronting the challenge of climate change at the core of its development,” said UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner.
He added that Sheikh Hasina has demonstrated “leadership and vision” in both making climate change an issue of national priority and advocating for an ambitious global response.
“As an early adopter and advocate of climate change adaptation policy, she continues to be an example to follow as world leaders seek to take action on climate change as part of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate conference in December,” said Steiner.
“I congratulate the Government of Bangladesh for being proactive in tackling climate change as a priority of the country. It is also a clarion call for the global community to take action today, and to realize that climate change is not a problem of the future, it is already happening in our lifetime.”
The awards will be handed out at a special ceremony on September 27 in New York at the close of the Sustainable Development Summit.
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