PM calls for action to cut emissions and boost Bangladesh’s carbon credits

Prime Minister Tareque Rahman today directed the authorities concerned to formulate a comprehensive 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 in the Cabinet Division at the Bangladesh Secretariat, Deputy Press Secretary to the Prime Minister 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 efficiency, conserving forests, and undertaking large-scale tree plantation programmes to increase carbon absorption.

He also instructed the authorities to prepare realistic strategies to capitalize on Bangladesh's opportunities in the international carbon market.