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Bangladesh requested 1.5% of GDP as international aid summit in Copenhagen

Dhaka, 08 Dic. ABN .- The government of Bangladesh asked for 15% of international aid to poor countries to fight climate change at the summit to be held these days in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Dhaka urge developed nations to contribute 1.5% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to create a fund aimed at combating climate change, said Minister of Environment Bengali, Hasan Mahmud.

According to Mahmud, is expected to sue another fund for technology transfer.

The owner called on developed countries to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by 45% by 2020.

He said that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attend the closing of the Summit which will run until the next day 18.

The main themes of the event include technology transfer, financial assistance required by developing countries to limit their emissions and adapt to the impact of global warming.

The chairman of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Rajendra K. Pachauri, warned that a part of the delta area in Bangladesh could be underwater due to melting.

The IPCC noted that South Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions of the planet and a rise in sea of 1.5 meters would remove only 16 percent of Bangladesh.

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, the organization is alerted to the melting of the Himalayan range and in line with its forecasts in 2100 the sea could engulf the Indian Sunderbans delta at the mouth of the Ganges, where live four million people.

This area is comprised of 54 islands where living tribes engaged in fishing, three thousand 500 square kilometers.

Bangladesh is among the countries most threatened by global warming after the cyclone in 1991 killed 140 thousand people.

In recent years, the South Asian nation has suffered continuing effects of storms, hurricanes and other natural phenomena, review Prensa Latina.

Written by :
Henrik Linde Bratfeldt
 
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