Rizwana calls for adaptation finance, just transition, people-centered investment  | News

DHAKA, Oct 5, 2025 (BSS) – Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, has underlined Bangladesh’s urgent climate priorities ahead of the upcoming global negotiations. She emphasized the need for scaled-up adaptation support, operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund and accelerating just transition across key sectors. Environment Adviser said these in a meeting today held at the Bangladesh Secretariat with the Ambassadors of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden — Christian Brix Møller, Håkon Arald Gulbrandsen and Nicolas Weeks respectively. Rizwana Hasan stressed that while just transition remains important, Bangladesh’s immediate challenge is mobilizing finance to protect vulnerable communities through adaptation and loss-and-damage measures. Citing the water crisis in...