Energy Transitions and Adequate Climate Financing are Key to Bangladesh’s Prosperity: Environment Advisor Syeda Rizwana Hasan
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, emphasized the critical importance of energy transitions and climate financing for Bangladesh’s sustainable development. Speaking as the Chief Guest at the session titled "Pathways to tiripling Renewables in South Asia" during the World Climate Conference (COP-29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, she stated, The government is revising its energy policies to transition from fossil fuel-based energy to renewables. High import tariffs are being reconsidered, and foreign investments in solar energy are being encouraged. With air pollution largely driven by power plants, now is the ideal time for Bangladesh to invest in renewable energy.
She highlighted that rooftop solar installations could meet up to 40% of the nat...