Joint efforts sought
Speakers emphasised on joint efforts between the government and private sector to phase out the hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a chemical contributing to climate change rapidly.
The private businesses are mainly engaged in importing, using and marketing HFCs in the country, they added.
Citing climate experts, the speakers said, the uses of HFCs are currently increasing at a rate of 10-15 percent annually that aggravates global warming. HFCs are mainly used in refrigerators and air conditions.
Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) with Christian Aid, UK organised the daylong workshop on “HFC Phase Down: An Initiative to reduce Global Warming” at the capital's The Daily Star Centre yesterday.
The opening session was addressed by the representatives from government, UNDP, Christian Aid, UK and civil society members. Kazi Sarwar Imtiaz Hashmi, additional director general of the Department of Environment, Dr Moinul Islam Sharif, senior fellow of BCAS, and Golam Rabbani, another BCAS fellow, spoke among others.
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