Make rich countries abide by Kyoto Protocol

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The Durban conference published a draft text at a time when scientists were demanding further radical action to curb carbon emissions. Now global carbon emissions are increasing at the rate of 3 pc per year. The USA and China are the world's biggest emitters but they did not commit to reduce their emissions by a certain percentage under the Kyoto Protocol. Bangladesh is the fifth most vulnerable country in terms of climate change and will face the highest risks because of rising sea levels, floods and other vagaries of Nature in the coming years. Bangladesh could lose nearly one-quarter of the land area by the end of this century. We must raise our voice to hold the rich countries to account for the global climate change and take action immediately.