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Bangladesh NGOs Network for<br>
Radio and Communication<br>
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Communication Technology for a Fairer World<br><br>
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<font size=3 color="#0000FF"><b>COAST Trust and Equity and Justice
Working Group, <br>
in association with 31 coastal NGOs in Bangladesh, organized a seminar
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</font><font size=4 color="#0000FF">Risk of Climate Change: Loss
Compensation</font><font size=3 color="#0000FF"> at National Press
Club<br><br>
<img src="cid:7.1.0.9.0.20071126111946.01e64260@bnnrc.net.1" width=421 height=255 alt="Emacs!">
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</b></font><font size=3>COAST Trust and Equity and Justice Working Group,
in association with 31 coastal NGOs in Bangladesh, organized a seminar
“Risk of Climate Change: Loss Compensation” at National Press club .
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This seminar is objectively organized to discuss 'climate change risk and
loss' in Bangladesh, raise mass awareness on climate change impact and
demanding compensate on the eve of UN CoP 13 to be held in Bali from 2-14
December, 2007. <br><br>
Renowned economist Dr. Quazi Khalikuzzaman, also one of the lead authors
of IPCC recent assessment report, country's climate experts, policy
makers from the mainstream political parties, civil society groups
participated in the seminar and call the global leaders to keep on KYOTO
commitment. <br><br>
The speakers pointed that Bangladesh is no way responsible for global
warming but would face severe consequences like permanent inundation of
country's 17 percent land area, 50 percent reduction in national
agricultural production etc which certainly will slow-down country's
economic growth and MDG achievement.<br><br>
In this perspective, speakers in the seminar demanded compensation of
climate change loss of Bangladesh from the countries who largely are
responsible for carbon emission and global warming. <br>
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In relations to this seminar, COAST and Justice Working Group(EJWG) has
developed 6 policy briefs for educating and sensitizing mass people on
the climate change impact. Md. Shamsuddoha, Secretary General of Equity
& Justice Working Group presented the key note paper and Mr. Rezaul
Karim Chowdhury Executive Director, COAST Trust and Convener of Equity
& Justice Working Group moderated the seminar.<br><br>
please follow the media links; <br><br>
<b>Daily Star<br>
Pressure developed countries to implement Kyoto Protocol<br>
</b><a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=12980">
http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=12980</a><br>
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<b>New Age<br>
CLIMATE CHANGE<br>
Bangladesh should ask developed countries to compensate<br>
</b><a href="http://www.newagebd.com/2007/nov/25/met.html#2">
http://www.newagebd.com/2007/nov/25/met.html#2</a><br>
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<b>Financial Express<br>
1.8m tonnes of crops lost to natural disasters this yr<br>
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<a href="http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=18290">
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=18290</a>
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<b>News Today<br>
Climate change may reduce agri production by 50 pc<br>
</b><a href="http://www.newstoday-bd.com/frontpage.asp?newsdate=#9340">
http://www.newstoday-bd.com/frontpage.asp?newsdate=#9340</a><br>
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<b>New Nation<br>
Govt urged to prop up for coming disasters<br>
</b><a href="http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2007/11/25/news0996.htm">
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2007/11/25/news0996.htm</a> <br><br>
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In relation we have released six briefing papers with data on grass
root impacts, you will find and down load those from our website links as
follows;<br><br>
<b>Factors of Climate Change: Global Warming is the Major Ground<br>
</b><a href="http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/1.pdf">
http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/1.pdf</a><br>
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<b>Sea Level Rise and Environmental Refugee in Bangladesh<br>
</b><a href="http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/6.pdf">
http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/6.pdf</a><br>
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<b>Measures to Combat Climate Change: the Koyoto Protocol <br>
</b><a href="http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/2.pdf">
http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/2.pdf</a><br>
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<b>Climate Change and River Erosion in Bangladesh<br>
</b><a href="http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/5.pdf">
http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/5.pdf</a><br>
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<b>Salinity Threatens the World Heritage: The Sundarban of
Bangladesh<br>
</b><a href="http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/4.pdf">
http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/4.pdf</a><br>
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<b>Increasing Salinity Threatens Productivity of Bangladesh<br>
</b><a href="http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/3.pdf">
http://www.equitybd.org/newsletter/issue/02/3.pdf</a><br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">For more other information on us
and our campaign you can visit
<a href="http://www.equitybd.org/" eudora="autourl">www.equitybd.org</a>
or
</font><font size=3 color="#0000FF">wwww.coastbd.org</font></blockquote>
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<b>Bazlu<br><br>
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</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#0000FF">AHM Bazlur
Rahman-S21BR<br>
Chief Executive Officer<br>
</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#008080">Bangladesh NGOs Network
for Radio and Communication<br>
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Member, Strategy Council<br>
UN-Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID)<br><br>
</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#800080">House: 13/1, Road:2,
Shaymoli, Dhaka-1207 <br>
Post Box: 5095, Dhaka 1205 Bangladesh<br><br>
</font><font face="System" size=3 color="#0000FF">Phone: 88-02-9130750,
88-02-9138501<br>
01711881647 Fax: 88-02-9138501-105<br><br>
</font><font face="System" size=3>E-mail: ceo@bnnrc.net,
bnnrc@bd.drik.net, <br>
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