Bangladeshi civil society organisations yeserday organised a press conference in Le Bourget, the venue of Paris Climate Conference where they rejected the latest draft agreement and called upon most vulnerable countries to reject it, reports UNB.
They also called for including historical responsibilities, polluter pay principle and common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities as guiding principle in the draft agreement.
The civil society bodies expressed concern that developed countries are taking position against all those principles agreed earlier. The written statement was read out by Rezaul Karim Chowdhury of EquityBD at the press conference.
Rezaul Karim Chowdury said the hope which was stated by France has become farce. “Developed and emerging countries in the name of reality are ignoring the issues related to the survival of the MVCs.”
He has mentioned that compensation and liability, historical responsibilities, developed countries’ promise to provide climate finance, preferential treatment to MVCs and LDCs have completely been wiped out from the draft agreement.