DHAKA, Sept 8, 2021 (BSS) - Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, who is now
on a visit to the Netherlands has interacted with Dutch students over climate
change issue.
"Youth have to take charge for protecting the climate," he told the
students of University of Groningen in the Netherlands, the only university
in the world with a detailed research programme and course on adaptation for
climate change, on Tuesday.
The foreign minister called on the youth to come forward and take the lead
to address the challenges of climate, a foreign ministry press release said
here today.
Dr Momen stressed on the role of the academia, the researchers and the
students in creating the platform to address the challenges of climate change
in a fast and efficient way.
The foreign minister also visited the Deltares, the leading Dutch
specialist applied research institute in the field of water and held a
meeting with its Managing Director Annemieke Nijhof and her scientist
colleagues.
During the meeting, the issue of implementation of the Bangladesh Delta
Plan 2100 was discussed in detail.
Foreign Minister is on a three-day official visit to the Netherlands.
He is scheduled to have bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Sigrid
Kaag of the Netherlands at the Foreign Ministry in The Hague on Wednesday.