DHAKA, 10 April 2022, (TON): Germany’s state secretary and special envoy for international climate action Jennifer Morgan said “the state was keen to have stronger partnership with Bangladesh to scale up Bangladesh’s renewables and energy efficiency, accelerating the transition efforts.”

She said “we’ve a long history of cooperation with Bangladesh. I’ve come here to listen and learn and to see what we can do together. I think we’ve much to learn from each other.”

At a press conference held on Saturday in a city hotel together with German Ambassador to Bangladesh Achim Troster, Germany’s first climate envoy said they are running out of time and it is crystal clear that impacts are happening.

The German climate envoy said “we wish to work with the government of Bangladesh on energy efficiency and to look at how to scale up renewable energy and energy efficiency efforts.”

The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report published on April 4 shows growth in global emissions has slowed over the past decade, but much more needs to be done, including halving global emissions by 2030, to keep the goal of 1.5C° in reach and avoid the worst impacts of global warming.