DHAKA, Sept 15, 2021 (BSS) – A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Climate Resilient Local Infrastructure Centre (CReLIC) under Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and other four organizations yesterday aiming to exchange data, knowledge and experience on climate change and develop and implement joint research.
The four bodies are: Housing and Building Research Institute (HBRI), Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research (C3ER), Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).
LGED's CReLIC Director (Additional Chief Engineer) AKM Lutfar Rahman, HBRI Principal Research Officer Md Akhter Hossain Sarkar, C3ER's Emeritus Professor Ainun Nishat, BCAS Executive Director Atiq Rahman and ADPC Executive Director Hans Guttman signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides at a signing ceremony held at the LGED's office in city's Agargaon area, a press release said here today.
All parties will work together to develop climate-tolerant infrastructure and implement the country's overall delta plan, it added.