RAJSHAHI, Dec 6, 2024 (BSS) - Experts at a conference have said adverse impact of climate change caused by global warming has been posing a serious threat to the overall living and livelihood condition in the region, particularly in its vast Barind tract.
 
 They said climate change has been acknowledged as the depletion of natural resources and as a major threat to the humanity in the region.

The experts also urged the policy planners and others concerned to take immediate effective measures to address the adverse impacts
 
Academics, researchers and development activists came up with the observation while addressing a daylong 'Rajshahi Youth Climate Conference 2024 at Dean's Complex of Rajshahi University (RU) here on Thursday.
 
 Barendra Region Youth Organisations Forum (BRYOF) and Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK) jointly organised the conference putting forward a 12-point demand to protect the region from the adverse impact of climate change. 
 
'Action for Loss and Damage Fund and Climate Justice' was the main focus of the conference attended by more than 300 youths from across the country.

RU Pro-vice-chancellor Prof Farid Uddin Khan, Registrar Prof Iftekhar Alam Masud and Controller of Examination Prof Hasanat Kabir addressed the conference as resource persons disseminating their expertise on the issue.

Associate Professor from the Department of Anthropology at RU, BARCIK Coordinator Jahangir Alam and Regional Coordinator Shahidul Islam also spoke.

 
BARCIK Director Pavel Partha moderated the discussion saying this is the time to change the system, not climate besides showing red-cards to the big carbon emitters.
 
Prof Farid Uddin Khan mentioned that the responsive role of the youths and the students in particular are very vital to raise voice against the big carbon emitters to protect the region, particularly in its vast Barind tract, from the adverse impact of climate change.
 
 
Adverse impacts of climate change have triggered recurrence of natural calamities in the region posing a serious threat to the farming of winter crops including vegetables and the living and livelihood conditions of farmers community in the region.

Prof Farid Khan mentioned that the ongoing climate change at alarming rates has severely affected winter vegetable farming and its diversity creating a real threat to food production.
 
The developed countries should fulfill their commitment towards climate funding and ensure transparency in use of this fund.
 
 He also said legitimate rights of the farmers and others concerned should be protected rightly for the sake of encouraging them towards boosting agricultural productions to meet up its gradually mounting demands.