Bangladesh, Nov. 15 -- Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo has called for integrating waste management and resource reuse into global climate action, saying they are essential to building climate resilience and promoting sustainable economic development.

He made the call at a high-level panel discussion titled "Can Growth Outrun Waste?", organised by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Blue Zone of the 31st Conference of the Parties (COP31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Antalya, Turkiye, on Friday (November 13).

According to a message received in Dhaka on Saturday, Mintoo said waste management was particularly important for climate-vulnerable countries such as Bangladesh...