Dhaka, June 4 -- Despite growing concerns over Bangladesh's worsening environmental conditions and rising climate-related threats, the government has kept its climate change allocation unchanged in the proposed national budget for the fiscal year 2025-26. Given the scale of Bangladesh's climate change vulnerability, environmental experts have termed the allocation in the budget highly insufficient
Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed on Monday announced a Tk 100 crore allocation to tackle climate risks-exactly the same as last year-drawing criticism from environmental experts and civil society groups.
"I propose to allocate Tk 100 crore in the next fiscal year to take necessary actions considering the depth and seriousness of climate chan...