Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has called on the international community to extend stronger support for Bangladesh's climate resilience and energy transition.

"Climate change is a harsh reality for Bangladesh," she said while speaking at the launch of the Team Europe Initiative - Climate and Energy, held at the hotel InterContinental in Dhaka on Thursday.

Rizwana said that adaptation has long been a part of our lives, but the growing scale and intensity of impacts have pushed our people beyond their limits. "Portraying Bangladesh only as a 'resilient society' without recognizing the basic rights of its people is unjust," she added.

The adviser mentioned that adaptation alone cannot secure survival if global mi...