Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo held a meeting with Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice President for South, Central and West Asia Yingming Yang on Monday to discuss strengthening development cooperation, climate action and sustainable development in Bangladesh.
During the meeting at the minister’s offi ce, the two sides reviewed Bangladesh’s long-standing partnership with ADB and discussed opportunities to expand cooperation in climate adaptation and mitigation, climate fi nance, forest and biodiversity conservation, air and plastic pollution control, renewable energy and environmentally sustainable urban and infrastructure development.
They also discussed increasing ADB’s technical and fi nancial support for vulnerable communities affected by climate change and for developing climateresilient infrastructure.