Facing climate change with innovative technologies
An exciting and challenging message published in an English daily must have drawn attention of the conscious newspaper readers. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 7th December 2009 urged the country's scientists and technology experts to come up with new technological invention and environment-friendly use of technologies to protect the people from the wrath of global climate change. It is hoped the scientists will surely prove their efficiencies through implementing innovative technology to face climate change. “Climate change has become the biggest threat for the world civilization. Bangladesh and its hardworking people have been the worst sufferers of the climate change with no fault of their own. Now we want to increase our capacity to face the challenges of the global warming. Come up with environment-friendly technologies and ensure innovative implementation of technologies. The mass people on whom our country depends are the biggest victim of climate change. I urge the scientists and technology experts to come forward to increase capacity of the people to face the climate threats", Sheikh Hasina said in an event held in Dhaka on 7th December 2009. The PM has very clearly noted that many Bangladeshi scientists are working with reputation in various internationally renowned institutions abroad and they can play tremendous role for the advancement of science and technology of the country. It is also worth mentioning that many scientists and technology experts trained and experienced abroad are now in Bangladesh to help develop a digital Bangladesh. Addressing them, Sheikh Hasina said, “I urge those scientists and technology experts who are now staying in the country to work hand to hand with those now working in foreign countries. Science and technology will be the main medium in our efforts for a changed day”. She wants to give importance to inventing Bangladesh's own technology instead of looking for technologies from overseas. At the same time, "we can use other countries' technologies in our own style,” she said, adding that in this regard, country's scientists and technological experts and researchers will have to play the leading role. Sheikh Hasina assured that the present democratic government would extend all types of cooperation including financial assistance to the scientists and technological experts for the advancement of science and technology of the country. She said there is a notion that people can go to the government for their various necessary services and the government will give them the services. “Such notions and practices need to be changed. We want to take the government to the doorsteps of the mass people. And for this, we need new and cost-effective implementation of modern technologies.” Prime minister also asked the persons concerned to be attentive in inventing modern effective and relevant technologies using whatever Bangladesh has in its hand. She raised importance of mobile phone technologies, solar energy in agriculture and generation of electricity through peaceful use of the atomic energy. The respected Prime Minister has covered almost all areas for the scientific development of the country. The secrets of success of our neighbouring countries are similar that our Prime Minister is going to adopt. The respective governments of different countries gave importance to scientific activities and due respect to the scientists working at home or abroad. In many events, the Indian scientists disclosed their secrets of rapid development in technology on request of the participants from different countries. As the leader of a forefront country addressing challenges of climate change, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina played a very active role at the COP15 Conference in order to demonstrate the consequences of climate change to the world and as a voice representing the developing countries. Sheikh Hasina has opened the window of opportunity to act on climate change that is one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. This is high time for the scientists to prove their efficiencies to the whole world through implementation of their innovative technologies to face climate change impacts.
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