Scope of Climate Smart PPP in Bangladesh and Post COP26 Discussion

A seminar on 'Scope of Climate Smart PPP in Bangladesh and Post COP26 Discussion' was held at the Hotel Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Dhaka today. The Public Private Partnership Authority (PPPA) in Partnership with UNDP Bangladesh organized the seminar. The program was chaired by Ms.Sultana Afroz, Secretary to the Government & CEO of PPPA.

Mr. Farhad Hossain MP, the Honorable State Minister, Ministry of Public Administration, GoB was present as the Chief Guest. Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Mr. Md. Mostafa Kamal and Sudipto Mukerjee, UNDP Resident Representative, Bangladesh were present as the special guests. Guest of Honor of the event was British High Commissioner to Bangladesh H.E. Robert Chatterton Dickson.

The main objective of this seminar is to bring climate change into the mainstream of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects aiming to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 to curb the growing climate change - in particular the establishment of a Climate Resilient Infrastructure to address the global and national commitments.

Initially the Chair of the seminar did welcome the guests and presented an overview of PPP Authority. Mr. A.K.M Mamunur Rashid, Climate Change Specialist of UNDP Bangladesh presented the paper on the Bangladesh's Climate Change Ambition, Climate Fiscal Framework (CFF) & Innovation Financing Landscape while Mst Mohsina Akter Banu, Senior Assistant Secretary of PPPA shared and presented her understanding from the COP26. Mr. Farhadur Reza, Founding President and board member of Build Bangladesh also presented a presentation on Scope of PPP in Climate Action in Bangladesh.

H.E. Winnie Estrup Petersen, Ambassador, Embassy of Denmark, Bangladesh; H.E. Mustafa Osman Turan, Ambassador, Embassy of the Republic of Turkey; Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director ICCCAD and Mr. Moazzam A. Mekhan, Hub-Leader, Transaction Advisory Services, South Asia Region were designated speakers of the seminar. All the designated speakers highlighted the need for strengthening the private sector investment in tackling climate change in Bangladesh.

Including important personalities of the government, experts on climate change in Bangladesh, and various investors and financial institutions representatives were also present in the program.