The enlarging energy crisis that has engulfed the world, including Bangladesh would have been avoided if there was an adequate supply of renewable energy, experts said on Friday.Bangladesh can access green energy through awareness building and legal obligations, environmental experts observed at a workshop held in the city titled “Dialogue with Media Road to COP27: The Importance of Transition to Clean Energy”.In the main discussion, Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder, chairman of the Center for Atmospheric Pollution Studies (CAPS), Stamford University, said that the currently renewable energy is 3.71 per cent globally.
“Currently, wind power projects are underway in 13 places in Bangladesh. Besides, it is possible to increase renewable energy capacity through biogas along with solar energy. And, it is possible to achieve clean energy targets in 2030 and 2041,” he added. “Bangladesh can access green energy through awareness and legal obligations,” he added, saying that if there was an adequate supply of renewable energy, the world would not have to see this crisis.
Director General of Press Institute of Bangladesh Zafar Wazed was present as the chief guest, Prof Mohammad Ali Naqi, former vice chancellor of Stamford University Bangladesh was present as the president of the event.Researcher at the University of California, and lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science at Stanford University, Md. Humayun Kabir said that 70 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gases are emitted from fossil fuels.
Therefore, the first step to reducing or mitigating climate change is to transition from fossil fuels to renewable fuels. He further said, COP 27 can play an important role in accelerating the process of producing sustainable renewable energy from fossil fuels worldwide.
Prof Naqi said, the terms of environmental research are not understood by everyone. Journalists can make them understandable for everyone, which will help in development. Supreme Court lawyer Marufa Gulashan Ara said that every sector of the country should work on contemporary environmental issues like COP 27.
