Substantial and sustainable promotion of renewable energies, particularly solar power, can be the crucial means of lessening the gradually mounting pressure on fossil fuel.
Side by side with the financial burden on the economy, fossil fuel has detrimental impacts on the environment but renewable energies have no bad impact on the economy and the environment.
So, the institutions and research entities concerned should come forward and work together to promote the sector after the best uses of the existing resources and potentialities.
Legal experts and social watchdogs came up with the observations while addressing a view-sharing meeting titled “Compliance Assessment of Civil Society Proposed Energy Transition Perspectives with Existing Laws, Policies and Plans in the Energy of Bangladesh” here today.
Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) organized the meeting at Hotel Warishan in Rajshahi city discussing and devising ways and means on how to promote renewable energies successfully.
CAB Senior Researcher Barrister Tureen Afroz addressed the meeting as resource person and disseminated her expertise on the issue through presenting a keynote paper.
With CAB local unit president Kazi Giash in the chair, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Editor of Sonali Sangbad Liakat Ali, Editor of Daily Sonar Desh Akbarul Hassan Millat, CAB Senior Vice-president Dr Nasrin Lubna and journalists Mustafizur Rahman Khan and Rashed Ibne Obayed.
CAB local unit General Secretary Golam Mostofa Mamun moderated the discussion.
They unequivocally called for a full-length implementation of the ‘Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan’ for the successful promotion of climate-resilient energies.
They mentioned that the present government has adopted the plan in 2021 aimed at transforming Bangladesh into a climate-resilient and high-income country by 2041.
To this end, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the UN Climate Conference in December 2021 has expressed her commitment to ensure 40 per cent renewable energy by 2041.
The speakers also unanimously viewed there is enormous scope of reducing the gradually increasing pressure on fossil fuel through boosting use of renewable energies in both rural and urban areas.
Time has come to protect the natural resources including the wetlands and water bodies for restoring the green atmosphere.
Barrister Tureen Afroz mentioned that instead of depending on only the fossil fuel emphasis should be given to enriching the renewable energy sources to face the energy challenges.
She attributed that availability of energy from different sources is vital for the present life in meeting the challenge of the ever-increasing demand for energy.
Barrister Tureen Afroz mentioned substantial and sustainable use of solar power like renewable energy can be the effective means of protecting life and environment.
Time has come to transform the existing power supply-dependent irrigation system into solar power to lessen the gradually mounting pressure on electricity in the vast Barind tract.
