Hasina has received top UN environmental honnor.
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People of Bangladesh have learnt how to tackle climate change, disasters and survive, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said after receiving the UN’s highest environmental honour – ‘Champions of the Earth’.
The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and UN Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner handed over the award to her at a programme in New York on Sunday, local time.
“This award is a recognition of spirit and resilience of our people in fighting climate changes,” Hasina said, dedicating the award to the people of Bangladesh.
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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received the UN’s highest environmental honour – Champions of the Earth – in recognition of Bangladesh’s initiatives to meet the challenges of climate change. UN Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner handed over the award at an event in New York on Sunday.
The UN had said the award, in the Policy Leadership Category, recognised ‘Bangladesh’s first-off-the-block initiatives under Prime Minister Hasina’s government to prepare the ecologically fragile country for the challenges it faces from climate change’.
Since its introduction in 2004, the Champions of the Earth award has recognised 67 laureates in the categories of policy, science, business, and civil society.
The other winners of 2015 are the National Geographic Society (Science and Innovation); Brazilian cosmetics firm Natura (Entrepreneurial Vision); and South Africa’s Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit (Inspiration and Action).
Lovlu Ansar, New York Correspondent, bdnews24.com – Published: 2015-09-28 10:28:41