Dhaka, May 30 -- Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has warned that humanity will not survive if the destruction of the environment continues unchecked.

The head of Bangladesh's interim government made the remarks on Friday during an address at Soka University in Japan's Tokyo after receiving an honorary doctorate degree from the institution, according to state news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS).

"The civilisation we are building today is a self-destructive civilisation that will kill [the planet]," he said.

He called on young people to form clubs based on his "Three Zeros" theory to help save the planet. The theory advocates for zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net carbon emissions as the core principles for a sustainabl...