Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Bangladesh has set a fresh target of green house gas (GHG) emission reduction, 26.74 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2eq), by 2035 in its latest Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0), a national plan to show global commitment to the Paris Agreement (PA) ahead of the COP 30.

The NDC 2025 has been submitted to the United Nations Framework of Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) on September 28, before the deadline (September 30). It has projected emission rise sharply to 418.40 MtCO2eq by 2035 from the base year emission level at 252.04 MtCO2eq in 2022.

It shows that as business as usual (BAU), the emission is supposed to be due to population growth, urbanisation, industrial expansion and rising e...