Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- Bangladesh has warned of a rapidly growing disparity between the health adaptation funding it needs and the support it receives from international partners, cautioning that the country's capacity to shield its population from climate-driven health threats is reaching a breaking point.

Md Ziaul Haque, additional director general of the Department of Environment and a member of Bangladesh's COP30 delegation, raised the alarm at a press conference in Belem, Brazil, on Tuesday, marking Health Day at COP30.

The event-titled "Putting Health at the Centre of Adaptation Finance"-was jointly hosted by Regions4, the Global Climate and Health Alliance, and Carbon Copy.

Speaking at the briefing, Ziaul Haque pressed the global com...