Dhaka, Nov. 19 -- Bangladesh has emphasized justice, ambition, and urgent global solidarity in the face of escalating climate impacts at COP30 in Brazil's Belem.

Speaking at a moment when the world grapples with irreversible climate damage and a profound trust deficit in multilateralism, Mohammad Navid Shafiullah, Additional Secretary (Climate Change) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, reminded delegates on Tuesday that for Bangladesh, climate change is not an abstract threat but a daily reality.

Extreme temperatures, cyclones, floods, sea-level rise, and riverbank erosion continue to displace millions, undermine biodiversity, and push vulnerable communities to the brink.

He added that Bangladesh confronts extre...