Dhaka, March 28 -- The government has approved 29 new projects under the Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) to address the growing threats posed by climate change.

The approval was granted at the 62nd meeting of the Trustee Board, held at the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Thursday.

Chaired by Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the meeting was attended, among others, by Lieutenant General (retd.) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Adviser to the Ministries of Home and Agriculture; Sharmin S. Murshid, Adviser to the Ministries of Women and Children, and Social Welfare; Cabinet Secretary Dr Sheikh Abdur Rashid; Secretary of Environment Dr Farhina Ahmed; and Secretary of Finance Dr Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder, amo...