Interview with Government of Bangladesh on the countries NAP process

Submitted by Louis da Costa on 20 February 2014

Bangladesh's Forest Department, with UNDP support, has been working with communities on a unique programme to expand a greenbelt of mangroves. Photo: UNDP Bangladesh

20 February 2014, Thailand - An interview with Mr. Ahsanul Aziz, Ministry of Environment and Forests Government of Bangladesh, by the UNDP/UNEP National Adaptation Plan Global Support Programme - NAP-GSP - about the climate change National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process in Bangladesh.

This video interview was recorded at the Asia Regional Training Workshop -Supporting LDCs to advance their National Adaptation Plan process - 17-20 February 2014, Pattaya, Thailand

This training workshop was a part of a series of activities aimed at supporting Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to address the adverse impacts of climate change through medium and longer-term National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes.

By facilitating a regional exchange and providing technical support in the form of existing guidance and tools, this regional workshop aims to support policy makers and technical officials from nine LDCs from Asia - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, and Yemen to advance the NAP process within their countries.

The participants at this workshop were officials from Ministries of Finance, Planning and Environment.