Bangladesh has ratified the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol as the 4th country among the member of the UNFCCC.
Dr Aparup Chowdhury, additional secretary to the Ministry of Environment
and Forests, said this to the news agency while Bangladesh presented
the Country Statement at the stocktaking Plenary Session on Saturday at
United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 19 & CMP 9) at Warsaw
in Poland.
In the statement, the Bangladesh delegation expressed agreement with the
statements made by the Group 77 and China, LDC Group, Association of
Small Island States and the African Group.
Bangladesh underscored the importance of taking the discussion under ADP forward in a more focused and formal manner.
It was time to deliver in a more concrete and definitive way, Bangladesh said.
‘Kyoto Protocol is one of the key elements towards closing the ambition
gap taking into account the comparable efforts by Annex-1 Parties
outside Kyoto Protocol. To this end, ratification by Country Parties to
the amendment is fundamental,’ Aparup said in the statement.
But as of now, only three countries have ratified it.
Bangladesh had officially indicated its acceptance for the second phase
of the Kyoto Protocol on 13 November in 2013, he declared at the plenary
session.
Bangladesh also urged all Country Parties to complete the ratification
process in order to make the amendments to the Kyoto Protocol effective
as early as possible.
The Co-Chairs and the delegates from across the world greeted Bangladesh’s early response with a loud applause. (source)