Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said the entire Bangladesh will go under seawater if the ice layer of Antarctica melts fully due to global warming.
‘There is, on average, two-kilometer thick ice layer in the Antarctica. If the ice layer melts due to global warming, the sea level will rise 72 metres and the whole of Bangladesh will go under seawater,” he told a seminar at National Press Club in the city in the morning.
Bangladesh Poribesh Andolan (Bapa) organised the seminar, titled ‘Ice Melting in Antarctica and Climate Change Impact on the Earth and Bangladesh’.
Chaired by Bapa president ASM Shahjahan, the seminar was addressed, among others, by former chairman of the University Grants Commission Prof Nazrul Islam, Prof M Firoz Ahmed and Bapa general secretary Dr M Abdul Matin.
In his power-point presentation, Hasan Mahmud said a total 32 percent area of the earth was covered by ice in the ice age, but at present it declined to only 10 percent land of the planet (1.6 million square kilometres).He observed that the threat of ice melting will rise in Antarctica due to global warming and the earth has to face more frequent climatic events in the future.The Environment Minister said the world climatic order has already been changed and the events of natural disaster have increased in recent years.
Referring to his recent visit to Antarctica, he said the melting ice of Antarctica not only contributes to the sea level rise, it has multiple impacts on the global climate.
“If the seal level will rise one meter by 2030, 17 percent of the country’s costal land will be inundated by seawater and 30 million people will be displaced.”
Hasan Mahmud said although Bangladesh is not responsible for global warming, it becomes the worst victim of climate change.
“The western countries are historically responsible for global warming; so, they should come forward to help the climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change,” he said.
‘There is, on average, two-kilometer thick ice layer in the Antarctica. If the ice layer melts due to global warming, the sea level will rise 72 metres and the whole of Bangladesh will go under seawater,” he told a seminar at National Press Club in the city in the morning.
Bangladesh Poribesh Andolan (Bapa) organised the seminar, titled ‘Ice Melting in Antarctica and Climate Change Impact on the Earth and Bangladesh’.
Chaired by Bapa president ASM Shahjahan, the seminar was addressed, among others, by former chairman of the University Grants Commission Prof Nazrul Islam, Prof M Firoz Ahmed and Bapa general secretary Dr M Abdul Matin.
In his power-point presentation, Hasan Mahmud said a total 32 percent area of the earth was covered by ice in the ice age, but at present it declined to only 10 percent land of the planet (1.6 million square kilometres).He observed that the threat of ice melting will rise in Antarctica due to global warming and the earth has to face more frequent climatic events in the future.The Environment Minister said the world climatic order has already been changed and the events of natural disaster have increased in recent years.
Referring to his recent visit to Antarctica, he said the melting ice of Antarctica not only contributes to the sea level rise, it has multiple impacts on the global climate.
“If the seal level will rise one meter by 2030, 17 percent of the country’s costal land will be inundated by seawater and 30 million people will be displaced.”
Hasan Mahmud said although Bangladesh is not responsible for global warming, it becomes the worst victim of climate change.
“The western countries are historically responsible for global warming; so, they should come forward to help the climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change,” he said.
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