Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hussain Manju said on Wednesday Bangladesh would seek money from the climate fund not as loans but as grants.
The minister made this statement at a press conference in the Secretariat, having in mind the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference 2015, or COP-21, which will be held in Paris from Nov 30 until Dec 11.
He said Bangladesh would highlight the damages it would suffer due to climate change.
“The money given to us must be in the form of grants. We can get loans from anywhere. We will insist that the money come as grant.
“Besides, the global warming level must not reach 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050. We will have to stage a walkout with the developing nations to have these demands met,” Manju said.