South Asia adopts action plan on climate change

DHAKA (Reuters) – Environment ministers from South Asian countries adopted a three-year action plan on Thursday for regional cooperation to combat climate change effects.

The meeting agreed to share information and best practices on nationally appropriate actions to mitigate carbon emissions, technology transfer, increasing climate change awareness and other areas.

The meeting was also attended by environment experts from the eight countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

They blamed industrialized nations for global warming and asked them to fulfill their commitment as per the U.N. climate change conference in Bali to provide additional resources to other countries.

Reuters