Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs Adviser Supradip Chakma on Monday urged collective and effective actions to tackle the pressing challenges of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region, including climate change, biodiversity loss and air pollution.
Speaking at the inaugural session of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) Parliamentarians' Meet 2025, he emphasised the importance of solidarity in addressing these common crises.
"Let's be together and try to see that we can bring a change for the region, for our whole Himalayan community and the rest of the world," he said while delivering his speech.
The adviser said it is the prime time to know their situation, what is going on here in terms of climate change, biodiversity and all and its impacts.
"Perhaps each and every individual we are criminal to the environment, and we are criminalising each and every one that nincluding our future generation," he added while referring to what Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus said while observing World Environment Day.
The Adviser urged participants to make the most of the event, noting that policymakers should meet more frequently to act on the issues being raised and discussed.
"It is not just one-fourth, directly and indirectly, nearly half of the global population lives in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, and they are all interconnected, affecting each other," he said.
Expressing support for the creation of a stronger platform for cooperation, he said, "I support the proposal that we need a platform. It is a kind of sub-regional cooperation group, and we need to make it stronger and make a collective voice so that we can safeguard our region, the global environment, and biodiversity."
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