Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury has said 17 percent of Bangladesh will be submerged in water due to the rise in sea level.
As a result, there will be no food production in that area. The map of Bangladesh will change. Actually, climate change has created an existential crisis for us, he said.
He said while addressing at the inauguration ceremony of the nationwide tree planting program organized by Bangladesh Awami Jubo League on the occasion of Bangladesh Awami League's platinum jubilee in the capital’s Mugda on Frida.