Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said mutual support is the only means for the existence of mankind and the Earth. “The reality is humans and our Mother Earth can exist only by mutual support,” she said. The prime minister was addressing the ‘Session: One Earth’ in the G20 Leaders’ Summit 2023 at the Bharat Mandapam Center (ECC) at the Pragati Maidan here. The theme for this G20 summit is “One Earth, One Family, One Future.” For the existence of the humans and the Earth, Sheikh Hasina also has called for a global order which should pave solutions to poverty alleviation, mitigating climate change effects, preventing conflicts, and financing technological transfer for a knowledge-based society. “We want a global order which should pave solutions to poverty alleviation, mitigating climate change effects, preventing conflicts, and financing technological transfer for a knowledge-based society,” she said. The African Union is joining the G20, a powerful acknowledgement of a continent of 1 billion people The prime minister said, this summit is taking place at a time when the Earth is impacted by multiple crises of climate change, COVID-19 pandemic, and challenges of sanctions and counter-sanctions. “These challenges make it imperative for all to embrace the vision of one community with shared future for mankind, for peace and development,” she said. Bangladesh, despite making a negligible contribution to global climate change, has suffered the most as a victim of its consequences, she said. PM Hasina joins world leaders at G20 summit in New Delhi “Therefore, our development endeavours are focused on green and sustainable development. Now, we are also taking circular economy approaches,” she said. She mentioned that Bangladesh endorses the campaign of LIFESTYLE movement launched by Prime Minister Modi to promote environmentally conscious practices. According to the World Bank’s Groundswell Report 2021, impacts of Climate Change may drive 13.3 million people from their usual habitats by 2050. India's rising geopolitical clout will be tested as it hosts the G20 summit “Though Bangladesh has little scope for mitigation, we have undertaken many transformative measures to tackle perilous impacts of climate change consistent with implementing the Paris Agreement, and achieving the SDGs,” she saddes. In 1997, the PM Hasina said she initiated a project named Ashrayan, or shelter for homeless. Under this initiative, till August this year, the government has rehabilitated nearly 840,000 landless and homeless families with houses and land at free of cost. “Our target is to have Bangladesh free of homeless and landless people,” she informed the world leaders.