Dhaka has sought "effective and proactive" support from the international community to deal with the climate change issues noting that nearly 25 to 30 million people of Bangladesh will be uprooted from their sweet homes if there is a one-metre rise in sea level.

Bangladesh has urged  countries to be more ambitious on mitigation, adaptation, climate finance and the issue of loss and damage. 

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has said climate is an existential as well as development issue for both Bangladesh and the Maldives and highlighted the need for countries to fulfill their COP commitments.