Appreciating Bangladesh’s leadership on climate front, President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Volkan Bozkir has said 2021 amid COP26 presents another important year for Bangladesh as a global leader on climate action. “Covid-19 is the story of 2020 and 2021, but the existential threat of climate change remains. You are on the front line,” he said while delivering his keynote speech at the Foreign Service Academy. The UNGA President said Bangladesh’s efforts to draw attention to the need for urgent global cooperation, including through Bangladesh’s leadership of the Climate Vulnerable Nations’ Forum, are noteworthy. He said an increase in global warming of just 1°C globally risks flooding that would displace 40 million Bangladeshis by the end of the century. “I welcome the government of Bangladesh’s plans for low-carbon industrialisation,” said the UNGA President, adding that recent announcements by large carbon emitters of improved climate change commitments give a  hope that this year will see the course correction they need. Also read: UNGA President pays tribute to Bangabandhu