A group of Bangladeshi civil society organisations on Friday staged a demonstration at the ongoing COP29 at the Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku against fossil fuel expansion.

The group urgently demanded for fossil fuel phase out, revision of the current power master plan, adequate and sustainable climate finance and a rapid transition to renewable energy.

The demonstration was undertaken through a joint multinational coalition led by WaterKeepers Bangladesh, Youth Net, Friends of the Earth, 350.org, Don’t Gas Asia and more, said a press release.

They voiced the immediate phase out of fossil fuels-based false solutions in Bangladesh’s energy master plan, and called for real climate actions emphasising grant-based climate finance to avoid the crippling debt traps and also to address the country’s escalating climate vulnerabilities.

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