‘Youth act decisively to concretely adapt to impacts of climate change’

City Desk  :
French Ambassador to Bangladesh Marie Masdupuy on Wednesday expressed her admiration for the youth of Bangladesh when it comes to Climate Action.
“We should take them as an example: they act decisively at local level, helping people to concretely adapt to the impacts of climate change in an efficient way,” she said, reports UNB.
The French envoy said traditional politicians started to listen to them, and this will grow in the short- to medium-term future, no doubt about this.
“You might say they are far from grassroots politics. I don’t think this is true. They are actually pioneering the future of politics: global problems, local solutions,” said the ambassador.
HerNet Foundation hosted the latest episode of “Bangladesh Decides: The Youth Speaks” (BDYS) in Dhaka.
The event is envisioned and conceptualised by the founding CEO and MD of HerNet TV, Alisha Pradhan.
This event, co-funded and supported by the EU Embassy in Bangladesh, is a strong testament to their commitment to empowering the youth of Bangladesh, said the organisers.
Ambassador Masdupuy urged the youth not to wait but practice democracy in their early ages, by choosing their school and university representatives, avoid extreme thinking, study history, their own and that of the rest of the world.
“This will allow you to know better what are the best choices for your own village, town or country. And beware of the massive disinformation campaigns being waged on social networks,” she mentioned.
Sharing her own stories, the ambassador said, “My dad was never enlisted in a political party, neither my mom. But we were having heated discussions when I was still a small kid and they were active in trade unions, in their respective professional branches.”