Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with manifold impacts on its population though the country contributes very little to the global Green House Gas emissions.

The rally "Stop Climate Change, Save Bangladesh" organized by the Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) is a nonpolitical, grassroots movement towards this urgent cause. The purpose of the rally is to draw attention of the international community to the threat that climate change poses to Bangladesh, a large part of which will get submerged, rendering tens of millions of people bereft of homestead and livelihood. Climate change will also affect Bangladesh through drying up the Himalayan glaciers, intrusion of salinity, increase in extreme weather events, and spread of known and new diseases. The huge number of people affected will destabilize Bangladesh, South Asia, and the world as a whole.

The Bangladeshi community and its friends will submit a memorandum to the UN Secretary General voicing the people's concerns and demands. The rally will start at 10 am and will end at 1 pm, when a delegation from the rally will go inside the UN office to hand over the memorandum.

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