Chief Adviser Yunus returns after attending COP29 summit

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus returned home on Thursday evening ending his very engaging stay in Azerbaijan capital Baku, keeping Bangladesh‍‍`s voices heard on climate concerns.

A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 8:07 pm, CA‍‍`s Deputy Press Secretary Apurba Jahangir told UNB.

On his arrival, Prof Yunus inaugurated a lounge for Bangladeshi migrant workers and their families at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

After the inauguration, he spoke to some migrant workers and enquired about their wellbeing, said Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad.

Prof Yunus had a series of meetings with global leaders on the sidelines of the UN‍‍`s biggest climate conference, COP29, apart from delivering speech at the Leaders Summit.

On November 12, the Chief Adviser joined the opening session of COP29 and met at least 20 leaders of countries and heads of international agencies.

He met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish First Lady at the summit of the world leaders at the COP29 venue.

Prof Yunus also met UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif; President of the Maldives Mohamed Muizzu; Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay; and Nepal President Ramchandra Paudel.

He met the PMs of Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Albania, Barbados, presidents of Ghana, Rwanda, Montenegro, vice presidents of Brazil and Iran, president of FIFA, and the director general of IOM.

Addressing the opening session of the World Leaders Climate Action Summit in COP29, the Chief Adviser called for creating a new lifestyle based on zero waste and zero carbon to protect the planet from climatic catastrophe.

He joined an LDC high-level meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.

On Wednesday, Prof Yunus also joined a number of events on the sidelines of COP29.

Before flying from Baku, he met Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev at the COP29 climate summit venue.

Prof Yunus also held a meeting with former British Prime Minister Theresa May on the sidelines.

Lu Alckmin, wife of the vice president of Brazil Geraldo Alckmin, called on the chief adviser at the venue of the COP29 global climate summit on Thursday.