School students in Bangladesh are speaking out about the need to protect the planet and reduce emissions BrettMasonNews
"The environment is being destroyed. The Himalayas are melting. I feel so upset. The world is becoming warmer," Year 8 student Hridika told SBS News.
"I don't think it can survive much longer. That's why we need to plant more trees, because of carbon dioxide."A staggering 82 per cent of the city is now concrete, with just six square kilometres of open space across the entire city."Our role is to plant more and more trees. We need to make our country, and the whole world, much greener. We need to control the use of carbon," he told SBS News.
"I salute Greta Thunberg, many times. She is only my age but has done an amazing job bringing young people together." Brett Mason travelled to Bangladesh as part of the Australian Regional Leadership Initiative, funded by the Gates Foundation.
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