Even before any climate adaptation fund has seen the light of day, in Copenhagen, Bangladesh ask for 15% of any such fund.
The Bangladeshi State Minister For the Environment and Forest, Hasan Mahmud, commented that, ""The population of our one coastal district is bigger than the entire population of all island countries and in that consideration at least 15 percent of any climate fund should come to us."
A leading economist, Qazi Kholiquzzaman, who is also part of the Bangladeshi negotiation team in Copenhagen added, ""We are not begging any mercy from anyone. Rather we want justice as the worst victim of climate change."