The Bangladeshi ethnobotanist highlights the environmental costs of conflict, urging greater attention to the carbon footprint of warfare and the need to protect biodiversity.
Bangladeshi ethnobotanist, ecologist and biodiversity researcher Pavel Partha has called for urgent action to stop war-related carbon emissions, which he describes as the “carbon bootprint”, and to build a peaceful and environmentally friendly world.
Partha made the remarks as part of Day 02 of the Shakti–The Climate Watch COP31 Climate Dialogue Series. He emphasised the need to address the environmental consequences of warfare alongside wider efforts to protect biodiversity and the climate.
Partha is a Bangladeshi ethnobotanist, ecologist, biodiversity researcher and activist. His work and advocacy focus on the relationship between environmental protection, biodiversity and human society.
He stressed that stopping war-related carbon emissions was an urgent priority and called for a peaceful world that is also environmentally friendly.
