H. E.Sophie Aubert, Ambassador of France in Bangladesh speaks on climate change and Bangladesh’s role. She made the remarks after IID’s Policy Breakfast on Climate Change held on 17th January 2016 in Dhaka. She pointed that the significance of COP21 is that for the first time we, as human beings, have taken responsibility for the damage that we have caused to the environment. She urges that we must adopt a new model for growth and development that includes climate change issues.