Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said climate change has become a new element of national security.

She said its solution should also be global as climate change requires combined, concerted and coherent actions.

" We should share responsibility for ensuring security," she said on Saturday while addressing a panel discussion titled ‘Climate Security: Good COP, Bad cops’ during the Munich Security Conference at Hotel Bayerisher Hof in Munich.

Sheikh Hasina said climate change causes security concerns by adding pressure on resources. "It may also result in instability, violence and conflicts. In all cases, national security could be jeopardised."

"The world is now on an uncertain journey. The concept of national security is going through fundamental changes. Climate change has become a new element of national security," she said.

Hasina said first is food security as the production and quality of food are both severely hampered by the impacts of climate change.

The Prime Minister said the second is water security and scarcity of safe and fresh water for life and livelihoods, which are becoming acute, among others, due to climate change.

The third is climate-induced migration, she said adding, "Millions are forced to move, internally and internationally because of climate change. "

Hasina further said, “As part of our commitments, we've undertaken coastal greenbelt projects along nearly 900 kilometres of the coastline. Around 4.5 million solar home systems have been installed across the country. By 2018, Bangladesh will emerge as the largest solar nation globally."