Forming multi donor trust fund in the name of aiding Bangladesh in facing risk of climate change is an evil strategy, speakers said at a press conference yesterday. Rejecting "Climate Change Strategy and Action for Bangladesh" of the government, they said the strategy paper was prepared according to the advice of the local representatives of the World Bank. Equity and Justice Working Group (EquityBD) organised the press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity (DRU) in the city. "The strategy paper is a sum of some proposals", General Secretary of EquityBD Shamsuddoha said and added, "It could not be treated by any means as an effective strategy for facing climatic change." He said that the bureaucrats who get benefit from World Bank and IMF, made the strategy paper to preserve their self-interest. Shamsuddoha said since the proposals are infrastructure bound and embankment and cyclone shelter have been given priority, consultants and engineers would get more benefit. EquityBD put forward some proposals at the conference. It said that any aid regarding climatic change should be given direct to the government and for that there is no need to form separate trust fund. The aid should be given as compensation, it felt. It suggested that the fund should be made free from any influence of Asian Development Bank (ADB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and WB. The only principle of the fund should be "polluter pay and exploiter pay principle", that is the developed countries that are responsible for climate change should pay compensation to the suffered country, it said. EquityBD also urged the government to keep in mind the condition of migrated people in the planning as 2.20 crore people of the country will be environmental migrant by 2050 for climatic disaster. Mr. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Convener of EquityBD moderated the conference. Among others, Mr. Shahdat Islam Chowdury , Mustofa Kamal, AHM Bazlur Rahaman of EquityBD addressed the press conference.