Pillar: mitigation and low carbon development to evolve low carbon development options and implement these as the country's economy grows over the coming decades and the demand for energy increases.---Emphasis is [...] given to the development of renewable energy, particularly solar homes and biogas plants so that the emission is so small as possible without jeopardizing the access to energy.---Develop a strategic energy plan and investment portfolio to ensure national energy security and lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Theme: Mitigation of low carbon development. Programme: Improved energy efficiency and consumption of energy: a1. Study the future energy needs of the country and find out the least cost energy supply path that satisfies future energy demand based on the desired growth path of the economy; a2. Raise energy efficiency in power production, transmission and distribution through appropriate investments; a3. Raise energy efficiency in agricultural and industrial processes through appropriate policies and investments; a4. Raise energy efficiency in domestic and commercial/service sectors through appropriate policies and investments; a5. Raise energy efficiency in transport sector through appropriate policies and investments.---Theme Mitigation and Low Carbon development: Programme: Gas exploration and reservoir management; invest in gas exploration; invest in reservoir management.---Theme Mitigation and Low Carbon development: Programme: Development of coal mines and coal fired power stations: a1. Review coal mining methods and undertake a feasibility study to assess the technical, economic, social and environmental feasibility of coal mining power generation; a2. if the feasibility study is positive, invest in coal-mining and coal-fired power generation plants using clean coal technology.---Theme Mitigation and Low Carbon development: Programme: renewable energy development: Maximizing the use of renewable energy resources to lower the GHG emission and ensuring energy security: a1. investments to scale up solar power programmes; a2. Research and investment to harness wind energy, particularly in coastal areas; a3. Feasibility studies for tidal and wave energy; a4. Study of the techno-economic, social and institutional constraints to adoption of improved biomass stoves and other technologies.---Theme Mitigation and Low Carbon development: Management of Urban Waste: a2. Using CDM mechanisms to set up small power plants by capturing the produced methane from waste dumps. ---Theme Mitigation and Low Carbon development: Rapid expansion in use of CFL in all premises: a1. a rapid assessment of potential of CFL in Bangladesh; a2. Development of a project proposal for obtaining CDM benefits; a3. Facilitate expansion of CFL with support of Carbon Credit Fund.---Theme Mitigation and Low Carbon development: Put in place effective technological and adaptation options in built environment to improve energy and water efficiency: [...] a2. installation of solar thermal power or small wind mill at the rooftop of nearby all buildings and infrastructures; a3. Revision of building code for inclusion of energy saving devices in all infrastructures and provision for planning of construction works in energy efficient methods.---Theme Mitigation and Low Carbon development: To improve energy use efficiency in transport sector and benefit from CDM process: [...] a2. Reducing the use of fossil fuel by improving the efficiency of energy usage; [...] a4. Substitution of biofuel, fossil fuels as appropriate.