Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today called on young people to build themselves as "three-zero persons" to protect the planet from destruction, as he delivered a keynote speech at the BIMSTEC Young Gen Forum on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit.

"If we want to provide service, we will have to go to a new civilisation of three zeros – zero carbon emission, zero waste, and zero wealth concentration," he told the forum this afternoon.

Prof Yunus said the world is approaching a self-destructive civilisation as carbon emissions, waste generation, and wealth concentration continue under the old economic models.

Stressing the need for the protection of nature, the chief adviser said, "Unless your wealth is shared, you cannot sustain in society."

Mentioning that human beings are not born to work under anybody else but to be entrepreneurs, he urged the young generation to keep entrepreneurship in mind.
Calling the present young generation the most powerful ever in the world, the 2006 Nobel Peace Laureate said life is about preservation and protection, which is why a new civilisation of three zeros should be created.
About the importance of three-zero clubs, the chief adviser said once five persons come together, they can create a three-zero club where they will personally commit to not contributing to carbon emissions, waste generation, or wealth concentration, thus becoming three-zero persons.

"You cannot change the world in a day... if you want to change, start from your village," the chief adviser told youths.