The USAID has launched a five-year project worth $20 million to protect ecologically critical forests and wetlands in Bangladesh, aiming to combat the impacts of climate change. Planning Minister MA Mannan and USAID Deputy Administrator for Policy and Programming Isobel Coleman were present at the launching of the project 'Protibesh' at an event on Tuesday. The project targets two key areas including the Sundarbans and the forest and freshwater wetland ecosystems of the Sylhet border region. The project will help communities build long-term climate resilience by adopting climate-smart agriculture approaches, and teach business skills to diversify and increase their incomes, moving away from reliance on natural resources from forests for their livelihoods. Officials from the fisheries, environment and forest departments joined the event. In his speech, MA Mannan said it is the duty of the people of the country to protect fishes, plants, and other creatures as well as conserve the environment. The new Protibesh project builds on a long-standing partnership between USAID, the government, and local community leaders, to protect and sustainably manage the country's biologically rich landscapes and ecosystems.
India’s economy will become carbon neutral by the year 2070, the country’s prime minster has announced at the COP26 climate crisis summit in Glasgow. The target date is two decades beyond what scientists say is needed to avert catastrophic climate impacts. India is the last of the world’s major carbon polluters to announce a net-zero target, with China saying it would reach that goal in 2060, and the United States and the European Union aiming for 2050.
China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
China's carbon emissions are vast and growing, dwarfing those of other countries. Experts agree that without big reductions in China's emissions, the world cannot win the fight against climate change. In 2020, China's President Xi Jinping said his country would aim for its emissions to reach their highest point before 2030 and for carbon neutrality before 2060. His statement has now been confirmed as China's official position ahead of the COP26 global climate summit in Glasgow. But China has not said exactly how these goals will be achieved.
A crucial U.N. conference heard calls on its first day for the world's major economies to keep their promises of financial help to address the climate crisis, while big polluters India and Brazil made new commitments to cut emissions. World leaders, environmental experts and activists all pleaded for decisive action to halt the global warming which threatens the future of the planet at the start of the two-week COP26 summit in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Monday. The task facing negotiators was made even more daunting by the failure of the Group of 20 major industrial nations to agree ambitious new commitments at the weekend.