Relocated Rohingyas finding a better life in Bhashan Char
BANGLADESH STARTED to relocate Rohingyas to Bhashan Char on 4 December 2020, to reduce pressure from the congested camps and to accustom them to normalcy after repatriating to Myanmar. Though some rightist groups are raising their concern over the vulnerability of the island and voluntariness of the Rohingya refugees to be shifted, Rohingyas are shifting to the island “for a better and secure life”. In the seventh phase, 369 more Rohingyas left relatively unsafe and clumsy Cox's Bazar camps for Bhashan Char through the Bangladesh Navy ship Penguin on 25 November 2021. With this, the total number of Rohingya citizens in the Bhashan Char camp has reached nearly 20,000 — one-fifth of the proposed 100,000 Rohingyas to be temporary relocated there. At the same time, on 30 November 2021, the Bangladesh Government for the first time allowed 68 Rohingyas from the island to meet their families in the Cox's Bazar camps which have been voiced by the rightist groups and the Rohingyas. According to a senior disaster management ministry official, the relocated Rohingyas will be allowed at least two trips per month from the island to the mainland camps. The acceptance of the family visit will smooth the relocation process and will help Rohingyas to acclimate in Bhashan Char. After signing the UN-Bangladesh MoU on engagement in the Bhashan Char facilitates, this is the first batch to relocate to the island. The resumed relocation has started at a time when the situation in the Cox's Bazar Rohingya camps is outrageous after the recent incidents of the killing of prominent Rohingya leader Mohib Ullah and seven other people there within a month.
India targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, says Modi
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.
COP26: What climate summit means for one woman in Bangladesh
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.
Why China's climate policy matters to us all
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.
Deliver on promises, developing world tells rich at climate talks
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.