CSOs: COP26 outcomes frustrating for Bangladesh, other MVCs
The outcomes of the recent global climate change conference (COP26) were frustrating for Bangladesh and other Most Vulnerable Countries (MVCs) as there was no significant decision on financing climate change adaptation activities, speakers at a virtual seminar have said. They also demanded that the government develop its own long-term financial strategies to support climate change action in the future. The virtual seminar titled “CoP 26 outcome and our future perspective as MVCs” was organized by COAST foundation, An Organization for Socio-Economic Development (AOSED), BIPNET-CCBD (Bangladesh Indigenous Peoples’ Network on Climate Change), Centre for Participatory Research & Development (CPRD) Coastal Development Partnership (CDP), Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network (CLEAN) and Equity and Justice Working Group, Bangladesh (EquityBD). Member of parliament Barrister Shamim Haider Patowary was the special guest at the seminar, which was moderated by Mostafa Kamal Akand of EquityBD. Brac University Professor Emeritus and lead climate negotiator of Bangladesh Dr Ainun Nishat, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology Professor Mostafa Saroar, Bangladesh Poribesh Anolon (BAPA) General Secretary Md Sharif Jamil, climate change negotiator and ex-secretary of National Press Club Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, Mrinal Kanti Tripura of BIPNET-CCBD, Md Jahangir Hossen Masum of CDP, Shamim Arefin of AoSED-Khulna, climate change advocate Emranul Hoque, and Kawser Rahaman of Janakhanta spoke at the event, among others. Syed Aminul Hoque from EquityBD delivered the key note speech.
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.