Bangladesh should tap blue economy: Dutch-Bangla Chamber
Bangladesh should devise mid- and long-term strategies to explore the "blue economy" as the country's maritime resources remained untapped despite the victory against neighbouring countries in the international tribunal on maritime boundaries in 2014. "Bangladesh's development progress depends on its capacities to explore the untapped maritime potentials after the great victory against Myanmar and India in maritime boundaries. Proper utilisation of the blue economy can contribute substantiality to the national economy," said Md Anwar Shawkat Afser, president of the Dutch-Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DBCCI) while speaking at the 22nd annual general meeting (AGM) of the DBCCI on Sunday, reads a press release. As the Netherlands has vast experience in exploring sea sources, Bangladesh can offer the EU country tapping the blue economy on a win-win basis, he added. Sources said Bangladesh has targeted to increase the contribution of the blue economy to GDP by 9% in 2025 and 10% by 2030. According to some estimates, Bangladesh has $120 trillion-ocean resources which could make Bangladesh an Asian superpower. In 2014, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas verdict gave Bangladesh the sovereign rights to 1,18,813 sq km territorial sea, 200 nautical miles of exclusive economic zone and all kinds of animal and non-animal resources under the 354 nautical miles continental shelf.
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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.
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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.