A seminar was held recently at the initiative of Jahangirnagar University's newly opened Bangladesh Centre for Indo-Pacific Affairs of its international relations department. The topic of discussion was 'Bangladesh and Indo-Pacific Collaboration, Priority and Concern.' The concept of Bangladesh's general people about the Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS) so far has basically been based on a proposal of Indonesia towards the start of 2013. A multilateral initiative has been taken up jointly by the US and its allies and this has now gained significant expansion. While western countries are at the forefront, the US is the main initiator. Now efforts are being made to draw various countries of the world, Afro-Asian developing countries in particular, into the IPS fold. It is being touted that the main objective of this is to ensure that the Pacific Ocean and India Ocean (Indo-Pacific) remains free and to keep other seas free and ensure a rules-based order. Many geopolitical experts, however, feel that the actual objective of the western world and allies is to keep China at bay. They feel that the rise of China is a threat, particularly to US' monopoly of power.
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.