Bangladesh and the United States must engage constantly for the benefits of both countries, experts said at a discussion on Tuesday. Like every relationship, there are convergences and divergences in Dhaka-Washington ties and any differences must not impede the overall broad relations, they said. Referring to US sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion and several of its officials and Bangladesh’s abstention from a United Nations vote against Russia that somewhat strained the ties, the speakers said that the relationship between the two countries was much more than those factors and there were many other aspects that could be beneficial to both the countries. The leading English daily Dhaka Tribune and Central Foundation for International and Strategic Studies (CFISS) jointly organized the roundtable on Bangladesh-US relations at a local hotel. Shamsher M Chowdhury, former foreign secretary and former Bangladesh ambassador in Washington, Sean McIntosh, counsellor for public affairs at the US embassy in Dhaka, Shahab Enam Khan, professor of Jahangirnagar University and Lailufar Yasmin, professor of Dhaka University, attended the program as panellists. Dhaka Tribune Editor Zafar Sobhan and Commodore Nurul Absar, chairman and founder of CFISS, moderated the event attended by diplomats, academics and journalists. “This is a mutual relationship. This is a partnership in the interest of both Bangladesh and the US,” said Zafar Sobhan. A partnership of mutual understanding and respect is necessary to strengthen the bases and where both the countries are being benefited, he said.
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.