A UN delegation today began a four-day tour to Bhashan Char for a needs assessment before starting the humanitarian assistance programme for the Rohingyas on the island. The joint needs-assessment delegation, comprising officials of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP), is expected to assess the needs of over 18,000 Rohingyas currently living in Bhashan Char at Hatia of Noakhali. The development comes following the memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed on October 9, between the Ministry of Relief and Disaster Management and the UNHCR, to establish a common protection and policy framework for the humanitarian response for Rohingyas in Bhashan Char. "This will also help them assess what will be the needs of the one lakh Rohingyas once they are relocated to Bhashan Char from Cox's Bazar," a UN official told The Daily Star.
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.