Sri Lanka wants to collaboratively work on the blue economy of Bangladesh
The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Bangladesh, Professor Sudharshan DS Seneviratne, at a Tuesday meeting with Bangladeshi businesses expressed his interest in Sri Lanka collaborating with Bangladesh to jointly work on the blue economy of Bangladesh. Although Bangladeshi businesses showed willingness to sign a free trade agreement (FTA), the Sri Lankan HC seemed interested in going slow and deliberate on the deal, only after a successful preferential trade agreement (PTA) which is in the making. "Bangladesh has tremendous blue economy potential in the Bay of Bengal. There are great opportunities to work jointly on a win-win development of the blue economy," Prof Sudharshan said at a meeting with the President of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), Rizwan Rahman, on Tuesday at the DCCI Gulshan Center in the capital. He said that signing a PTA with Bangladesh is in progress and hoped that soon both governments will be able to sign the agreement. "If the PTA performance is good, then an initiative can be taken to sign an FTA in future," Prof Sudharshan said.
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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.
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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.