We have but one Earth
Almost 150 countries worldwide, including Bangladesh, celebrated the golden jubilee of World Environment Day on June 5, aiming to raise public awareness. This year, the theme “Only One Earth” emphasizes on “living sustainably in harmony with nature.” The theme calls for collective, transformative action on a global scale to protect, restore, and balance the planet against all emergencies. The Earth faces a three-headed monster in terms of planetary emergencies; Earth is heating up too quickly for people and nature to adapt; habitat loss and anthropogenic pressures on biodiversity threaten their extinction; and pollution continues to poison our air, land, and water. Conservationists, politicians, diplomats, bureaucrats, researchers, and scientists are working together relentlessly to face this planetary level emergency. One of the most important global outreach initiatives is to celebrate World Environment Day, which evolved in 1972 from the first United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, commonly known as the Stockholm Conference. Since 1974, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has been organizing the event every year. Among the developing nations, Bangladesh is one the worst victims of climate change, and the subsequent loss of biodiversity and nature, plastic waste, pollution, and transformed ecosystem. The government of Bangladesh (GOB) has taken various measures to safeguard the environment from such challenges.
India targets net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, says Modi
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.
COP26: What climate summit means for one woman in Bangladesh
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.
Why China's climate policy matters to us all
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.