Finland keen on development of smart city, small port in Bangladesh
Finland has shown interest in promoting cooperation in the development of a smart city and smart port in Bangladesh. The Scandinavian country also conveyed the interest of the Finnish energy companies to collaborate with Bangladesh. The issues were discussed during a meeting between non-resident Finnish Ambassador to Bangladesh Ritva Koukku-Ronde and Bangladesh's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam at the foreign ministry today. The ambassador is currently on a bilateral visit to Bangladesh and scheduled to meet the Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi and State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid. They discussed ways to expand trade and investment, cooperation in climate action, sustainable development, migration and mobility, education and research, renewable energy and digital cooperation. Both sides exchanged views on regional and multilateral issues including the Ukraine conflict and its implications. State Minister Shahriar Alam encouraged the Finnish companies to benefit from the attractive business opportunities in Bangladesh and discussed possible economic engagements between the two countries. The Finnish ambassador appreciated Bangladesh's role in maintaining regional stability by hosting 1.1 million Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals and providing them with sustainable livelihood and education. She also praised Bangladesh's well recognised role in peacekeeping and peacebuilding.
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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.