Bangladesh will once again emphasise the repatriation of more than one million Rohingya refugees when the foreign minister of China, a close ally of Myanmar, visits Dhaka. Analysts believe renewed discussions on the issue will play a key role in expediting the return of the forcibly displaced people to their homeland under a tripartite initiative. Against the backdrop of international pressure, several rounds of talks have taken place between the neighbouring countries without any real headway. With each passing year, the socio-economic implications of sheltering such a large population in refugee camps are amplifying for Bangladesh. As such, Dhaka will pitch for a speedy resolution during Foreign Minister Wang Yi's trip. “The Rohingya issue is at the top of the agenda. This issue will be seriously discussed during [Wang Yi's] visit,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said. Foreign relations experts believe Yi's trip represents a window of opportunity for Dhaka. They stressed the need to bring other countries with stakes and interests in Myanmar to the table to reach an effective solution. Munshi Faiz Ahmad, Bangladesh's former ambassador to China, says the situation has now "changed" quite a bit for Myanmar, which has repeatedly sidestepped the issue of repatriation. He noted that their appeal to the International Criminal Court over the Rohingya genocide case has been rejected, with calls for their repatriation growing from the US and other powers, including Japan.
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.