With the end of the Cold war, Japan pursued a more active foreign policy to play a larger global role even in the security arena. One of the manifestations of Japan’s new foreign policy is the engagement of Japan in the Bay of Bengal regions. Gradually, the Bay of Bengal region has become significant for several reasons including security and geo-political ones. Therefore, moving away from its traditional socio-economic diplomacy, Japan sought to play a proactive role in increasing its engagement in the Bay of Bengal. Japan can create cooperation among the Bay of Bengal littorals by enhancing cooperation, creating investments, building infrastructures, and creating connectivity under the rubric of BIG B. The BIG-B has emerged as the most crucial cornerstone of Japanese strategy. The aim is to accelerate industrial agglomeration encompassing developing economic infrastructure, improving the investment environment, and fostering connectivity. The execution of BIG-B will reduce the influence of China’s influence in the Bay and will help India with its Act East policy and multilateral forums like the BIMSTEC and the Mekong-Ganga Cooperation (MGC) initiative.
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.