Support efforts to repatriate Rohingya to Myanmar: India
Bangladesh currently shelters more than one million Rohingya refugees, most of them in the Cox’s Bazar region, and has been calling on India to use its influence with Myanmar to start the process for sending them back to their homes in Rakhine state. Most of the Rohingya fled Myanmar during a military crackdown in 2017. Foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra told a media briefing after the talks between the two prime ministers that India has always played a “positive role” in the issue of the Rohingya refugees. Responding to several questions on the issue and Dhaka’s expectations from New Delhi in the matter, Kwatra said India favours the expeditious return of the displaced people. The world community, he pointed out, has lauded the role played by Bangladesh in giving shelter and help to Rohingya refugees. India has provided assistance for the Rohingya in Bangladesh, including financial aid, and will continue to consider providing help to meet their needs in future too, he said. “The Indian government supports all efforts for the secure, steady and speedy return of the displaced people from Myanmar in different countries,” he said, speaking in Hindi. In this context, India has always played positive role and will continue working for a solution to this problem with a positive point of view, he added. During a brief informal interaction with reporters on the sidelines of a reception hosted by the Bangladesh high commission on Monday night, Hasina had said a big country such as India can “do a lot” to help Bangladesh deal with the issue of Rohingya refugees. India has created infrastructure in Rakhine state to facilitate the return of Rohingya, but has traditionally refrained from nudging the Myanmarese junta regarding their repatriation over concerns about pushing Myanmar closer to China. India’s policy towards Myanmar is also shaped by its concerns related to insurgent groups that operate from the neighbouring country.
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.
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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.
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.