Adopt ‘immediate action plan’ to cut carbon emissions, PM urges developed countries
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22nd April, 2021 07:51:54
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the developed countries to formulate an “immediate and ambitious action plan” to cut their carbon emissions to protect the planet from the adverse impact of climate change as she placed a four-point proposal at a high-level global climate summit.
While delivering her statement at the virtual “Leaders’ Summit on Climate”, convened by US President Joe Biden, the prime minister simultaneously called for “strong collective response” to address global crisis like the climate change and ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Sheikh Hasina joined the summit at the invitation of the Joe Biden. John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, handed over an invitation letter to the Bangladesh premier in Dhaka on April 9 to participate in the summit.
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“By maintaining those investments and putting these people to work, the United States sets out on the road to cut [our] greenhouse gases in half by the end of this decade,” he said.
The president’s newly announced target of a 50-52% reduction in emissions below 2005 levels by 2030 goes well beyond former President Obama’s 2015 target to cut emissions by at least 26% below 2005 levels by 2025.
“No nation can solve this crisis on their own, as I know you all fully understand,” the president said. “All of us all of us, particularly those of us who represent the world’s largest economies we have to step up.”