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Published: 27 Apr 2021 10:44 PM BdST
Updated: 27 Apr 2021 11:07 PM BdST
The world’s richest countries are most at fault for climate change, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said, urging them to do more to cut their greenhouse gas emissions. );
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“No member country of the Climate Vulnerable Forum is a significant emitter. But we are the worst sufferers,” Hasina said in her speech to the Foreign Policy Virtual Climate Summit on Monday.
“The bottom 100 countries account for just 3.5 percent of the global emission whereas the G20 countries are responsible for 80 percent.”
Though many countries have joined the Paris Climate Accord, little of substance has been done to check emissions of the greenhouse gases that drive this increase in global temperature, she said.
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One of the positive outcomes of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change back in 2015 was a pledge from the rich countries to provide USD 100 billion a year, starting from 2020, to help the poorer countries tackle climate change through both mitigation and adaptation actions.
However, the year 2020 has come and gone, but this pledge was not delivered. It is difficult to even know how much was actually delivered, but the estimate is that perhaps USD 70 to 80 billion might have been delivered in 2020. Delivering the deficit for 2020 as well as another USD 100 billion for 2021 will be the test for the developed countries at the upcoming COP26 to be held in Glasgow, Scotland in November, hosted by the United Kingdom.
Implementation of Paris deal only way to check global warming: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File Photo
UNB, Dhaka
UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday laid emphasis on the strict implementation of the Paris Agreement, saying it is the only way to check global emissions and thereby global warming. The time to take action to save the planet is not tomorrow, but today, she said in her prerecorded video message in the Foreign Policy Virtual Climate Summit.
The prime minister said climate change is not boundary-specific. If one country emits, every country is affected. So, every country would have to play its role, she said.
Leaking Landfill Contributes to Worldâs Mystery Methane Hotspot
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(Bloomberg) A landfill in Bangladesh is leaking huge quantities of the potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, according to the emissions-tracking company GHGSat Inc.
(Bloomberg) A landfill in Bangladesh is leaking huge quantities of the potent greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere, according to the emissions-tracking company GHGSat Inc.
An April 17 observation from the companyâs Hugo satellite shows a methane release originating from the Matuail Sanitary Landfill, said GHGSat President Stephane Germain. The company estimated the emissions rate at about 4,000 kilograms an hour, the planet-warming equivalent of running 190,000 traditional cars. The countryâs environment ministry said itâs investigating.