Royal Commission Into Veteran Suicide ‘Supremely Important’: RSL
The Returned and Services League (RSL) has welcomed the Australian government’s announcement of a royal commission into veteran suicide rates, saying it was supremely important and a matter of urgency.
RSL National President Major General Greg Melick said the organisation looked forward to providing input, advice, and support to the federal government on this issue.
“The issue of veterans’ mental health and veteran suicide is supremely important and must be addressed as a matter of urgency; the RSL is calling for immediate action with no further delay,” Melick said.
“The RSL and its veteran members will continue to provide support to find solutions that deal with the scourge of veterans’ suicide which impacts severely on the entire veteran community.”
iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Apr 23, 2021 11:01am
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U.S. President Joe Biden’s virtual climate summit continues Friday, after the summit’s first day saw various countries update their emissions reductions targets and reveal new climate policies. Countries that released new emissions targets include the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Japan. Reuters has more details.
China vowed to begin phasing out coal use over 2026-2030, as part of its effort to become carbon neutral by 2060. President Xi Jinping told the summit that China’s coal consumption will peak in 2025 and then usage will drop.
Staying with coal, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said his country would end all financing of overseas coal projects and he promised to set a more ambitious schedule for slashing carbon emissions. Moon’s announcement made official parts of a “Green New Deal” that was proposed by his ruling party last year.
Dhaka optimistic about $100b annual global climate fund: Momen
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DHAKA, April 23, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh is optimism regarding formation of US 100 billion global climate fund for every year as world leaders showed strong ‘political commitment’ at “Leaders’ Summit on Climate” amid the US’s rejoining in the Paris Agreement.
“We are optimistic … to see strong political commitment from the US (regarding $US100 climate fund),” foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said today at a press briefing to reveal outcomes of the summit, attended by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with some 40 heads of state or government virtually on Thursday.
As part of the Paris Agreement pledge, there was a provision of raising $100b per year from 2020 onwards to help the vulnerable countries tackle climate change through mitigation and adaptation but so far, the pledge has failed.
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New Delhi, April 22
A major health emergency loomed over the national Capital on Thursday with several hospitals reporting exhaustion of medical oxygen. Health institutes, including Apollo, Fortis, Sir Ganga Ram and Shanti Mukund, sent an SOS to the government, forcing PM Narendra Modi to call an urgent review meeting.
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Biden’s climate plan faces global skepticism
President Joe Biden s new climate commitment leaves some wondering whether the U.S. will stick to the plan this time.
President Joe Biden listens during a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate with 40 world leaders at the East Room of the White House April 22. | Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images
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The U.S. government finds itself in an unfamiliar position midway through President Joe Biden’s global climate summit: struggling to deploy the moral authority and financial heft needed to assume global leadership.
Washington s history of backing out or failing to ratify climate commitments now jeopardizes widespread support for Biden’s just-announced plans to cut U.S. carbon dioxide output between 50 and 52 percent by 2030, compared with 2005 levels.