KUALA LUMPUR (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) - A growing global push to safeguard nature by pledging to protect about a third of the planet s land and oceans by 2030 will fall short unless biodiversity-rich South-east Asian nations get behind the ambitious proposal, environmentalists have warned.
Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations this month backed a coalition of about 60 countries that have already promised to conserve at least 30 per cent of their land and oceans by 2030 - a goal dubbed 30x30 - to curb climate change and the loss of plant and animal species.
Cambodia is the only South-east Asian nation to have signed up to the goal so far, although the initiative has been endorsed by countries in other parts of the Asia-Pacific, including Japan, Pakistan and the Maldives.
Southeast Asian nations missing from push to protect 30 per cent of planet
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Expo 2020 sustainability focus recognised
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Highest sustainability honour awarded to Expo 2020’s eight infrastructure projects
DUBAI, 22nd April, 2021 (WAM) Eight infrastructure projects across Expo 2020 Dubai have been awarded the highest rating under CEEQUAL, the internationally recognised sustainability assessment for civil engineering, representing a major milestone in Expo’s goal to become one of the most sustainable World Expos ever.
Ratings under CEEQUAL – the world’s first sustainability assessment, rating and certification scheme for best practice in infrastructure projects – range from a ‘Pass’ at 30 percent to ‘Excellent’ at 75 percent, assessed across a range of sustainability issues, including land use, ecology, transport, resilience and pollution. Expo 2020 is the first project in the Middle East to receive an ‘Excellent’ CEEQUAL rating.