Last week, I wrote in this daily about the need for Bangladesh to take a whole of society approach to international diplomacy on tackling climate change globally, rather than depending on the annual Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) which meets only once a year for two weeks.
Climate change is now a global emergency which requires actions every single day, from all sectors of society, if we are to have any hope of averting its worst impacts. This is equally true at the national level, not just for Bangladesh, but for every country, especially the most vulnerable developing countries.
David Attenborough named COP26 People’s Advocate
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Key global green summit to be held in Glasgow, Scotland, in November
Legendary broadcaster and natural historian David Attenborough has been named as the COP26 People’s Advocate for the forthcoming key summit in Glasgow in November, when leading figures from various countries, including the UAE, are expected to accelerate action on climate change.
Attenborough, who turned 95 on Saturday (May 8), will address world leaders and the public ahead of the summit and at Glasgow, officials said. He will remain in the role during the UK’s presidency of the United Nations (UN) summit.
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Port cities offer a vital and overlooked way to help decarbonize the global economy. The maritime sector has been seen as a laggard in decarbonizing, but port cities are perfectly positioned to help catalyze a reduction in shipping emissions. Over half of all maritime emissions come from ships while berthed in ports.
A port can provide clean renewable energy to ships in port as well as to the city and surrounding industrial clusters and support vessels can provide clean electricity to ships on the approach to the port.
Port cities also can provide the infrastructure needed to facilitate a switch from fuel oil to liquefied natural gas for ships, apply green port duties and fee incentives to speed adoption of clean shipping, invest in hydrogen, biogas and carbon capture and sequestration infrastructure and develop circular and bio-economy infrastructure and activities.
(CARICOM), Press Release
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on the 6-7 May 2021, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize.
The COFCOR was attended by Honourable E. P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda; Senator Dr. the Honourable Jerome Walcott, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados; Honourable Dr. Kenneth Darroux, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Relations of the Commonwealth of Dominica; Honourable Oliver Joseph, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and CARICOM Affairs of Grenada; Honourable Hugh Todd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Guyana; His Excellency Dr. Claude Joseph, Prime Minister a.i. and Minister
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