Source:Xinhua 27-05-21 09:00 Updated BJT
BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday sent a congratulatory letter to the World Judicial Conference on Environment, saying that China stands ready to cooperate with other countries and international organizations to jointly promote global ecological and environmental governance.
Xi pointed out in the letter that the earth is the common home of humanity. All countries must work together and act quickly to build a beautiful home for humans and nature coexisting harmoniously.
China adheres to the new development concept of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness, and sharing, comprehensively strengthens ecological environmental protection, and actively participates in global cooperation in the construction of ecological civilization, according to the letter.
Landlocked in the heart of Africa, Rwanda may be small, but it is aiming to become a a pioneer of the circular economy. Leading the transition is a generation of young Rwandans for whom sustainability is not just an environmental cause, but a vital business opportunity.
Investments in nature-based solutions should triple by 2030 and quadruple by 2050, a new report warns that the status quo is irreversible if it does not change the economy, the planet and humanity.
A new Nature Report for Finance warns that public and private investment is projected to triple $ 350 billion by 2030 from the current $ 133 billion – or $ 4.1 trillion difference by 2050.
“It’s doable, but it’s not done,” Teresa Jartman, one of the report’s authors and climate and nature leader at the World Economic Forum, told Al Jazeera.
“If we take the existing financial flows, the recovery packages, the subsidies, the tax revenues – and if we redirect them, that’s the goal that can really be achieved.”