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GlacierHub by Lily Roberts and Nidup Gyeltshen |December 23, 2020 At the Thimphu Ambition Summit, held on December 9, government leaders delivered clear ambition statements that showcased their individual government’s leadership on climate action, throwing their weight behind holding the world to the 1.5C warming target set out in the Paris Agreement. The high level virtual event was organized by Bhutan to build political momentum on climate action and to discuss critical issues faced by least developed countries (LDCs), such as climate finance and green economic recovery. The summit was held in Thimphu, the nation’s capital. The 2015 Paris Agreement required nations to submit new revisions of their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) efforts by each country to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change by 2020 to replace the original ones which were first outlined in 2015. However, the COVID-19 pandemic ....
Safeguarding people’s health has been the global priority amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. In Bhutan, emerging lessons show how nutrition and other aspects of health are intricately related to the management of food security during the current crisis, and beyond. The country’s leaders have used moral suasion alongside policy measures to demonstrate that good nutrition need not be a luxury. Attribution: Om Bhandari, “Safeguarding Food Self-Sufficiency in the Time of COVID-19: Lessons from Bhutan,” ORF Issue Brief No. 429, December 2020, Observer Research Foundation. INTRODUCTION Global trade was already facing disruptions before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, owing to weakened growth and heightened US-China tensions; agriculture commodities were being disproportionately affected. ....