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'Climate change threat real, must move towards net-zero carbon emissions': Piyush Goyal

Union Minister Piyush Goyal said that the threat of climate change is real and the country has to move towards a world of net-zero carbon emissions. Meanwhile, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina also urged all the countries to combat the climate change menace and execute the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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Union Minister Piyush Goyal in a summit on Tuesday said that the threat of climate change is real and dangerous and the country has to move towards a world of net-zero carbon emissions. Meanwhile, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina at an inaugural event also urged all the countries to combat the climate change menace and execute the 2015 Paris Agreement.

"We ultimately have to move towards a world where we are net zero in terms of carbon emissions. The threat of climate change is very real, near and dangerous," Goyal said at the Sustainability Summit on Circular Economy for Self-Reliant India.

The summit was organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry via video conferencing.

Goyal, who is also the railway minister, said railways have introduced mechanised cleaning in trains which brought down consumption of water by 90%.

"When we introduced mechanised cleaning of trains, we brought down consumption of water by 90%. Since it is in a mechanised manner, out of the 10% water we use, we are able to recycle 6%. Effectively, our water consumption came down to barely 3-4%," Goyal said.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday also urged all the countries to increase their 'determined contributions' to combat the climate change menace and execute the 2015 Paris Agreement.

"As the climate change is a global affair, I would like to call upon the countries to enhance their Nationally Determined Contributions by December 31 this year in tackling the menace as well as implement the 2015 Paris Agreement," she said while inaugurating the South Asian Regional Office of Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) in Bangladesh.

She said Bangladesh is a unique example of climate vulnerability and resilience. People here have time and again shown their resilience against natural or man-made disasters. Yet, there remain a lot of things to be changed, she added.

"I think other countries in the region also have similar experiences and some good practices on adaptive measures. I believe, together we can safeguard and build a better future for all of us," Hasina urged other countries of the region.

Hasina also mentioned, before people can recover from one disaster caused by natural hazards, another one strikes, reversing any progress made. To end this cycle, South Asia needs to build greater resilience.

Bangladesh Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin, as well as ministers concerned of South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, Nepal, the Maldives, Bhutan, spoke at the inaugural function.

Hasina also called for greater cooperation and collaboration among the nations to fight the coronavirus impacts.

Hasina said Bangladesh remains committed to implementing the Paris Agreement and adopting all the measures to prevent the rise of temperature from the emission of greenhouse gas and other environmental degradations.

"We established Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund in 2009 and so far allocated USD 430 million from our own resources to implement the action plan," she added.

Bangladesh government has formulated a 100-year plan called 'Bangladesh Delta Plan-2100' as a long-term plan to face the challenges of climate change and natural disasters, the Prime Minister said.

(With agency inputs)

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