Bhutan – ESG & the little Kingdom of Bhutan

This is the story of
ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) and
the little Kingdom of Bhutan

This is a cautionary story of success and urgency…………..
Bhutan is a “Carbon Sink”! They have already reached 2050 !
They continue to further their efforts. But they are part of planet Earth, so they suffer from the mistakes of others.

If all the World would make changes like Bhutan has……we would save Bhutan and the rest of us Humans!

In this post:
COP26,
Bhutan is a Carbon Sink.
How have they Reversed Climate Change? (REALLY!),
Bhutan for Life,
AgainA reminder about all that Bhutan has been doing
Come together at COP 26 and dance!

We are all focusing on COP 26

The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on
31 October – 12 November 2021.

More and more extreme weather tells us that we must disrupt our routines and make new ones….. THERE IS ONE COUNTRY THAT HAS BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2009.
This country isn’t just carbon neutral — it’s carbon negative

Bhutan is a Carbon Sink. Bhutan has reversed Climate Change!
>>>Bhutan can sink the equivilant of all of New York City’s CO2 each year.
“By 2020, we will export enough electricity to offset 17 million tons of carbon dioxide.”

“And if we were to harness even half of our hydropower potential, and that’s exactly what we are working at.  The clean, Green energy that we export would offset something like 50 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.  That is more CO2 than what the entire city of New York generates in one year.
That’s why we have promised to remain carbon neutral.  We first made this promise in 2009 during COP 15 in Copenhagen, but nobody noticed.  Governments were so busy arguing with one another and blaming each other for causing climate change, that when a small country raised our hands and announced, “We promise to remain carbon neutral for all time!,”  nobody heard us.  Nobody cared.  Last December in Paris, at COP 21, we retried our promise to remain carbon neutral for all time to come.  This time, we were heard.  We were noticed, and everybody cared.  What was different in Paris was that governments came round together to accept the realities of climate change, and were willing to come together and act together and work together.   All countries, from the very small to the very large, committed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions.  The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change says that if these “so-called intended commitments” are kept, we’d be closer to containing global warming by two degrees Celsius. 
It is crucial that all of us keep our commitments. 
I thank you for listening to our story, a story of how we are keeping our promise to remain carbon neutral, a story of how we are keeping our country pristine, for ourselves, our children, for your children and for the world. 
“We are in it Together” 

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Bhutan is Carbon Negative 

How have they
Reversed Climate Change? (REALLY!)

 

They are still planting trees.
They are still keeping their promise.

They are still encouraging global climate action.
As the Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group, Bhutan is hosted the Thimphu Ambition Summit themed ‘Momentum for a 1.5°C world, to encourage global climate action’.  Prime Minister urged


 

“Bhutan for Life” song

There lies a small country in the Himalayas
Although it is one of the smallest in the world
It has one of the biggest commitments
This is Bhutan
We are all Bhutanese
Its most valued treasure is its nature and wildlife

A gift from our beloved King
We need to conserve it for the future
With the conservation of nature, we are also mindful
Of keeping harmony between nature and humans.
We aspire to eliminate any problem between people and wildlife.

We need to conserve it for the future 
The serene nature and the wildlife gives us all a reason to be happy,
Bhutan for Life, Bhutan for Life

    “Bhutan for Life”
A model program. We offer this model to our planet as “Earth for life“.
Finance Project for Permanence

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There are floods around the world, but even though Bhutan works hard to remain carbon negative, they too are victims

Opening statement from Sonam P Wangdi Hon. Secretary of the National Environment Commission at the Royal Government of Bhutan, Chair of the LDC (Least Developed Countries) Group to the UNFCCC and Co-Chair of the LoCAL Board, during a special session at New York Climate Week

A reminder about all that
Bhutan has been doing to
Reverse Climate Change!

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Tshering Tobgay, Ex-PM of Bhutan, started the videos on this post. Please let him end them. ….
Not much has changed since he spoke in 2017.

HOWEVER, these are words that we should hold fast in our minds and hold our focus on world leaders, as they try to commit to the most important projects of the next 10 years!

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It is time to focus on COP 26

“In my old industry, finance, climate is now mainstream, too.
And there is a simple reason for that.
Investors try to predict the future.  Because if you can do that, you can make money.  And increasingly, they think the future is GREEN.
It’s like hosting a disco, a bop.  You can get a hall, you can hire a DJ, but to make it work, your friends have to turn up and dance!
A clean future is in our grasp!  
Come together at COP 26 and dance!

The UK will host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow on 31 October – 12 November 2021.
Governments, business and civil society need to work together to [disrupt and] transform the ways we power our homes and businesses, grow our food, develop infrastructure and move ourselves and goods around. 

This is why the UK COP26 Presidency is working with countries and partners including the UN High Level Champions on Climate Action to:

• Accelerate the transition from coal to clean power – try this:
  Wave Power Is Very Very “Energy Dense”!
• Protect and restore nature for the benefit of people and climate
  – try this: I Say, “Heal The Land With Vetiver”
• Accelerate the transition to zero emission vehicles – try this:
  #3 Municipal Solid Waste – MSW To BioFuel? Yes!
• Raise climate ambition through science and innovation – try this:
  Time To AskNature.Org – Ray Of Hope Prize Finalists

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A clean future is in our grasp!  
Come together at COP 26
and dance!