Ban smacks of unfair trade

FEW would dispute that climate change is a threat to sustainable development. The uncontrolled rise in greenhouse gases, mainly carbon dioxide, has raised alarm bells throughout the world. Scien­tists have warned that a temperature rise beyond 2°C would be catastrophic for us all.

The latest United Nations climate report suggests that world temperatures are slowly inching towards a 1.5°C rise. The UN continues to urge countries to take actions to mitigate global warming. Climate action is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. An earlier report by Lord Stern of Britain also warned of dire economic consequences for the world, the longer we delay the mitigation actions.