Carbon-negative Bhutan offers lessons on fighting climate change

Kingdom proves emissions can be offset by focusing on environment over growth

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Bhutan's capital Thimphu has lots of greenery, even in the center of the city. (Photo by Moyuru Baba)

MOYURU BABA, Nikkei staff writer

THIMPHU -- As more countries set goals to achieve net-zero emissions years from now, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan already has gone further by becoming carbon negative -- absorbing more carbon than it emits.

Nestled between China and India, Bhutan is home to around 800,000 people across an area a little smaller than Switzerland. Though Bhutan's economy depends heavily on tourism, the country sees its environment as an even greater priority.

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