{"id":75232,"date":"2025-11-19T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/nov\/18\/bhutan-pm-tshering-tobgay-first-carbon-negative-nation-climate-wellbeing"},"modified":"2025-11-19T00:00:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T15:00:51","slug":"bhutan-pm-on-leading-the-first-carbon-negative-nation-the-wellbeing-of-our-people-is-at-the-centre-of-our-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=75232","title":{"rendered":"Bhutan PM on leading the first carbon-negative nation: \u2018The wellbeing of our people is at the centre of our agenda\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing \u2018a lot more than our fair share\u2019 on climate and west must cut emissions \u2018for the happiness of your people\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The wealthy western countries most responsible for the climate crisis would improve the health and happiness of their citizens by prioritising environmental conservation and sustainable economic growth, according to the prime minister of Bhutan, the world\u2019s first carbon-negative nation.<\/p>\n<p>Bhutan, a Buddhist democratic monarchy and biodiversity hotspot situated high in the eastern Himalayas, is among the world\u2019s most ambitious climate leaders thanks to its people\u2019s connection with nature and a strong political focus on improving gross national happiness rather than just GDP, Tshering Tobgay told the Guardian.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/nov\/18\/bhutan-pm-tshering-tobgay-first-carbon-negative-nation-climate-wellbeing\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Tshering Tobgay says his country is doing \u2018a lot more than our fair share\u2019 on climate and west must cut emissions \u2018for the happiness of your people\u2019The wealthy western countries most responsible for the climate crisis would improve the healt&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1786,2331,3355,65,1880,564,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bhutan","category-climate-crisis","category-cop30","category-environment","category-green-economy","category-greenhouse-gas-emissions","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75233,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75232\/revisions\/75233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}