Kingdom of bhutan, is a landlocked country in south Asia at the eastern end of the Himalayas.
It is sandwiched between two political giants and rivals India and China.
Since it's small and non controversial, it is often overlooked by the international community.
But the country of about 750,000 keeps making the world take notice of it again and again.
Bhutan is South Asia's happiest country.
Which is not surprising since its the one country that uses Gross Happiness Index to measure its growth.
But now Bhutan is in the news for different reasons, it became the world's first carbon negative country.
This means the country’s forests and trees absorb more carbon dioxide each year than it produces.
According to numbers the country emits around 1.5 million tonnes of carbon annually, while its forests absorb over 6 million tonnes.
The achievement is due to Bhutan's strong environment protection policies.
72% of the country is still forested, and it's constitution guarantees at least 60% will remain that way.
Last June, a team of 100 volunteers for planting 49,672 trees in just one hour setting a new world record.
Even this march 82,000 households planted a tree to celebrate the birth of Queen's first child.
Bhutan has already shown us a way on how to halt global warming, but are we ready to listen?
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