Reports and Indices Current Affairs MCQs

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‘Climate finance provided and mobilised by developed countries for the period 2013-21’ report was published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
It showed that economically developed countries fell short of their promise to jointly mobilise USD 100 billion a year, towards the climate mitigation and adaptation needs of developing countries, in 2021.

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The 14th Emissions Gap Report 2023 was released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
As per the report, even if the existing nationally determined contributions (NDC), both conditional and unconditional, are fulfilled by 2030, the global temperature is projected to rise by 2.5°C, surpassing the 2°C target established by the Paris Agreement.

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‘Renewable Energy Tracker 2023 (RET 2023)’ was released recently by the Platform of Action for Renewable Energy, Climate Action Network (CAN International).
It revealed that countries are not on track to achieve 100% renewable energy system due to insufficiency in efforts towards deploying renewables outside the power sector.

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Generative AI is poised to have a more profound impact on certain white-collar jobs than blue-collar ones in the next ten years, showed new workplace research from learning company Pearson.
Blue collar roles, especially those requiring more creative, manual, and collaborative tasks, are likely to face less disruptions from the accelerated adoption of Gen AI aimed at driving productivity. The third edition of the Pearson Skills Outlook series: ‘Gen AI-proof jobs’ analyses the impact of Gen AI on more than 5,000 jobs in five countries – India, Australia, Brazil, the US, and the UK.

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WHO’s most recent estimates, launched in March 2021, show that almost 1 in 3 women worldwide experiences physical and/or sexual violence in her lifetime.
Most of this is in the form of intimate partner violence. November 25, the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, marks the beginning of the annual activist-led campaign, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. The campaign lasts until 10 December, observed every year as Human Rights Day.

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To assess and measure the progress made by Grassroots level Institutions in achieving Localized SDGs and thereby attaining SDG 2030, Ministry has released a report on Panchayat Development Index (PDI).
Panchayat Development Index would play a significant role for performance evaluation and progress assessment in achieving the LSDGs in rural area. Under the revamped RGSA, Ministry has been incentivizing best performing Panchayats through National Panchayats Award (NPA) by assessing their performance in the attainment of SDGs to generate positive competition among Panchayats.

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India, Pakistan and South Africa, along with five others, have pushed for a five-year global patent waiver for Covid-19 diagnostics and therapeutics. In a submission to the World Trade Organization, they said that diagnostics and therapeutics are essential tools to fight the pandemic.
The submission, made on behalf of 65 WTO members came after the US refrained from taking sides in extending the waiver, which is applicable to Covid-19 vaccines only. For almost two years, India, South Africa and 80 other WTO members sought a response for future pandemics through exceptions in the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement but the ministerial outcome of 2022 (MC12) only covered Covid-19 vaccines.

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Tiriyani Block of Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district, Telangana secured the top position in the first delta rankings of Aspirational Blocks Programme (ABP) announced by NITI Aayog.
The second position was bagged by Kaushambi block of Kaushambi District, Uttar Pradesh. The rankings were announced in a virtual event at NITI Aayog. The ranking of the blocks has been calculated on the basis of performance of blocks and progress achieved in the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in the month of June, 2023.

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UN President urged the UN Security Council President to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and appealed for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared.
The UNSC comprises five permanent members, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, China and Russia and 10 non-permanent members appointed for specific periods. On a rotational basis, each of these 15 countries holds the presidency for a month. Ecuador is the President for December 2023. Article 99 of the UN Charter is the founding document of the United Nations. Based on the powers conferred through it, the UN can take action on a wide variety of issues.

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The decade from 2011-2020 was the warmest ever in history. While there has been a rise in economic losses from extreme weather and climate losses.
As per the report titled ‘The Global Climate 2011-2020: A Decade of Acceleration’ from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), this was the decade with the lowest number of deaths from extreme events.