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India-US 2030 Climate Partnership
On April 22, 2021, India and the United States launched the US-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership during the Leaders’ Summit. The US President hosted the Leaders Summit on Climate. The world leaders from around forty countries attended the summit. About the Partnership The Partnership will proceed through the following: Strategic Clean Energy ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Events Current Affairs • Important Days & Events Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: 2015 Paris Agreement • Barack Obama • Climate change • Climate Finance • Joe Biden • World Leaders Summit • Xi Jing Ping
World Earth Day: April 22
Every year, the World Earth Day is celebrated on April 22. The first World Earth Day was celebrated in 1970. Background In 1969, the Peace Activist John McConnell proposed to celebrate World Earth Day to honour the earth. It was first proposed to be celebrated on March 21, 1970, which is the first day of ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: 2015 Paris Agreement • Autumn Equinox • Equinox • Japanese Peace Bell • Joe Biden • Spring Equinox • World Earth Day • World Leaders Summit
State of the Global Climate 2020 Report
The World Meteorological Organisation recently released the “State of the Global Climate 2020” report. Key Findings of the Report 2011-2020 was the warmest decade in record. COVID-19 and extreme weather events were double blow to millions in the world. The Cyclone Amphan is the costliest tropical cyclone on record in the North Indian Ocean. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: 2015 Paris Agreement • AMPHAN • Greenhouse gas emissions • state of global climate • United Nations • World Meteorological Organization
PM Modi invited for US-hosted Virtual Climate Summit
President of United States, Joe Biden, has invited 40 world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for a US-hosted virtual summit on climate in April 2021. Summit will be organised to underline the urgency and economic benefits of stronger climate action. Highlights Joe Biden will host a two-day climate summit of world leaders. It will ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: Summits and Conferences
Topics: 2015 Paris Agreement • Climate Action • India-USA Relations • Joe Biden • Paris Agreement on Climate Change • US-hosted Virtual Climate Summit
US officially re-joined the Paris Climate Deal
The United States has officially re-joined the Paris climate accord on February 19, 2020. It has joined the deal again after 107 days it left. Highlights With the rejoining of US, the world leaders expects that now the country will prove its seriousness as it was mostly absent for four years. The countries are also ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: 2015 Paris Agreement • Goals under Paris Agreement • Joe Biden • Paris climate accord • Paris Climate Deal • United States
India- IEA MoU for Global Energy Security
India has signed a Framework for strategic partnership agreement with the International Energy Agency (IEA), recently. Highlights The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) seeks to strengthen the cooperation in global energy security, stability and sustainability. It will also help in extensive exchange of knowledge between the two. The MoU is also a stepping stone towards India’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: 2015 Paris Agreement • Global Energy Security • India- IEA • International Energy Agency (IEA) • Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)