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GoI launches India Climate Change Knowledge Portal
The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Prakash Javadekar recently launched the India Climate Change knowledge portal. The portal will hold major information about the steps taken by the government at both National and international levels to address climate change issues. It will act as a single point information source providing information ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: 2015 Paris Agreement • Climate Action • Climate change • G20 • Nationally Determined Contributions • Paris Agreement • Paris Agreement on Climate Change
World Economic Forum Survey: World loses hopes in Climate Science; Indians are most-trusting
The World Economic Forum published its opinion poll during its 50th annual meeting in Davos. The annual meeting was called for urgent upskilling and better climate education. Highlights According to the survey, India and Bangladesh are the most trusting people in climate science. The citizens of both the countries keep themselves updated about the happening ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Climate • Climate Action • Climate change • Global warming • Skills • World Economic Forum
73 Countries join Climate Ambition Alliance at COP25
Around 73 countries have joined the Climate Ambition Alliance (CAA) at the COP25. The alliance is led by Chile and was launched at the Climate Action Summit, New York in 2019. Both Chile and UK will work together to mobilize additional actors to join the alliance. They will also work towards COP26 that is to ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: 2015 Paris Agreement • Climate Action • COP25 • Emissions Gap Report • Nationally Determined Contributions • UN Climate Action Summit • United Nations • United Nations Environment Program
Brown to Green Report, 2019: Performance of G20 countries on Climate Change
The Brown to Green Report is the most comprehensive review of climate actions of G20 nations. The report covers 80 indicators and is developed by experts from 14 research organizations. Highlights of the report G20 countries are responsible for 80% of global Green House Gas emissions. Every year between 1998 and 2017, the G20 countries ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Climate Action • Climate change • G20 • GHG • Global warming • Paris Agreement
11,000 scientists in 153 countries declare climate emergency
In a paper published in the journal BioScience, 11,258 signatories (69 from India) declared Global Climate Emergency. They presented climate change trends and methods to mitigate the threat. The report was titled “World Scientists” It is based on the scientific analysis of more than 40 years of publicly available data. It illustrates several key climate ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Clean Energy • Climate Action • Climate change • fossil fuel • Global warming • SDG