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