Climate change Current Affairs, GK & News
Climate Action Tracker: Global warming by 2100 to be at 2.4°C
The Climate Action Tracker recently released a report calculating the impacts of the recent US Climate Summit. According to the report, even after implementing the ambitious climate goals of the summit, global temperature will increase by 2.4°C by 2100 as compared to that of pre-industrial levels. About the report The report tracked the policies of ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Climate Action • Climate Action Tracker • Climate change • COP26 • Global warming • Himalayan Glaciers • IPCC • leaders climate summit • Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) • Paris Agreement • Sea level rise
GNAFC’s Global report on food crises
The Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC) recently released the “2021 Global Report on Food Crises”. The GNAFC is an international alliance formed by the European Union, United Nations and other governmental and non-governmental agencies. The report says that economic crisis was the major reason to push 40 million people towards hunger in 2020. This ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: Climate change • Conflicts • COVID-19 • Economic Crisis • European Union (EU) • food crisis • food insecurity • food shortage • Global Network Against Food Crises • United Nations
RBI joins Network for Greening the Financial System- NGFS
The Reserve Bank of India recently joined the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS). By joining the system, RBI is to learn from and contribute to the Global Climate risk management in the financial sector. Ultimately, the apex bank will work with its global partners to support the transition towards a sustainable economy. Greening ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs • Environment Current Affairs • International Current Affairs
Topics: Climate change • Climate Finance • Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) • One Planet Summit • Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Net Zero Producer Forum
Saudi Arabia recently announced that it is to join Canada, US, Qatar and Norway in forming the Net Zero Producers Forum. Net Zero Producers Forum The forum has been formed for the oil and gas producers to discuss how to support the implementation of Paris Agreement on Climate Change. It aims to develop pragmatic net ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: Climate change • European Union • Greenhouse gas emissions • Methane • net zero emissions • Net Zero Producer Forum • World Leaders Summit
UK to build World’s most powerful climate-change forecasting supercomputer
Met Office and Microsoft are to build a weather forecasting supercomputer in the UK. The UK Government is to invest 1.2 billion Pound Sterling in the project. About the Supercomputer The supercomputer is expected to be one of the top twenty-five supercomputers in the world. It will help in better understanding of Climate Change. The ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2021
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Carbon dioxide • Climate change • Green House Gas Emissions • Renewable energy • Supercomputer • weather forecast