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UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2019
Recently released United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report-2019 warns that the Earth’s average temperature may rise by 3.2 degrees Celsius by 2100. Moreover, despite all scientific warnings and political commitments emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) couldn’t decrease globally. The report was released prior to United Nations Climate Conference (COP-25) to be held in ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: COP-25 • Emissions Gap Report • GHG • UNEP • United Nations Environment Programme
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
CO2 emissions rose by 2% in 2018: Study
As per a closely-watched review by United Kingdom (UK) based energy giant BP, titled “The BP Statistical Review of World Energy”, the global carbon emissions grew by 2.0% in 2018, the highest rate since 2010-2011. BP is a London based, British multinational oil and gas company. Key Findings of Study The study called that the ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2019
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: BP • BP Statistical Review of World Energy • Britain • British multinational Oil and Gas Company • Carbon Dioxide Emmsision • Climate change • GHG • Green House Gas Emissions • Renewable energy • Shale gas • US
Royal Bengal Tigers may not survive Climate Change: UN Report
According to a recent UN report, Climate change and rising sea levels may eventually wipe out ‘The Sundarbans’, which is one of world’s last and largest tiger strongholds. The studies of report rely on climate change scenarios developed by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for its simulation models. Key Findings of Report As per ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Bangladesh • Bengal tiger • Bhutan • Chin • Endangered • GHG • Greenhouse gas • India • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • IPCC • IUCN • Nepal • Project Tiger 1973 • Red List • Sundarbans • World Wide Fund for Nature • WWF