COP26 postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

On April 1, 2020, the United Nations announced that the Conference of Parties (COP 26) that was to be held in Glasgow in November 2020 has been pushed to 2021. This is being done over the threat of COVID-19 virus and its impact on the world. Highlights The COP 26 which is considered as an ..

Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: 2015 Paris Agreement • Climate change • COP26 • G20 • Global warming • IPCC • SAARC • UNFCC • United Nations

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

40% of Amphibian Species threatened: IPBES Report

According to a study, called Global Assessment about 40% of amphibian species and more than a third (33%) of all marine mammals are threatened. The report released by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was compiled by 145 expert authors from 50 countries and supported by 130 countries (including the U.S., China ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: Climate change • Conference on Biodiversity • Environment • Global Assessment • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • IPBES • IPCC • Species Extiction

IPCC Special Report on Climate Change: Key Points

United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released special report on global warming in Incheon, South Korea. The report includes contributions from 91 authors and review editors from 40 countries. It will be key scientific input in upcoming Katowice Climate Change Conference in Poland in December 2018. Key Points from report It clearly ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018

Category: Environment Current Affairs

Topics: Environment • Global warming • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • International • IPCC • Reports

Hoesung Lee elected as Chairman of IPCC

Hoesung Lee of South Korea has been elected Chairman of Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC). He was elected in on-going 42nd session IPCC in Dubrovnik, Croatia by 78 votes to 56 in a run-off election with Jean-Pascale van Ypersele from Belgium. Lee succeeds environmentalist R.K. Pachauri of India who had resigned following the sexual ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015

Topics: Climate change • Current Affairs 2016 • Enviorment • Hoesung Lee • IPCC • South Korea