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What is Greenco Rating System followed in India?
On March 19, 2020, the Ministry of Railways presented the details of Greenco System in the country in Lok Sabha. As on 2018, 42 Railway Production units have implemented Greenco Rating. What is GreenCo? The assessment of major workshops and production units in various industries based on their ecological sustainability. The assessment helps the comapnies ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: carbon dioxide emissions • Carbon Sink • CII • Green Cover • GreenCo certification. • INDC • Ministry of Railways • UNFCCC
UN Climate Summit concludes
The longest climate talks in the history of United Nations that was held in Madrid, Spain, ended on December 15, 2019. The climate summit ended without crucial agreement on carbon market rules of the Paris Agreement. Highlights The key issues that was aimed to get resolved at the summit was the regulation of carbon market. ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: carbon capture • Carbon emission • COP25 • IPCCC • NDCs • Paris Agreement • UNEP • UNFCCC
India attended the Madrid Climate Conference
The Minister of Environment Shri Prakash Javadekar represented India at the Madrid Climate Conference. The United Nations Climate Change Conference is being held in Madrid between 2nd December, 2019 and 13th December 2019. The COP25 (25th Conference of Parties) was to be held in Chile. However, Chile government cancelled COP25 due to the protests that ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019
Topics: Chile • Climate change • Cop • COP25 • Madrid • Nationally Determined Contributions • Oceans • UNFCCC
UNDP Green Climate Fund: India gets 43 million USD to boost climate in 3 coastal states
With the help pf 43 million USD from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), India has begun the project that will positively impact over 10 million people living on the coastline. The funds are to be obtained from the Green Climate Fund that was established under United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The objective ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Carbon Sequestration • Climate change • India-UNDP • National Action Plan on Climate Change • Nationally Determined Contributions • Odisha • Paris Agreement • UNFCCC • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Madrid to host COP 25
The Spanish capital city of Madrid will be hosting the world’s annual climate conference, called COP-25 (Conference of the Parties) from 2 to 13 December 2019. This decision was taken following Chile’s stepping down as host for the COP-25 event due to the ongoing street protests in South American country. Key Highlights The decision came ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Chile • Climate change • COP-25 • Madrid • Spain • UNFCCC
COP25 cancelled
On October 30, 2019, the Chile Government cancelled the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and the COP25 conference due to the ongoing protests in the country. The country’s president in a press meet said that the ongoing violent protests have plagued the country for weeks and it is currently not in a situation to hold ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2019
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: APEC • Chile • conference of parties • COP25 • India-UN • pacific rim • Trade war • UNFCCC • United Nations • US-China