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India submits first Biennial Update Report to UNFCCC
India has submitted its first Biennial Update Report (BUR) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) towards fulfillment of the reporting obligation. The BUR has been submitted as per the provisions of the UNFCCC Convention which is ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2016
Brief History of Climate Change Negotiations
Climate change first emerged as a global policy issue in the late 1980s, spurring decades of international negotiations to address rising greenhouse gas emissions and climate change risks. The first milestone was 1979 – First World Climate Conference which outlined ..
COP 21 adopts historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Conference of the Parties 21 (COP 21) have adopted the historic Paris Agreement on Climate Change. It was adopted by 189 countries of total 196 countries under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that attended the COP ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Paris Pact on Water and Climate Change Adaptation announced
Paris Pact on Water and Climate Change Adaptation has been announced by a broad coalition of nations, river basin organizations, business and civil societies from across the globe. It was announced during the on-going 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2015
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)
The Government of India has recently submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Background The earliest notion of INDCs had come into the 2013 COP-19 held at Warsaw, Poland. In that ..
India pledges 33-35 per cent GHGs emission cut by 2030
India has pledged to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions intensity of its GDP by 33-35 per cent compared to 2005 levels by 2030. The figures of mitigation action were announced by Union Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar in New Delhi ahead ..