UN warning over climate crisis
The world's major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction in the next decade, the United Nations and research groups said on 20 November 2019 in the latest warning over climate crisis.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22051-un-warning-over-climate-crisis.html
#UN #UNEP #CICERO #gas #crisis #SEI #emissionsgap
Trilateral maritime exercise
Defence minister Rajnath Singh held wide-ranging talks with his Singapore counterpart Ng Eng Hen in Singapore on 20 November 2019 during which the two sides agreed to conduct the trilateral maritime exercise involving Singapore, India and Thailand annually from next year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22050-trilateral-maritime-exercise.html
#Trilateral #RajnathSingh #SITMEX #HADR #DMD
New forest policy on anvil
More than 30 years after it was last launched, a new national forest policy that would deal with issues such as climate change and human-wildlife conflict is now on the anvil.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22049-new-forest-policy-on-anvil.html
#Newforestpolicy #anvil #ICFRE #Dehradun #SureshGairola
India appeals WTO Appellate body
India on 19 November 2019 appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel's ruling that had recommended withdrawal of its key export subsidy schemes, including the one for special economic zones in the next 90-180 days.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22048-india-appeals-wto-appellate-body.html
#India #WTO #Appellatebody #SCM #GNI #EOU #MEIS
Extraterrestrial sugar found in space rocks
In a first, an international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites - supporting the hypothesis that chemical reactions in asteroids can make some of life's ingredients.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22047-extraterrestrial-sugar-found-in-space-rocks.html
#NASA #Extraterrestrial #DNA #RNA #OSIRIS #Hayabusa2
PETA India's 2019 Person of the Year
Team India skipper Virat Kohli has been named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India's Person of the Year for 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22046-peta-india-s-2019-person-of-the-year.html
#PETA #India #ViratKohli #AmerFort #PCAA #KSPanickerRadhakrishnan
The world's major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction in the next decade, the United Nations and research groups said on 20 November 2019 in the latest warning over climate crisis.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22051-un-warning-over-climate-crisis.html
#UN #UNEP #CICERO #gas #crisis #SEI #emissionsgap
Trilateral maritime exercise
Defence minister Rajnath Singh held wide-ranging talks with his Singapore counterpart Ng Eng Hen in Singapore on 20 November 2019 during which the two sides agreed to conduct the trilateral maritime exercise involving Singapore, India and Thailand annually from next year.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22050-trilateral-maritime-exercise.html
#Trilateral #RajnathSingh #SITMEX #HADR #DMD
New forest policy on anvil
More than 30 years after it was last launched, a new national forest policy that would deal with issues such as climate change and human-wildlife conflict is now on the anvil.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22049-new-forest-policy-on-anvil.html
#Newforestpolicy #anvil #ICFRE #Dehradun #SureshGairola
India appeals WTO Appellate body
India on 19 November 2019 appealed against a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel's ruling that had recommended withdrawal of its key export subsidy schemes, including the one for special economic zones in the next 90-180 days.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22048-india-appeals-wto-appellate-body.html
#India #WTO #Appellatebody #SCM #GNI #EOU #MEIS
Extraterrestrial sugar found in space rocks
In a first, an international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites - supporting the hypothesis that chemical reactions in asteroids can make some of life's ingredients.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22047-extraterrestrial-sugar-found-in-space-rocks.html
#NASA #Extraterrestrial #DNA #RNA #OSIRIS #Hayabusa2
PETA India's 2019 Person of the Year
Team India skipper Virat Kohli has been named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India's Person of the Year for 2019.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22046-peta-india-s-2019-person-of-the-year.html
#PETA #India #ViratKohli #AmerFort #PCAA #KSPanickerRadhakrishnan
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UN warning over climate crisis | KSG India | Khan Study Group
The world's major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction in the next decade, the United Nations and research groups said on 20 N
Greenhouse gases hit new high
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new record in 2018, exceeding the average yearly increase of the last decade and reinforcing increasingly damaging weather patterns, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22108-greenhouse-gases-hit-new-high.html
#Greenhouse #WMO #gases #NDCs #UNEP #CO2
Maharashtra political crisis
While ordering floor test for Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, the Supreme Court on 26 November 2019 referred to its past decisions on Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand where it had ordered similar exercise in times of political crisis.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22107-maharashtra-political-crisis.html
#Maharashtra #DevendraFadnavis #PoliticalCrisis #MLAs #BJP
Red flags rising Mudra bad loans
Reserve Bank Deputy Governor MK Jain on 26 November 2019 raised concerns over the growing NPA levels in Mudra loans and asked banks to monitor these loans closely.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22106-red-flags-rising-mudra-bad-loans.html
#Redflags #NPA #PMMY #NarendraModi #Mudraloans #Kishore #PradhanMantriMUDRAYojana
Constitution Day
Constitution Day is being celebrated across the country to mark the adoption of the Indian Constitution by the Constituent Assembly on this day (26 November) in 1949. The Constitution Day is also known as Samvidhan diwas.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22105-constitution-day.html
#ConstitutionDay #Samvidhandiwas #NarendraModi #BhimRaoAmbedkar
Merger of UT Bill 2019 introduced
The government on 26 November 2019 introduced in the Lok Sabha a Bill to merge two Union Territories — Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli — into one.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22104-merger-of-ut-bill-2019-introduced.html
#UTBill2019 #Merger #LokSabha #JammuandKashmir #NagarHaveli
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new record in 2018, exceeding the average yearly increase of the last decade and reinforcing increasingly damaging weather patterns, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22108-greenhouse-gases-hit-new-high.html
#Greenhouse #WMO #gases #NDCs #UNEP #CO2
Maharashtra political crisis
While ordering floor test for Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, the Supreme Court on 26 November 2019 referred to its past decisions on Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand where it had ordered similar exercise in times of political crisis.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22107-maharashtra-political-crisis.html
#Maharashtra #DevendraFadnavis #PoliticalCrisis #MLAs #BJP
Red flags rising Mudra bad loans
Reserve Bank Deputy Governor MK Jain on 26 November 2019 raised concerns over the growing NPA levels in Mudra loans and asked banks to monitor these loans closely.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22106-red-flags-rising-mudra-bad-loans.html
#Redflags #NPA #PMMY #NarendraModi #Mudraloans #Kishore #PradhanMantriMUDRAYojana
Constitution Day
Constitution Day is being celebrated across the country to mark the adoption of the Indian Constitution by the Constituent Assembly on this day (26 November) in 1949. The Constitution Day is also known as Samvidhan diwas.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22105-constitution-day.html
#ConstitutionDay #Samvidhandiwas #NarendraModi #BhimRaoAmbedkar
Merger of UT Bill 2019 introduced
The government on 26 November 2019 introduced in the Lok Sabha a Bill to merge two Union Territories — Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli — into one.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/22104-merger-of-ut-bill-2019-introduced.html
#UTBill2019 #Merger #LokSabha #JammuandKashmir #NagarHaveli
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Greenhouse gases hit new high | KSG India | Khan Study Group
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere hit a new record in 2018, exceeding the average yearly increase of the last decade and reinforcing increasingly damaging weather patterns, the World Meteorological
UNEP calls for adopting sustainable food systems
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) has called for the global adoption of sustainable food systems in a post Covid-19 pandemic world.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/25403-unep-calls-for-adopting-sustainable-food-systems.html
#UNEP #foodsystems #UNEPcalls #IngerAndersen #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) has called for the global adoption of sustainable food systems in a post Covid-19 pandemic world.
Read More: https://www.ksgindia.com/study-material/news-for-aspirants/25403-unep-calls-for-adopting-sustainable-food-systems.html
#UNEP #foodsystems #UNEPcalls #IngerAndersen #UPSCOnlineClasses #OnlineClassses #IASOnlineclasses
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UNEP calls for adopting sustainable food systems | KSG India | Khan Study Group | Best IAS Coaching Preparation Institute Online
The UN Environment Program (UNEP) has called for the global adoption of sustainable food systems in a post Covid-19 pandemic world. On 2 September 2020, Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN
Watch: KSG DYK - IPCC, the body related to climate change was formed by? #SHORTS #UPSC #IAS
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KSG DYK - IPCC, the body related to climate change was formed by? #SHORTS #UPSC #IAS
#upsc #ipcc #climatechange #UNEP #WMO #greenhousegas #globalwarming #ipccclimatechangereport #ipccreport2021 #upsccivilservicesexam2022 #upsc2022examdate
IPCC, the body related to climate change was formed by?
1.WMO
2.UNEP
3.UNFCCC
4.IUCN
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A.1 &…
IPCC, the body related to climate change was formed by?
1.WMO
2.UNEP
3.UNFCCC
4.IUCN
Options:
A.1 &…
Today's Headlines - 03 August 2023
New IPCC assessment cycle begins
GS Paper - 3 (Environment)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded its elections, marking the beginning of the seventh assessment cycle. The elections commenced, during the IPCC’S 59th session held in Nairobi, Kenya. In the process, the body elected James Skea, professor of sustainable energy at Imperial College, London, as the new IPCC Chair.
About IPCC
It was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
The IPCC produces comprehensive assessment reports (ARs) that are considered the most authoritative source of scientific knowledge on climate change.
So far, it has released six ARs — the final synthesis report of the sixth AR came out in March 2023 — and with the latest elections, the body has initiated a new cycle of producing the next AR.
What does the IPCC Chair do?
The primary role of the IPCC Chair is to oversee the reports which come out in each assessment cycle.
Together with the IPCC Bureau, the Chair also sets the research agenda, which could include the release of additional special reports on specific topics.
The Chair is required to possess a rare combination of scientific and diplomatic skills, which are needed to get the approvals of governments on the report summaries.
The tenure of the Chair usually lasts five to seven years, depending on the duration of the assessment cycle, and they can serve up to two terms only — India’s RK Pachauri remains the only person till now to serve two terms as the Chair. He headed the fourth and fifth assessment cycles of the IPCC, between 2002 and 2015.
What are the IPCC assessment cycles?
So far, the IPCC has had six assessment cycles, during which it released six comprehensive assessment reports.
In each of these cycles, the body also produced several special reports on specific topics. Not only this, IPCC also publishes methodology reports during these cycles, in which it provides guidelines for governments to estimate their greenhouse gas emissions and removals.
Kickstarter in 2015, the sixth assessment cycle, the most recent one, was concluded in March this year with the release of the synthesis report — a relatively non-technical summary of the previous report that came out during the cycle.
The previous reports included reports put out by the three working groups, including Working Group I, which aims at assessing the physical scientific basis of the climate system and climate change, Working Group II, which examines the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to climate change and its consequences, and the Working Group III, which focuses on climate change mitigation, assessing methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere
Notably, the IPCC doesn’t conduct its research, but asks the authors to “assess the thousands of scientific papers published each year to provide a comprehensive summary of what is known about the drivers of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and how adaptation and mitigation can reduce those risks”.
#upsc #news #headline #IPCC #cycle #panel #WMO #UNEP #ARs #agenda #report #bureau #diplomatic #greenhouse #methodology #technical #gas #emissions #synthesis #mitigation #research #focus #risks
New IPCC assessment cycle begins
GS Paper - 3 (Environment)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded its elections, marking the beginning of the seventh assessment cycle. The elections commenced, during the IPCC’S 59th session held in Nairobi, Kenya. In the process, the body elected James Skea, professor of sustainable energy at Imperial College, London, as the new IPCC Chair.
About IPCC
It was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
The IPCC produces comprehensive assessment reports (ARs) that are considered the most authoritative source of scientific knowledge on climate change.
So far, it has released six ARs — the final synthesis report of the sixth AR came out in March 2023 — and with the latest elections, the body has initiated a new cycle of producing the next AR.
What does the IPCC Chair do?
The primary role of the IPCC Chair is to oversee the reports which come out in each assessment cycle.
Together with the IPCC Bureau, the Chair also sets the research agenda, which could include the release of additional special reports on specific topics.
The Chair is required to possess a rare combination of scientific and diplomatic skills, which are needed to get the approvals of governments on the report summaries.
The tenure of the Chair usually lasts five to seven years, depending on the duration of the assessment cycle, and they can serve up to two terms only — India’s RK Pachauri remains the only person till now to serve two terms as the Chair. He headed the fourth and fifth assessment cycles of the IPCC, between 2002 and 2015.
What are the IPCC assessment cycles?
So far, the IPCC has had six assessment cycles, during which it released six comprehensive assessment reports.
In each of these cycles, the body also produced several special reports on specific topics. Not only this, IPCC also publishes methodology reports during these cycles, in which it provides guidelines for governments to estimate their greenhouse gas emissions and removals.
Kickstarter in 2015, the sixth assessment cycle, the most recent one, was concluded in March this year with the release of the synthesis report — a relatively non-technical summary of the previous report that came out during the cycle.
The previous reports included reports put out by the three working groups, including Working Group I, which aims at assessing the physical scientific basis of the climate system and climate change, Working Group II, which examines the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to climate change and its consequences, and the Working Group III, which focuses on climate change mitigation, assessing methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere
Notably, the IPCC doesn’t conduct its research, but asks the authors to “assess the thousands of scientific papers published each year to provide a comprehensive summary of what is known about the drivers of climate change, its impacts and future risks, and how adaptation and mitigation can reduce those risks”.
#upsc #news #headline #IPCC #cycle #panel #WMO #UNEP #ARs #agenda #report #bureau #diplomatic #greenhouse #methodology #technical #gas #emissions #synthesis #mitigation #research #focus #risks