Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and the populations of up to 97 per cent of land-based Antarctic species could decline by 2100 if we don’t change tack, our new research has found. The study, published today, also found just USD 23 million per year would be …
Read More »COP-27 | UNFCCC | COP-27 Meeting | Climate Finance | Climate Change | Duniya Is Hafte | Drishti IAS
In this episode, Khushhaal engages with the story behind the events that made the most important international news headlines. Today she probes the following- In this segment, we shall discuss about COP-27 meeting and its implications. Recently, the COP-27 or Conference of Parties-27 meeting was organized from 6th November to …
Read More »Climate Change Performance Index 2023– Daily Current News I Drishti IAS
India rose two spots to rank eighth out of 63 countries in the Climate Change Performance Index 2023 (CCPI). In the Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Use categories, the country was rated “high”. In the Climate Policy and Renewable Energy categories, it earned a “medium” rating.The CCPI evaluates 59 countries …
Read More »Climate Change Performance Index 2023 : Latest update | Drishti IAS English
The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2023 was released on November 14th, 2022. Published annually since 2005, the CCPI is an independent monitoring tool for tracking the climate protection performance of 59 countries and the EU. To watch this video in Hindi, visit our Hindi Channel: Dear Viewers, The ‘Latest …
Read More »The Lancet countdown on health and climate change – PCS Inshorts | Drishti PCS
An estimated over 3,30,000 people died in India due to exposure to particulate matter from fossil fuel combustion in 2020, says the 2022 report of The Lancet countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels, released on Tuesday, adding that from 2000-2004 to 2017-2021, heat-related …
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