RSTV topic on CARBON TRADING & CLIMATE CHANGE for UPSC

CARBON TRADING & CLIMATE CHANGE       Introduction India has been at the forefront of an intense battle to protect the environment by reducing its carbon footprint. To this end, it has invested heavily in low-carbon technologies, has successfully switched to renewable energy, and has intensified its efforts to protect forests. During this process, it obtained hundreds of millions of carbon credits or emission reduction certificates, also called CERs. According to the current Kyoto…

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Greenhouse Gas Emission guidelines updated

GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS   For: Preliminary & Mains Topic covers: GHG, New updated guidelines, IPCC, UNFCCC   News Flash A United Nations climate change panel updated guidelines for governments to estimate greenhouse gas emissions so the most up-to-date scientific research is included. Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, governments use common methodologies to measure how many greenhouse emissions they have produced and how many have been removed from the atmosphere.   What The Intergovernmental Panel on…

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