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COP21
[edit]Paris agreement
[edit]- The agreement is based on climate justice, equity and emphasises on common but differentiated responsibilities
- Parampara – India released a book on India’s culture and climate friendly sustainable practices
- INDC’s submitted by each nation – technology transfer, finance, capacity generation
- Goals
- To reduce emission intensity by 33-35% by 2030 from 2005 levels
- To achieve 40% of India’s electricity requirement from non-fossil fuels by 2030 – by technology transfer and utilising green funds including green ====climate fund====
- GCF(green climate fund) – is a fund under UNFCCC which will provide funds to developing nations
- To create additional 2.5 ~ 3 billion tons of carbon sink through forest and tree cover by 2030
- Science express climate action special train flagged off
National AQI
[edit]- Air quality index launched
- Six categories : good, satisfactory, moderately polluted, poor, very poor and severe
- Universalitaion of BS 4 by 2017 and BS 6 by 2020
- Industries will be classified based on the emissions that the generate – step towards ease of business doing
- New solid waste management act and e-waste management act