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Q. Which country is the host of the "UN Biodiversity Conference- COP15"? कौन-सा देश "संयुक्त राष्ट्र जैव विविधता सम्मेलन- COP15" का मेजबान है? (Environment Current Affairs)
(A) Montreal, Canada
(B) Delhi, India
(C) United States
(D) United Kingdom
(A) Montreal, Canada
The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended in Montreal, Canada, on 19 December 2022. Representatives from 188 governments have been gathered in Montreal.
Chaired by China and hosted by Canada.
The 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was planned to be held in April 2022 in Kunming, China, but was postponed. It was originally scheduled to be held in October 2020, but was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) is held in Kunming, China and Montreal, Canada, in two phases. Phase one took place virtually, from 11 to 15 October 2021 and included a High-Level Segment from 12 to 13 October. Phase two is currently happening in Montreal, Canada, from 7 to 19 December 2022.
On December 19, almost every country on earth signed onto the agreement which includes protecting 30% of land and oceans by 2030 (30 by 30) and 22 other targets intended to reduce biodiversity loss.
Biodiversity, or the variety of all living things on our planet, has been declining at an alarming rate in recent years, mainly due to human activities, such as pollution and climate change.
This Conference comprises the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the tenth Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Cartagena Protocol COP/MOP 10), and the fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing (Nagoya Protocol COP/MOP 4).
About the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) :- Opened for signature in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and entering into force in December 1993, the CBD is an international treaty for the conservation of biodiversity. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing are supplementary agreements to the CBD.
Cartagena Protocol, which entered into force 11 September 2003.
Nagoya Protocol :- Entering into force 12 October 2014.
Participants agreed to the Kunming-Montréal Global Biodiversity Framework, a historic global framework to safeguard nature and halt and reverse biodiversity loss, putting nature on a path to recovery by 2050.
2010 was also the International Year of Biodiversity.
Q. "International Climate Club" has been launched by which institution? "अंतर्राष्ट्रीय जलवायु क्लब" किस संस्था द्वारा शुरू किया गया है? (Environment Current Affairs)
(A) G-7
(B) World Bank
(C) G-20
(D) SAARC
(A) G-7
The Group of Seven (G-7) is an intergovernmental organization made up of the world's largest developed economies :- France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
The Group of Seven economies has established an open, worldwide climate club to encourage countries to work together to combat global warming.
The decision was made by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who now holds the presidency of the G-7 until the end of the year. Germany will pass the Presidency to Japan.
The climate club aims to support the rapid and ambitious implementation of the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the German government.
Q. In which state did PM inaugurated the All India Institute of Ayurveda on December 11, 2022? पीएम ने 11 दिसंबर, 2022 को किस राज्य में अखिल भारतीय आयुर्वेद संस्थान का उद्घाटन किया? (Higher Education System MCQ)
(A) Goa
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
(A) Goa
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 11, 2022 inaugurated the All India Institute of Ayurveda at Dhargal in Goa.
Q. Which state becomes the First State To Launch Its Own Climate Change Mission in India? कौन-सा राज्य भारत में अपना स्वयं का जलवायु परिवर्तन मिशन शुरू करने वाला पहला राज्य बन गया है? (Environment Current Affairs)
(A) West Bengal
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is set to become the first state to launch its own Climate Change Mission. The objective of the mission is to make Tamil Nadu a “climate smart state”.
Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin said that the state is set to achieve carbon neutrality much ahead of the national target of 2070.
During the budget for 2021-2022, the state government announced the launch of the Tamil Nadu Climate Change Mission for an outlay of Rs 500 crore to undertake climate change management and mitigation activities.
The state government established Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company, a special purpose vehicle to implement three major nature conservation projects namely Green Tamil Nadu Mission, Tamil Nadu Wetlands and Tamil Nadu Climate Change.
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