COP26

COP26

The Conference of Parties (COP) is the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing UNFCCC recommendations on  global warming and climate change.reviewing UNFCCC recommendations on global warming and climate change.

International Efforts:

Last 25 COPs since 1995, have failed to limit the Global Warming.

The Global Leadership is yet to provide a clear direction for mitigating Climate Change impacts.

COP-26 starting from 31 Oct 2021 could be the last chance for Humanity to avoid catastrophic decline.

The Main themes of COP 26:

  • Limiting warming to 1.5 degrees
  • Global emissions must halve by 2030
  • Globally reach ‘net-zero’ by 2050
  • Mobilize Climate Finance 

COP 21 at Paris in 2015 saw over 195 countries pledging NDCs to reduce CO2 emissions, But post- pandemic Economic recovery is seeing large rebound to Coal & Oil use with 2nd largest annual increase in CO2 emissions in the History

Will COP 26 be hijacked by finance issues, without committing emission reductions?

Taken from: CCP New Bulletin October 2021 https://www.climatecollectivepune.org/

 

Modi Says India Only G20 Country to Fulfil Paris Agreement Obligations – But Tracker Says Otherwise

But while India is indeed implementing some actions to achieve its goals (for instance, India has one of the most rapidly developing renewable energy sectors in the world) and is faring better than many other nations, it has much distance to cover to fulfil all its promises. The Climate Action Tracker, which tracks the climate actions of around 40 countries and their impacts, rates India’s overall climate action as “highly insufficient” (as per its last update, dated November 15, 2022).

India and its climate targets https://thewire.in/environment/modi-g20-india-paris-agreement-fact-check 

Under the Paris Agreement of 2015, India submitted its first set of Nationally Determined Contributions. NDCs are a set of long-term goals to cut carbon emissions and adapt to climate impacts. Every country signatory to the Paris Agreement has to submit these NDCs, and update them every five years.

India’s first NDCs included decreasing emissions intensity of India’s GDP by 33-35% compared to 2005 levels by 2030; increase total cumulative electricity generation from clean energy sources to 40% by the same year (achieving 175 gigawatts of clean power by 2022 was a target to forward this); and create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tons through increasing forest and tree cover.

Though India is faring better at developing clean energy projects, it missed its 2022 renewable energy target of 175 GW.

by Aathira Perinchery

24/06/2023

Ice Stupa

  The Monk | The Engineer | The Artificial Glacier | Ice Stupa | Sonam Wangchuk | Ladakh   https://youtu.be/WC_JPSIoTPc

this is an updated version of the short film 'The Monk, The Engineer and The Artificial Glacier'. It has updates about the work on the pilot project carried out in Jan- Feb 2015, appended to the original film. Through the Ice Stupa Artificial Glacier Project, Ladakh attempts to solve its water crisis caused by melting glaciers/climate change. 

Homemade Fuel

Homemade Fuel :Scientist Priydarshani Karve BBC May 15, 2023 #nature #
जगभरात हवामान बदल म्हणजेच क्लायमेट चेंज बद्दल बोललं जातंय. अनेकांना वाटतं की मनुष्य जातीचा आणि या हवामान बदल आणि तापमान वाढीचा काय संबंध. या दोन्हीमुळे आपलं नुकसान होतंय इतकंच ज्ञान सामान्य माणसाला आहे. पण हे असं का होतंय आणि त्यात माझा वाटा किती आहे, मी काही करू शकतो वा शकते का? या प्रश्नांची जाण नाही. शास्त्रज्ञ प्रियदर्शनी कर्वे गेली दोन दशकं या विषयावर अभ्यासच करत नाहीयेत तर यातून मार्ग काढून आयुष्य सुकर करण्यासाठी प्रयत्न करत आहे. रोजच्या वापरात वापरू शकू अशी तंत्र आणि इंधनं त्यांनी तयार केली आहेत. (google translate -Climate change is being talked about all over the world. Many wonder what the human race has to do with this climate change and temperature rise. Due to both of these, common man has so much knowledge that he is losing himself. But why is this happening and what is my role in it, is there anything I can do? Don't know these questions. Scientist Priyadarshini Karve has not only been studying this topic for the last two decades but is also trying to make life easier by finding a way out of it. They have created techniques and fuels that can be used in daily use.

The dirty truth about clean energy

The dirty truth about clean energy https://www.localfutures.org/the-dirty-truth-about-clean-energy/ May 25, 2022 by Carlos Zorrilla

instead of reducing overall energy consumption, the focus is on increasing ‘green’ energy consumption: electric vehicles, massive electric storage installations, solar ‘farms’ and monster wind turbines. More consumption to cure the cancer of overconsumption.... The elephant in the room few want to acknowledge is the destruction of people and the environment that will result from the hunger for so-called green energy minerals – mainly copper, cobalt, nickel and lithium.

The environmental degradation that accompanies mining will affect other key ecosystem services, such as purifying air and water, regulating stream and river flows, and reducing erosion and flooding.

Then there are the human rights violations that are so closely tied to mining. Many communities, whether indigenous or campesino, will not agree to relocate willingly.

The most important measures to take right now are to create red lines with local stakeholders in order to keep mining and other extractive industries out of these special sites. One of the most important is respecting the right of local populations to decide their own future. Consultations need to be genuine, and if consent is given for extractive activities, it needs to be done freely, without pressure and only after thoroughly knowing the proposed activities’ impacts. Sacred lands, biodiversity hotspots, native forests and habitats harboring endangered species must be off-limits to mining.

 

India finalises 13 activities under 3 heads for trading of carbon credits

India finalises 13 activities under 3 heads for trading of carbon credits 
https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/india-finalises-a-list-of-activities-for-trading-of-carbon-credits-123021701088_1.html

India has also notified the National designated Authority for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (NDAIAPA) in May 2022.

Overall 13 activities have been finalised under three heads – GHG mitigation activities, alternate materials, and removal activities.

The final list for GHG mitigation includes areas like renewable energy with storage (only stored component), solar thermal power, off- shore wind, green hydrogen, compressed biogas, emerging mobility solutions, high end technology for energy efficiency, sustainable aviation fuel, use of best available technologies, tidal energy, high voltage direct current transmission in conjunction with the renewable energy projects.

Green ammonia received final approval as an alternative material for removal activities, carbon capture utilisation and storage."

 

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