{"id":236,"date":"2023-06-11T19:50:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-11T14:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=236"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:20:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:50:28","slug":"q-climate-action-tracker-which-monitors-the-emission-reduction-pledges-of-different-countries-is-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-climate-action-tracker-which-monitors-the-emission-reduction-pledges-of-different-countries-is-a","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u201cClimate Action Tracker\u201d which monitors the emission reduction pledges of different countries is a :"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Database created by coalition of research organisations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wing of \u201cInternational Panel of Climate Change\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Committee under \u201cUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agency promoted and financed by United Nations Environment Programme and World Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (a) Database created by coalition of research organisations<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solution:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>Climate Action Tracker<\/strong>&nbsp;is an&nbsp;<strong>independent scientific analysis&nbsp;<\/strong>that&nbsp;<strong>tracks government climate action<\/strong>&nbsp;and measures it against the globally agreed Paris Agreement aim of&nbsp;<strong>\u201cholding warming well below 2\u00b0C and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5\u00b0C.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A&nbsp;<strong>collaboration of two organisations, Climate Analytics and New Climate Institute,<\/strong>&nbsp;the CAT has been providing this&nbsp;<strong>independent analysis to policy makers<\/strong>&nbsp;since 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CAT<strong>&nbsp;quantifies and evaluates climate change mitigation targets, policies and action.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It also&nbsp;<strong>aggregates country action to the global level,<\/strong>&nbsp;determining likely temperature increases during the 21st century using the MAGICC climate model.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CAT further&nbsp;<strong>develops sectoral analysis to illustrate the required pathways<\/strong>&nbsp;for meeting the global temperature goals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CAT covers all the&nbsp;<strong>biggest emitters and a representative sample of smaller emitters<\/strong>&nbsp;covering about 85% of global emissions and approximately 70% of the global population.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The<strong>&nbsp;aim of the Climate Action Tracker (CAT)&nbsp;<\/strong>project is to provide policymakers, civil society and the media that inform them with an&nbsp;<strong>up-to-date assessment of countries\u2019 individual reduction targets<\/strong>&nbsp;and with an overview of their combined effects at the global level.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_44e7bb-99, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_44e7bb-99[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_44e7bb-99\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_44e7bb-99 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_44e7bb-99[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_44e7bb-99\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_44e7bb-99 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_44e7bb-99[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_44e7bb-99\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading_44e7bb-99 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_44e7bb-99\">Additional Notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">IPCC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)<\/a>\u00a0is the\u00a0<strong>United Nations body<\/strong>\u00a0for assessment of climate change.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a&nbsp;<strong>key source of scientific information and technical guidance to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)<\/strong>, the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement. The IPCC provides governments at all levels with scientific information they can use to develop climate policies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The IPCC is an organisation of governments that are members of the United Nations or the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The&nbsp;<strong>IPCC currently has 195 members<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>IPCC\u2019s main activities are to prepare:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>comprehensive&nbsp;<strong>assessment reports on climate change<\/strong>, its causes, impacts and response options<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>methodology reports, which provide practical guidance to Parties to help them prepare national greenhouse gas inventories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>special reports on topics that inform the assessment reports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>IPCC does not undertake new research but synthesises published and peer-reviewed literature to develop a comprehensive assessment of scientific understanding<\/strong>, published in&nbsp;<strong>IPCC&nbsp;assessment reports<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So far,&nbsp;<strong>Six assessment reports<\/strong>&nbsp;have been produced, the<strong>&nbsp;first one being released in 1990.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UNFCCC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>India ratified the UNFCCC in 1993.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>nodal agency<\/strong>&nbsp;for the UNFCCC in India is the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (<strong>MoEFCC<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><strong>Category of Parties<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Meaning<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Annex I<\/strong><\/td><td>43 parties (countries) come under this category. The countries that come under this category are&nbsp;<strong>developed countries.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Annex II<\/strong><\/td><td>24 countries of Annex I also come under Annex II countries. The&nbsp;<strong>countries in this category are expected to provide technical and financial assistance to countries coming under the category of developing countries.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Annex B<\/strong><\/td><td>The countries in this category are<strong>&nbsp;Annex I countries, who have first or second-round Kyoto greenhouse gas emissions targets.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Least-developed countries (LDCs)<\/strong><\/td><td>47 Parties (countries) come under the category of LDCs.&nbsp;<strong>These countries are given special status<\/strong>&nbsp;under the treaty taking into consideration their limitations adapting to the effects of climate change.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Non Annex I<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Parties (countries) that are not listed in Annex I<\/strong>&nbsp;that come under the&nbsp;<strong>category of low-income developing countries.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UNEP<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The UNEP engages in developing global conventions\u00a0<strong>on the environment and related issues<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>It hosts the secretariats of various conventions such as:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minamata Convention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basel Convention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stockholm Convention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rotterdam Convention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Montreal Protocol<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vienna Convention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Convention on Migratory Species<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tehran Convention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bamako Convention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carpathian Convention<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Climate &amp; Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Major Programmes of the UNEP<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Earth Hour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean up the World<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billion Tree Campaign<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seal the Deal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pain for the Planet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level (APELL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>TUNZA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faith for Earth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Major Reports:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Emission Gap Report,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adaptation Gap Report,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Global Environment Outlook,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frontiers,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invest into Healthy Planet,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Making Peace with Natur,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Major Campaigns:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Beat Pollution,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UN75,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>World Environment Day,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wild for Life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_4f9ded-e1 .kt-block-spacer{height:40px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_4f9ded-e1 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_4f9ded-e1\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Answer: (a) Database created by coalition of research organisations Solution: Additional Notes IPCC UNFCCC Category of Parties Meaning Annex I 43 parties (countries) come under this category. The countries that come under this category are&nbsp;developed countries. Annex II 24 countries of Annex I also come under Annex II countries. 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