{"id":52550,"date":"2019-09-25T19:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T13:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/?p=52550"},"modified":"2019-09-25T16:18:57","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T10:48:57","slug":"7-pm-climate-for-action-on-un-climate-action-summit-25th-september-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/7-pm-climate-for-action-on-un-climate-action-summit-25th-september-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"7 PM | Climate for action: On UN Climate Action Summit | 25th September, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Context:\n<\/strong>Fight\nagainst climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More\nin News:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres\nhas called leaders at UN Climate Action Summit with&nbsp;concrete, realistic\nplans to enhance their nationally determined contributions by 2020, in line\nwith reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent over the next decade, and\nto net zero emissions by 2050.<\/li><li>India\u2019s renewable energy target will be\nincreased to 450 GW, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the United Nations\nClimate Action Summit in New York.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>United\nNations Framework Convention on Climate Change:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The UNFCCC entered into force on 21\nMarch 1994. The 197 countries that have ratified the Convention are called\nParties to the Convention.<\/li><li>The UNFCCC is a \u201cRio Convention\u201d, one of\nthree adopted at the \u201cRio Earth Summit\u201d in 1992. <\/li><li>Its sister Rio Conventions are the UN\nConvention on Biological Diversity and the Convention to Combat\nDesertification. The three are intrinsically linked. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Paris\nAgreement:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>At COP 21 in Paris, on 12 December 2015,\nParties to the UNFCCC reached a landmark agreement to combat climate change and\nto accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed for a\nsustainable low carbon future. <\/li><li>The Paris Agreement builds upon\nthe&nbsp;UNFCCC&nbsp;and for the first time brings all nations into a common\ncause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its\neffects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. As\nsuch, it charts a new course in the global climate effort.<\/li><li>The Paris\nAgreement\u2019s central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of\nclimate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2\ndegrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the\ntemperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. <\/li><li>It also\naims to increase the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate\nchange, and at making finance flows consistent with a low GHG emissions and\nclimate-resilient pathway. <\/li><li>To reach\nthese ambitious goals, appropriate mobilization and provision of financial\nresources, a new technology framework and enhanced capacity-building is to be\nput in place, thus supporting action by developing countries and the most\nvulnerable countries, in line with their own national objectives. <\/li><li>The\nAgreement also provides for an enhanced transparency framework for action and\nsupport.<\/li><li>The Paris\nAgreement requires all Parties to put forward their best efforts through\n\u201cnationally determined contributions\u201d (NDCs) and to strengthen these efforts in the years\nahead.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>India\u2019s INDCs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To put forward and further propagate a\nhealthy and sustainable way of living based on traditions and values of\nconservation and moderation. <\/li><li>To adopt a climate friendly and a\ncleaner path than the one followed hitherto by others at corresponding level of\neconomic development.<\/li><li>To reduce the emissions intensity of its\nGDP by 33 to 35 percent by 2030 from 2005 level. <\/li><li>To achieve about 40 percent cumulative\nelectric power installed capacity from nonfossil fuel based energy resources by\n2030 with the help of transfer of technology and low cost international finance\nincluding from Green Climate Fund (GCF). <\/li><li>To create an additional carbon sink of\n2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent through additional forest and tree\ncover by 2030. <\/li><li>To better adapt to climate change by\nenhancing investments in development programmes in sectors vulnerable to\nclimate change, particularly agriculture, water resources, Himalayan region, coastal\nregions, health and disaster management. <\/li><li>To mobilize domestic and new &amp;\nadditional funds from developed countries to implement the above mitigation and\nadaptation actions in view of the resource required and the resource gap. <\/li><li>To build capacities, create domestic\nframework and international architecture for quick diffusion of cutting edge\nclimate technology in India and for joint collaborative R&amp;D for such future\ntechnologies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UN\nClimate Action Summit 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to\nensure that the transformative actions in the real economy are as impactful as\npossible, the Secretary-General has prioritized the following action\nportfolios, which are recognized as having high potential to curb greenhouse\ngas emissions and increased global action on adaptation and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"527\" height=\"121\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogadmin.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/a.jpg?resize=527%2C121&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52551\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Finance:<\/strong>&nbsp;mobilizing\npublic and private sources of finance to drive decarbonization of all priority\nsectors and advance resilience;<\/li><li><strong>Energy\nTransition:&nbsp;<\/strong>accelerating the shift away from fossil\nfuels and towards renewable energy, as well as making significant gains in\nenergy efficiency;<\/li><li><strong>Industry\nTransition:&nbsp;<\/strong>transforming industries such as Oil and\nGas, Steel, Cement, Chemicals and Information Technology;<\/li><li><strong>Nature-Based\nSolutions:<\/strong>&nbsp;Reducing\nemissions, increasing sink capacity and enhancing resilience within and across\nforestry, agriculture, oceans and food systems, including through biodiversity\nconservation, leveraging supply chains and technology;<\/li><li><strong>Cities\nand Local Action:&nbsp;<\/strong>Advancing mitigation and resilience at\nurban and local levels, with a focus on new commitments on low-emission\nbuildings, mass transport and urban infrastructure; and resilience for the\nurban poor;<\/li><li><strong>Resilience\nand Adaptation:&nbsp;<\/strong>advancing global efforts to address and\nmanage the impacts and risks of climate change, particularly in those\ncommunities and nations most vulnerable.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition,\nthere are three additional key areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mitigation\nStrategy:<\/strong>&nbsp;to\ngenerate momentum for ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and\nlong-term strategies to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.<\/li><li><strong>Youth\nEngagement and Public Mobilization:<\/strong>&nbsp;To\nmobilize people worldwide to take action on climate change and ensure that\nyoung people are integrated and represented across all aspects of the Summit,\nincluding the six transformational areas.<\/li><li><strong>Social\nand Political Drivers:<\/strong>&nbsp;to advance commitments in areas\nthat affect people\u2019s well-being, such as reducing air pollution, generating\ndecent jobs, and strengthening climate adaptation strategies and protect\nworkers and vulnerable groups.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Highlights\nfrom PM Modi&#8217;s speech at UN Climate Action Summit:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>World not doing enough to overcome\nserious challenge of&nbsp;climate change.<\/li><li>Need a global people\u2019s movement to bring\nabout behavioural change.<\/li><li>India will spend $50 billion on water\nconservation in next few years.<\/li><li>India will increase share of non-fossil\nfuel, will increase renewable energy capacity to beyond 175 GW by 2022 and take\nit to 400 GW.<\/li><li>India will inaugurate on Tuesday solar\npanels on the roof of the U.N. building, built at a cost of $1 million.<\/li><li>80 countries have joined the\nInternational Solar Alliance initiated by India.<\/li><li>Called for a people\u2019s movement to end\nthe use of single use plastic and hoped that it will create awareness at a\nglobal level about the harmful effects of single use plastic.<\/li><li>Need is a global people\u2019s movement to\nbring about behavioural change.<\/li><li>India will spend $50 billion on his\ngovernment\u2019s ambitious \u2018Jal Jeevan Mission\u2019 for water conservation, rainwater\nharvesting and for the development of water resources.<\/li><li>India and China, which faced the highest\nburden of death from air pollution, will reap the biggest health benefits of a\nrobust climate policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions.<\/li><li>Calls for comprehensive approach which\ncovers everything from education to values, and from lifestyle to developmental\nphilosophy.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\nIndia needs to do?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian\ngovernment needs to come up with a strong domestic action plan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>National\nAction Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC):<\/strong> It lacks the\nlegal foundation to incorporate the key national commitment under the Paris\nAgreement which is to reduce the emissions intensity of economic growth by a\nthird by 2030. India needs to update its action plan.<\/li><li><strong>Funding\nPlan: <\/strong>India\nlacks funding mechanism for the states to fight climate linked disaster like\ncyclones, floods and drought. There is urgent need to have a funding plan for\nit.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>People\u2019s\nMovement: <\/strong>a\nmovement like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to combat climate change is required to\nmake people sensitive about the issue and bring about behavioural changes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/editorial\/climate-for-action\/article29502367.ece\">https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/editorial\/climate-for-action\/article29502367.ece<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: Fight against climate change. More in News: UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called leaders at UN Climate Action Summit with&nbsp;concrete, realistic plans to enhance their nationally determined contributions by 2020, in line with reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45 per cent over the next decade, and to net zero emissions by 2050. India\u2019s renewable&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/7-pm-climate-for-action-on-un-climate-action-summit-25th-september-2019\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">7 PM | Climate for action: On UN Climate Action Summit | 25th September, 2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":49370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-7-pm","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-PM.png?fit=1000%2C500&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704764779},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}