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ENVIRONMENT - December 2018

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Dec 05, 2019

Govt. Maps 32 Tiger Corridors, Develops Conservation Plan

The Centre mapped tiger corridors inside and outside protected areas across the country and developed a conservation plan for the big cats, which includes a strategy to streamline infrastructure projects with mandatory inclusion of safe passages.
Union Minister of state for environment Babul Supriyo released the details of the plan in Rajya Sabha. The plan has been formulated keeping in view the all India tiger estimation results released in July, 2019 that showed there were 2,967 big cats in the country and that there has been a 6% annual increase in their numbers since 2006.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), under the Union environment ministry, published a document, titled Connecting Tiger Populations for Long-term Conservation, in collaboration with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun. The document mapped 32 major corridors and detailed the tiger conservation plan under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Dec 01, 2019

Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Values Damaged by Climate Change

Australia conceded in an official report that the Great Barrier Reef's unique values as a world heritage site have been adversely affected by climate change.
In the report to UNICCO's world heritage committee, the Queensland and federal governments said that the reef is an icon under pressure with a deteriorating long-term outlook.
The committee will review the status of the Great Barrier Reef at its June 2020 meeting in China, with the potential to place the reef on it's in danger list.
As part of the process, the committee asked Australia to submit a comprehensive state of conservation report for the reef – the first since 2015.

Nov 29, 2019

EU Parliament Declares Climate Emergency

The European Parliament voted to declare a climate and environment emergency in a symbolic gesture just ahead of the latest UN global crisis summit.
The motion urges the commission to ensure that all relevant legislative and budgetary proposals are fully aligned with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1.5 degrees C.
As per Pascal Canfin, the MEP who heads the environment committee, given the climate and environmental emergency, it is essential to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 55% in 2030.

Nov 28, 2019

UK Has Technology for Zero Carbon Emmissions

According to a new report, eliminating greenhouse gas emissions in the UK is achievable with current technology, according to a new report.
As per the Centre for Alternative Technology, a net zero-carbon Britain is already possible, without relying on future developments.
The Powys-based charity said that changes to buildings, transport and industry could help slash UK energy demand by 60%.
The CAT report - Zero Carbon Britain: Rising to the Climate Emergency - also claims making further changes to energy, diets and land use could help provide 100% renewable energy and cut emissions from agriculture and industry.

Nov 27, 2019

Slash Emissions Now or Miss 1.5 Degree Celsius Goal, UN Warns

The world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster without an immediate and all-but-impossible fall in fossil fuel emissions, the UN said in its annual assessment on greenhouse gases.
The United Nations Environment Programme said that global emissions need to fall by 7.6 percent, each year, every year until 2030 to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C.
The harsh reality is that emissions have risen on average 1.5 percent annually over the last decade, hitting a record 55.3 billion tonnes of CO2 or equivalent greenhouse gases in 2018 -- three years after 195 countries signed the Paris treaty on climate change.
The World Meterological Organization said that atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations hit an all-time record in 2018.
The Paris deal committed nations to limit temperature rises above pre-industrial levels to "well below" 2C, and to a safer 1.5-C if at all possible.
Yet the UN found that even taking into account current Paris pledges, the world is on track for a 3.2C temperature rise, something scientists fear could tear at the fabric of society.

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