Current Affairs 17 April 2021 – IAS Current Affairs
Current Affairs 17 April 2021 focuses on Prelims-Mains perspective. Major events are :
- National climate vulnerability assessment
National climate vulnerability assessment
Why in News ?
National climate vulnerability assessment report released to identified states highly vulnerable to climate change. The report titled ‘Climate Vulnerability Assessment for Adaptation Planning in India Using a Common Framework’.
About National climate vulnerability assessment
- identified Jharkhand, Mizoram, Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal as states highly vulnerable to climate change.
- the report pointed out mostly in the eastern part of the country, require prioritization of adaptation, interventions.
- Among all states, Assam, Bihar, and Jharkhand have over 60% districts in the category of highly vulnerable districts.
- Total of 94 representatives from 24 states and 2 Union Territories participated in the nation-wide.
- The exercise jointly supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation (SDC).
Need for Assessment
- Vulnerability assessment is considered as an important exercise to develop suitable adaptation projects and programmes.
- DST’s initiatives as part of implementation of two national missions and need for connecting the centre, state, and user community in the implementation of adaptation programmes.
- The assessments can further be used for India’s reporting on the Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement.
- These assessments will support India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change.
Source : PIB
GS III : Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment