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Current Affairs 17 April 2021 – IAS Current Affairs

Current Affairs 17 April 2021 – IAS Current Affairs

Current Affairs 17 April 2021  focuses on Prelims-Mains perspective. Major events are :

  1. 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


 

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