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Loss and Damage Funding for Climate Damages | |
Adaptation Gap Report 2022 | |
Leith’s Soft-shelled Turtle | |
Arittapatti Biodiversity Heritage Site | |
Carbon Border Tax | |
Melocanna Baccifera |
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At the recently concluded COP27 summit, delegates from the United Nations agreed to create a 'Loss and Damages' fund which will compensate the most vulnerable countries for their losses due to climate-related disasters
Loss and Damage Fund Details
Concerns with Loss and Damage Fund
Loss and Damage Fund Significance in India
Way Forward
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According to the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report, 2022, global efforts in adaptation planning, financing and implementation are not enough to prepare vulnerable communities around the world to adapt to the rising risks from the impacts of climate change.
A third of the 197 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have incorporated quantified and time-bound targets on adaptation. And 90% of them have considered gender and disadvantaged groups.
Context: In a step forward towards conservation, two Indian turtle species — the red-crowned roofed turtles (Batagur kachuga) and Leith’s soft-shell turtle (Nilssonia leithii) — have made it to the Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
The decision was made at the ongoing 19th Conference of Parties (COP19) of CITES in Panama City.
About the Red crowned roofed turtle:
About Leith’s soft shell turtle:
Major Threats:
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More about the Arittapatti Biodiversity Heritage site
Chain of seven hillocks:
Biodiversity Heritage Sites
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About Carbon Border Adjustment Tax
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Outcomes of the recent study
About Melocanna Baccifera
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1. What is loss and damage funding for climate damages? |
2. What is the Adaptation Gap Report 2022? |
3. What is the significance of Leith's Soft-shelled Turtle? |
4. What is the Arittapatti Biodiversity Heritage Site? |
5. What is a carbon border tax? |
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