Column: Let’s focus on topics around environment in Current Affairs
Hyderabad: This article is in continuation to the last article on subject-specific approach to current affairs for Telangana State Public Service Commission exams https://telanganatoday.com/current-affairs-made-easy-for-tspsc-exam.
Environment
Environment as a subject is a branch of geography and was studied as a part of it. However, the prevailing conditions worldwide have contributed significantly to the evolution of the environment as a separate discipline of study which includes –
1. Concepts related to the environment – carbon footprint, bio reserve, global warming, carbon cycle, and so on
2. Conventions on the environment – multilateral agreements signed on various concerns on environment
3. Measures taken by the government for the conservation and protection of the environment including laws, projects, schemes, programmes, and so on
4. Discovery and extinction of species
5. Environmental studies – surveys, reports, census
With regard to the current updates in Environment, candidates must focus on the following:
Conventions and Summits:
1. Any new convention signed by India – the purpose of the Convention;
2. Venue of the summit (previous, present, and next meeting venues), important agreements signed or decisions taken at the summit; the year of commencement of the summit, the purpose of the summit, and the organisation responsible for the implementation of the convention on which the summit was held as background information
3. Any country withdrawing or joining a convention; the reason for withdrawal
Example: The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), a multilateral treaty, has three main goals:
a. the conservation of biological diversity;
b. the sustainable use of its components;
c. the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources
The convention was opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1992 and entered into force on 29 December 1993. The United States is the only UN member state which has not ratified the convention. It has two supplementary agreements, the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety and Nagoya Protocol on Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The meetings of the parties to the convention known as Conferences of the Parties (COP), with the first one (COP 1) held in Nassau, Bahamas, in 1994 and the most recent one (COP 15) held in Kunming, China in 2021; the second session of COP 15 will be held in April 2022. COP 11 was held in Hyderabad in 2012.
Which of the following protocol/s is/are related to the Convention on Biodiversity?
1. Nagoya Protocol
2. Montreal Protocol
3. Cartagena Protocol
Code:
A. 1 Only
B. 1 and 3
C. 2 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 3
Answer: B
The Montreal Protocol is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion and is not part of CDB.
(to be continued..)
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