Environment Current Affairs-Nov 28, 2022
1-The 2016 Plastic Waste Management Rules have been modified five times between the time of its publication and July 2022.
2-On November 23, 2022, the State of the Climate Report for Australia was published. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia’s national science agency, jointly released the report every two years. It offers information about the continent’s present and projected climatic conditions. The report was made public a few weeks after significant flooding in Australia’s eastern region as a result of record-breaking rainfall brought on by La Nina.
3-Since the 1980s, the frequency of tropical cyclones in the Australian region has declined. This pattern is anticipated to persist.
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4-Over the past few decades, snow cover has grown in a number of regions in northern Eurasia. This occurs despite the polar ice caps and glaciers melting due to the high air temperature.
5-Over the past forty years, the Arctic has warmed almost four times more quickly than the rest of the world.
6-The Panantza-San Carlos mining project was put on hold by the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court after it ruled in favour of an indigenous community’s freedom to decide what activities can take place on its lands.
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7-The 19th Conference of the Parties (CoP 19) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which is taking place in Panama City from November 14 to 25, approved India’s proposal to strengthen the protection of the Leith’s softshell turtle.
8-The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) has created an Electric Environmental Monitoring Vehicle and a Continuous Marine Water Quality Monitoring Station (CMWQMS) (EV).
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9-The Thane Creek, an inlet in the Arabian Sea’s shoreline that separates Mumbai from the Konkan region of mainland India, provides access to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, which is located near Navi Mumbai. After the Mundra Port, it is the second-largest container port in the nation. The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor’s terminal is located at this port.
10-Illegal Wildlife Trade and Climate Change: Joining the Dots is a document that the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) just published. It was presented in a separate event conducted in conjunction with the COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
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