Question: International Solar Alliance (ISA) recently joined hands with which of the following publishing company to launch the new journal, Solar Compass?
a) Oxford
b) McGraw-Hill
c) HarperCollins Publishers
d) Elsevier
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:-
- On 9 November 2021; Elsevier and the International Solar Alliance (ISA) announced the launch of a new journal, Solar Compass.
- The launch event was held during the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference COP26, in Glasgow.
- Distinguished Professor Yogi Goswami, University of South Florida has been appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Solar Compass recently
- Elsevier is a Netherlands-based publishing company specializing in scientific, technical, and medical content.
- This company is also a global leader in research publishing and information analytics .
- ISA’s vision is for a rapid increase in solar energy usage, so that the global community can achieve an ambitious goal of net zero carbon emissions by mid-century.
- It should be noted that climate change experts all over the world emphasized to limit the global temperature rise to 1.50C.
- Achieving this target will be an incredible challenge, but it is essential to avoid the catastrophic impacts of climate change.
- Professor Yogi Goswami said that it will require a multi-pronged approach on new, innovative and more efficient technologies.
- He said that to promote solar energy, lower-cost manufacturing at scale, and investments at scale needed to support entrepreneurship in new technologies.