{"id":61969,"date":"2018-12-01T08:47:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T08:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=61969"},"modified":"2018-12-01T08:47:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T08:47:35","slug":"27th-basic-ministerial-meeting-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/27th-basic-ministerial-meeting-on-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"27th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Question: The 27<sup>th<\/sup> BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was hosted by which of the following city?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(a) Cape Town<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(b) Shanghai<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(c) New Delhi<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(d) Rio de Janeiro<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Answer: (c)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Related facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The 27<sup>th<\/sup> BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was held in New Delhi, India, on 19-20 November, 2018.The group consists of newly industrialized countries\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Brazil,\u00a0South Africa,\u00a0India and\u00a0China.<\/li>\n<li>The meeting focused on climate affairs was chaired by Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India along with other dignitaries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Outcomes of the Meeting:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The meeting emphasized deep concern for climate change and reaffirmed its commitment to the successful implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention (UNFCC), its Kyoto Protocol and its Paris Agreement. The meeting stood firmly to promote a global green and low carbon transition and economical civilization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- ssgc-in-link-res --><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"2662621974\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>BASIC group will continue to remind developed countries about their earlier commitment to provide $100 billion annually from 2020.<\/li>\n<li>The participating BASIC counties also requested developed countries to take actions to fill pre-2020 implementation gaps by 2023 which according to them can be used for first Global Stocktake (GST).<\/li>\n<li>Brazil will be hosting the next BASIC Meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About Global Stocktake:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>\u2018Global Stocktake\u2019 as referred in Article 14 of Paris Agreement, proposed five-yearly review of the impact of countries\u2019 climate change actions.<\/li>\n<li>Under the Paris Agreement, the first global stocktake will happen in 2023.<\/li>\n<li>It will assess whether the net result of the climate actions being taken was consistent with the goal of keeping the increase in global average temperature below 2 degree Celsius and to limit the increase to 1.5\u00b0C, since this would substantially reduce the risks and effects of climate change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- CM_SSGCP_Responsive_Link --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7086827700842303\" data-ad-slot=\"4276316581\" data-ad-format=\"link\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About BASIC:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>BASIC Group (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) is a geopolitical alliance constituted in November 2009.<\/li>\n<li>BASIC Group acts as a bloc in the negotiations under the auspices of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).<\/li>\n<li>The group is working to define a common position on emission reductions and climate aid money, and to try to convince other countries to sign up to the\u00a0Copenhagen Accord.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.za\/speeches\/environmental-affairs-conclusion-27th-basic-ministerial-meeting-climate-change-20-nov-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.gov.za\/speeches\/environmental-affairs-conclusion-27th-basic-ministerial-meeting-climate-change-20-nov-2018<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/what-is-global-stocktake\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/what-is-global-stocktake\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unfccc.int\/topics\/science\/workstreams\/global-stocktake-referred-to-in-article-14-of-the-paris-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/unfccc.int\/topics\/science\/workstreams\/global-stocktake-referred-to-in-article-14-of-the-paris-agreement<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tni.org\/files\/download\/shifting_power-climate.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.tni.org\/files\/download\/shifting_power-climate.pdf<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BASIC_countries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BASIC_countries<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: The 27th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was hosted by which of the following city? (a) Cape Town (b) Shanghai (c) New Delhi (d) Rio de Janeiro Answer: (c) Related facts: The 27th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change was held in New Delhi, India, on 19-20 November, 2018.The group consists of newly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[2529],"class_list":["post-61969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intne","tag-international-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}