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UN Climate Summit concludes

December 18 , 2019 1827 days 1144 0
  • The longest climate talks in the history of United Nations that was held in Madrid, Spain, ended.
  • The key issues that was aimed to get resolved the regulation of carbon market.
  • Carbon market puts prices on carbon dioxide emission.
  • The summit failed to reach an agreement on the implementation of Paris Agreement.
  • The United Nations Environment Programme released
    • Emission Gap Report at the summit
      • It warns that the Earth’s average temperature may rise by 3.2 degrees Celsius by 2100.
    • The report of Global Carbon Project (GCP)
      • GCP established in 2001 seeks to quantify global carbon emissions and their causes.
  • The Presidency of the summit, Chile (though summit was held at Madrid, Spain), launched the Climate Ambition Alliance (CAA).
    • The CAA will focus on Nationally Determined Contributions in order to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

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