Environment And
Development
(Unced)
Rio Summit Or
Earth Summit
1992
-Systemic Srutiny Of
Patterns Of Production Of
Toxic Components Or
Poisonous Waste.
-Alternate Source Of
Energy To Replace The
Use Of Fossil Fuel.
-Growing Scarcity Of
Water
-New Reliance On Public
Transportation Systems
Inorder To Reduce
Vehicle Emissions.
2 Important
Legally Binding
Agreements;
1.Convention On
Biodiversity (Cbd)
2. Convention To
Combat
Desertification
(Unccd)
Earth Summits;
1. Earth Summit 1992
Important Outcomes
a. Rio Declaration
b. Agenda 21
c. Forest Principles
Conventions
Opened For
Signature;
a. Unccd
b. Uncbd
c. Unfccc
2. Earth Summit 2002
(Johannesburg)
3.Earth Summit 2012 (Rio
De Janeiro)
2 United Nation
Conventions To
To Combat Desertification
And Mitigate The Effects
Of Drought& Land
India Is Member.
India First Time
Sole Legally
Binding
International
World Day To Combat
Desertification And DroughtSports
ARJUN KALYAN
Arjun Kalyan became the country’s 68th Grandmaster
Arjun Kalyan, who recently became a Grandmaster, won the GM round robin
Rujna Zora-3 2021 chess tournament which concluded in Serbia on Friday with
seven points.
The 18-year-old Kalyan is a B. Com. student at the SRM College (Vadapalani) in
Chennai.
Appointments
Atanu Chakraborty
Private sector lender HDFC Bank on Friday said the Reserve Bank has
approved appointment of former Economic Affairs Secretary Atanu
Chakraborty as the part-time chairman of the bank.
RBI approved the appointment of Atanu Chakraborty as the part time
chairman of the HDFC bank… for a period of three years with effect from May
5, 2021.
approved the appointment of Atanu Chakraborty as the part time chairman of
the bank… for a period of three years with effect from May 5, 2021.
Once he is appointed as chairperson, HDFC Bank will be the second private
sector lender to have a former bureaucrat at the post. ICICI Bank is chaired by
former Petroleum Secretary and Additional Secretary in the finance ministry G
C Chaturvedi.
PS Karkare
Air Vice Marshal PS Karkare took over as Senior Officer in-charge of
Administration of Headquarters Western Air Command from Air Vice Marshal
K Anantharaman Vishisht Seva Medal on 01 Feb 2021.
AVM PS Karkare was the ‘Air Commodore Air Force Works’ at Air
Headquarters (Vayu Bhavan) prior to the current appointment at HeadDesertification
(Unccd)
1994
Degradation Through
National Action Programs.
Hosted The
Cop14 In 2019
Agreement
Regarding
Environment
Development To
Sustainable Land
Management .
Road Map For Scaling Up
Africa-Led Great Green Wall
Initiative To Restore 100
Million Hectres Of Land And
Create 10 Million Green Jobs
By 2030.
3 United Nations
Convention On
Biodiversity
(CBD)
1992
-To Develop National
Strategies For The
Conservation And
Sustainanble Use Of
Biological Diversity
-The Agreement Covers
All
Ecosystems,Species,And
Genetic Resources.
India Ratified The
Treaty And
Enacted ‘The
Biological
Diversity Act
2002’ Giving
Effect To The
Provisions Of The
Conventions
Legally Binding.
The 2 Protocols
Under CBD Are,
1.Cartagene
Protocol On
Biosafety 2000
2.Nagoya
Protocol
(Biodiversity
Accord),2010
-Only 2 Members (Usa&
Vatican ) Of The United
Nations Are Not Parties To
The Convention.
The ‘Aichi Targets’
Were Adopted By The
Convention On
Biological Diversity
(Cbd) At Its Nagoya
Conference. It Is A Short
Term Plan Provides A Set
Of 20ambitious Yet
Achievable Targets,
Collectively Known As
The Aichi Targets.
a) Cartagene
Protocol On
Biosafety ,
2000
-To Contribute To
Ensuring An Adequate
Level Of Protection In The
Field Of The Safe Transfer
,Handling And The Use Of
Living Modified
Oragnism Resulting
From Biotechnology, That
May Have Adverse Effect
On Biological Diversity.
Legally Binding Advance Informed
Agreement (AIA)
Applies To The First
Intentional
Transboundary
Movement Of An
Lmo For Intentional
Introduction Into
The Environment Of
The Party Of Import.
