🌍 COP29 Explained – UNFCCC, Climate Change & Global Warming
Namaste bachcho aur UPSC warriors! 😎 Aaj hum detail mein samjhenge COP29, UNFCCC aur climate change ka zabardast combo – wo bhi ekdam asaan
🧠 What is COP?
COP = Conference of Parties.
Ye ek yearly meeting hoti hai jahan saare countries climate change ke khilaaf milke action lene ki planning karte hain.
💬 Example: Socho poori duniya ek classroom hai, aur sab students (countries) milke Earth ko bachane ka project bana rahe hain.
📍 COP29: Kahan hua?
- 📅 Year: 2024
- 📌 Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
- 🏛️ Organized by: UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
🌱 History of Climate Talks
- 🗓️ 1979: First World Climate Conference
- 🌎 1992: Rio Earth Summit ➤ UNFCCC launched
- 📝 1997: Kyoto Protocol (Legally binding targets)
- 🤝 2015: Paris Agreement ➤ Countries set their own goals (NDCs)
- 🚀 2024: COP29 in Baku ➤ New actions for Net-Zero
🔥 What is Climate Change?
Climate change ka matlab hai badalti hui weather conditions jisme temperature badh raha hai, glaciers melt ho rahe hain, aur floods ya droughts common ho gaye hain.
Reason? Human activities = 🔥 Fossil fuels burn → 🏭 CO₂ emit → 🌍 Heat trap (Greenhouse effect)
🧪 UNFCCC Explained
- 🌐 International agreement to fight climate change
- 🎯 Aim: Greenhouse gas emissions kam karna
- 🛡️ Not legally binding (bas ek promise jaisa)
🚀 What Happened at COP29?
- 🌍 Global Carbon Market: Countries carbon credit buy/sell kar sakti hain (Market based solution)
- 💰 Climate Finance Goal: $300 Billion/year by 2035 for poor countries to fight climate change
- ⚡ Energy Storage Plan: 1500 GW green energy storage target + mega grid network
- ☀️ Green Energy Pledge: Promote solar, wind, hydro – stop coal!
- 🧪 Hydrogen Declaration: Low-carbon hydrogen ko promote karna (clean energy source)
- 🌾 Baku Harmony Initiative: FAO ke saath farmers ke liye sustainable farming support
- 📈 Energy Efficiency Alliance: Smart tech use karo, power save karo!
- 👩🌾 Gender & Indigenous Focus: Women aur local communities ka inclusion
🇮🇳 India's Role at COP29
- 🤝 LeadIT Initiative with Sweden (Transition to Low-Carbon Industries)
- 🔆 International Solar Alliance leadership
- 🌏 Focus on climate justice & financial support for developing countries
🎵 Trick Rhyme (Revision Time!)
Baku mein baithak hui pyaari,
Earth ke liye li gayi zimmedaari! 🌍
Solar, Wind, Hydrogen ka vaada,
Carbon market ne diya naya irada! 💨⚡
💬 One-Liner Questions (For UPSC Prelims)
- 🔹 COP29 kaha hua? ➤ Baku, Azerbaijan
- 🔹 UNFCCC kab start hua? ➤ 1992 Rio Summit
- 🔹 Paris Agreement kab aaya? ➤ 2015
- 🔹 COP29 ka focus? ➤ Climate Finance, Carbon Market, Clean Energy
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