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Paris agreement

 * The agreement is based on climate justice, equity and emphasises on common but differentiated responsibilities
 * Parampara – India released a book on India’s culture and climate friendly sustainable practices
 * INDC’s submitted by each nation – technology transfer, finance, capacity generation
 * Goals
 * To reduce emission intensity by 33-35% by 2030 from 2005 levels
 * To achieve 40% of India’s electricity requirement from non-fossil fuels by 2030 – by technology transfer and utilising green funds including green ====climate fund====
 * GCF(green climate fund) – is a fund under UNFCCC which will provide funds to developing nations
 * To create additional 2.5 ~ 3 billion tons of carbon sink through forest and tree cover by 2030
 * Science express climate action special train flagged off

National AQI

 * Air quality index launched
 * Six categories : good, satisfactory, moderately polluted, poor, very poor and severe
 * Universalitaion of BS 4 by 2017 and BS 6 by 2020
 * Industries will be classified based on the emissions that the generate – step towards ease of business doing
 * New solid waste management act and e-waste management act