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Tuvalu (/tuːˈvɑːluː/ ⓘ too-VAH-loo) is an island country in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Islands (which belong to the Solomon Islands), northeast of Vanuatu, southeast of Nauru, south of Kiribati, west of Tokelau, northwest of Samoa and Wallis and Futuna, and north of Fiji. The islands do not have a significant amount of soil, so the country relies heavily on imports and fishing for food. Licensing fishing permits to international companies, grants and aid projects, and remittances to their families from Tuvaluan seafarers who work on cargo ships are important parts of the economy. Because it is a low-lying island nation, Tuvalu is extremely vulnerable to sea level rise due to climate change. It is active in international climate negotiations as part of the Alliance of Small Island States. To address this crisis of sea level rise, Tuvalu and Australia signed Falepili Uni...

Article 6.4 Supervisory Body has adopted a new standard on “suppressed demand”. Article 6.4 Supervisory Body was tasked with operationalizing the UN carbon market under the Paris Agreement. It is also responsible for establishing the rules and infrastructure for the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism.  Supressed Demand Standard   Suppressed demand refers to situations where people use very little energy or services, not because they don’t need them, but because they can’t afford them or the infrastructure doesn’t exist.  The new standard allows climate projects to earn carbon credits where these projects are established to address the issue of Supresses Demand. This standrad allows these projects to earn carbon credits, even if emissions increse as a result of providing infrastructure to address the issue of Supressed Demand.  The decision enables suppressed demand to be recognized in mechanism baselin...

India has achieved a landmark milestone of 100 GW of solar PV module manufacturing capacity enlisted under the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM) for Solar PV Modules. This achievement reflects the country’s rapid progress in building a robust and self-reliant solar manufacturing ecosystem, aligned with the national vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat and the global imperative for clean energy transition. The Government of India’s commitment is to make India self-reliant in solar PV manufacturing and establish the country as a major player in the global value chain. This commitment is supported through a comprehensive set of initiatives, including the PLI Scheme for High Efficiency Solar PV Modules and measures to provide a level playing field for the Indian manufacturers. The catalytic effect of these interventions has resulted in an expansion in solar module manufacturing capacity, from just 2.3 GW in 2014 to over 100 GW today. This reinforces India’s commitment to achieving 5...

RBI to introduce Continuous Clearing and Settlement on Realisation in Cheque Truncation System Centre announces new norms related to Overseas Citizenship Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ( ATLAS )

The NASA-funded  Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System  (ATLAS)—a state-of-the-art asteroid detection system operated by the University of Hawaiʻi (UH)  Institute for Astronomy  (IfA) for the agency’s  Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO)  is capable of searching the entire dark sky every 24 hours for near-Earth objects (NEOs) that could pose a future impact hazard to Earth. Now comprised of four telescopes, ATLAS has expanded its reach to the southern hemisphere from the two existing northern-hemisphere telescopes on Haleakalā and Maunaloa in Hawai’i to include two additional observatories in South Africa and Chile.  UH IfA developed the first two ATLAS telescopes in Hawaiʻi under a 2013 grant from NASA’s  Near-Earth Objects Observations Program , now part of NASA’s PDCO, and the two facilities on Haleakalā and Maunaloa, respectively, became fully operational in 2017. After several years of successful operation in Hawaiʻi, If...