Daily UPSC Prelims Current Affairs – August 24, 2022 [Mock Test]
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1. India is a member of which of the following international organizations?
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- Permanent Court of Arbitration
- European Court of Human Rights
Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:
[A] Only 1 & 2
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: A [Only 1 & 2]
Notes:- The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is an independent judicial body established by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. It is based in Hamburg, Germany.
- The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) settles issues involving territorial and maritime conflicts, sovereignty, human rights, foreign investments, and regional trade, among other things, between member nations, international organizations, and private parties. Rulings are binding in nature. But the PCA has no powers to enforce the rulings. India is a member.
- The European Court of Human Rights is an international court set up in 1959. It rules on individual or State applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights. The jurisdiction of the court has been recognized by all the 46 member states of the council of Europe and Russia. Recently, Russian Parliament has voted to break with ECHR.
2. Consider the following statements:
- Green jobs’ refer to a class of jobs that directly have a positive impact on the planet.
- Indian government launched the Skill Council for Green Jobs and Green Jobs initiative in 2015.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2
[C] Both 1 & 2
[D] Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct Answer: A [Only 1]
Notes:- Green jobs’ refer to a class of jobs that directly have a positive impact on the planet, and contribute to the overall environmental welfare. Jobs involving renewable energy, conservation of resources, ensuring energy efficient means are categorised under the same. In all, they’re aimed at reducing the negative environmental impact of economic sectors and furthering the process of creating a low-carbon economy.
- The Skill Council for Green Jobs was launched by the Union government on October 1, 2015. It is aligned to the National Skill Development Missions.
- The International Labour Organisation, the International Trade Union Confederation, the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Employers Organisation collectively launched the Green Jobs Initiative in 2008.
3. With respect to the LINGO (Leave It In the Ground Initiative), consider the following statements:
- It is launched by United Nations Environment Programme.
- It aims to leave fossil fuels in the ground and learn to live without them.
- It aims to organize ground support for protesting carbon bomb projects.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
[A] Only 1
[B] Only 2 & 3
[C] Only 1 & 3
[D] 1, 2 & 3
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Correct Answer: B [Only 2 & 3]
Notes:- Carbon bomb is “an oil or gas project that will result in at least a billion tonnes of CO2 emissions over its lifetime.”
- In total, around 195 such projects have been identified world over, including in the US, Russia, West Asia, Australia and India.
- The network working towards defusing carbon bomb is called Leave It In the Ground Initiative (LINGO).
- Its mission is to “leave fossil fuels in the ground and learn to live without them.”
- It believes the root of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels, and the 100% use of renewable energy sources is the solution.
- It has listed carbon bomb projects from all over the world. This includes the Carmichael Coal Project owned by the Adani Group, Gevra Coal Mines in Chhattisgarh owned by Coal India, and Rajmahal Coal Mines in eastern Jharkhand owned by Eastern Coalfields.
- LINGO aims to organise ground support for protesting such projects, challenge them through litigation, and conduct analysis and studies for the same.
