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United Nations • Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

Rise in Extreme Weather Events - IN NEWS

Drishti IAS : English
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Drishti IAS brings to you a new programme - In News. This programme will be covering the important news of the day from UPSC exam point of view. In particular, the aim will be to cover the basic as well as more conceptual and analytical aspects of the news being covered in the video. In today's video, we have discussed about a report by the WMO on extreme weather related events and it's link to climate change, we have also discussed about 2021,being the year of continuing weather related extreme events. We have also discussed about the challenges and the way forward. Structure of the programme - •THE NEWS •WHAT IS AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT? •CLIMATE CHANGE-CAUSES •2021-THE YEAR OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENT •CHALLENGES •WAY FORWARD •QUESTION ...more
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Rise in Extreme Weather Events - IN NEWS
Drishti IAS brings to you a new programme - In News. This programme will be covering the important news of the day from UPSC exam point of view. In particular, the aim will be to cover the basic as well as more conceptual and analytical aspects of the news being covered in the video. In today's video, we have discussed about a report by the WMO on extreme weather related events and it's link to climate change, we have also discussed about 2021,being the year of continuing weather related extreme events. We have also discussed about the challenges and the way forward. Structure of the programme - •THE NEWS •WHAT IS AN EXTREME WEATHER EVENT? •CLIMATE CHANGE-CAUSES •2021-THE YEAR OF EXTREME WEATHER EVENT •CHALLENGES •WAY FORWARD •QUESTION

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Drishti IAS : English

3.45M subscribers