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28th April 2022

QUIZ - 28th April 2022

5 Questions

5 Minutes

Mains Question:

Q1. How does increase in disasters and displacement affects the women across the globe? Enumerate the need for empowering women and girls in the context of climate change (250 words)

Approach

  • Introduction- increasing climate change and disasters
  • Impact on society, especially women (explain climate change as serious aggravator of all types of gender-based violence against women)
  • Challenges faced by women
    • Lack of access to information and resources
    • Lack of access to early warning system
    • lack of safe shelter
    • lack of access to bank accounts to protect savings from disasters
    • unstable income
  • Required measures (climate justice, and gender and social equity)
  • Conclude accordingly

Editorials

India’s Green Hydrogen Policy released on February 17, 2022 has addressed several critical challenges such as open access, waiver of interstate transmission charges, banking, time­bound clearances, etc., and is expected to further boost India’s energy transition.

India’s Energy Consumption

  • Present Scenarios- India’s per capita energy consumption is about one­third of the global average and one­twelfth of the U.S.
  • Future prospects- Increasing growth and economic prosperity would significantly increase India’s energy appetite furthering import dependence.
  • Global Volatility-The Russia­Ukraine crisis and the roller­coaster ride of energy prices from historic lows in 2020 to record highs in 2021, could pose a serious threat to our energy security, accentuating an unequivocal need to strive for energy independence.
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