{"id":2862,"date":"2024-06-13T23:58:46","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T23:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2024-06-13T23:58:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T23:58:46","slug":"black-carbon-report-by-world-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/black-carbon-report-by-world-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Carbon Report by World Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the report <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/glaciers\">Glaciers<\/a> of the Himalayas: <a href=\"<a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/4f8b3b8b13b36958398521dfc9596418\">https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/climate\">Climate<\/a>-change&#8221;>Climate Change<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/black-carbon\">Black Carbon<\/a>, and Regional Resilience, glaciers in the Himalayas are melting faster than the global <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/average\">Average<\/a> ice mass. A tough stance on black carbon can significantly reduce glacier melt.<br \/> The <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/world-bank\">World Bank<\/a> has released a report. The report included coverage of the Himalayas, Karakoram, and Hindu Kush (HKHK) mountain ranges.<\/p>\n<p>Black Carbon (BC) is a pollutant with a short lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>It is the second largest cause of <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/global-warming\">Global Warming<\/a> after carbon dioxide (CO2).<\/p>\n<p>Unlike other greenhouse gas emissions, BC is quickly washed out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/atmosphere\">Atmosphere<\/a> and can be eliminated if emissions are reduced.<\/p>\n<p>In India, one such policy is the National Mission on Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE). It is one of eight missions outlined in the National Climate Change Action Plan (NAPCC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the report Glaciers of the Himalayas:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[595],"tags":[738],"class_list":["post-2862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs","tag-09-06-21"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Black Carbon Report by World Bank - Current Affairs Exam<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/2024\/06\/13\/black-carbon-report-by-world-bank\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black Carbon Report by World Bank\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to the report Glaciers of the Himalayas:\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/2024\/06\/13\/black-carbon-report-by-world-bank\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Current Affairs Exam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-06-13T23:58:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Black Carbon Report by World Bank - 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