Dec 10, 2021

COP26 is an initiative of the United Nations to make the world aware of climate change and make conventions and prepare agreements with the consultation of 197 countries of the world to reduce and control global warming. The first conference was held in Berlin, Germany in 1995. The recent conference, COP26 was held in Glasgow, Scotland from 31 October to 13 November 2021.The Paris Agreement (COP21), 2015 that promises to keep global average temperature rise well below 2 ºC in this century and limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 ºC above pre-industrial levels. After the COP21, the COP26 was considered as the first ratcheting up period because it was pledged taken by member nations to update their determinations and regulations after 5 years. This webinar is organized as a background event for opening of International Energy Center (IEC) at Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT (BHU), Varanasi.

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