29 October 2022 Daily Current Affairs: COP 27, Just Energy Transition Partnership, Stubble Burning & More

Stubble Burning: It is also known as parali burning is a method of removing residue of paddy crop from the field to sow wheat or the next crop. Stubble burning is done from the last week of September to November. It is a process of setting on fire the straw stubble which is left after the harvesting of grains.

It is usually done in the areas that use the combined harvesting method which leaves crop residue behind. The process of burning residue is one of the major causes of air pollution in most of the parts of north India, deteriorating the air quality index.

Highest stubble fires in a day

Satellites of Punjab Remote Sensing Centre (PRSC), Ludhiana, detected 2067 active fire incidents in Punjab yesterday, 28 October 2022. Whereas on the same day in 2020 2,989 active fire events were captured by the satellite, and in the year 2021, there were 761 active stubble fires recorded.

COP 27

27th COP (Conference of the Parties): Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, scheduled from 7 to 18 November 2022.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will have a strong footprint during the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP 27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt from 7 to 18 November 2022.

Just Energy Transition Partnership

G7 countries asked India to join Just Energy Transition Partnership(JETP) that will help finance rapid deployment of clean energy projects in India. This step can possibly reduce the country's dependence on coal. However, India has not responded to this proposal yet.