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Highlights of 16 June 2025 Current Affairs
- Carbon pricing tools have expanded from 5 in 2005 to 80 in 2025, now covering 28% of global emissions, generating over $100 billion in revenue for climate action.
- India launched the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS) in 2023, mandating GHG reduction targets for industries and enabling voluntary carbon credit generation and trade in domestic markets.
- Article 6 rules under the Paris Agreement were finalized at COP29 in Baku, enabling cross-border carbon trading and standardizing international carbon credit mechanisms.
- The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) imposes taxes on imported goods’ embedded emissions to prevent carbon leakage and support global climate integrity.
- The Tribal Affairs Ministry approved 324 FRA Cells across India under the DAJGUA scheme to support documentation and data handling for forest rights claims.
- FRA Cells, while aimed at aiding implementation, raise concerns of bureaucratic overlap with statutory committees and could weaken community-led forest rights enforcement mechanisms.
- The Agriculture Ministry announced ₹6,000 crore to boost Agri Stack—₹4,000 crore for farmer registries and ₹2,000 crore for digital crop surveys to advance Digital Agriculture Mission.
- AviList launched as the world’s first unified bird checklist, consolidating global taxonomy and supporting international bird conservation, biodiversity monitoring, and policy planning.
- A major forest fire in Reasi, Jammu & Kashmir, burned hundreds of hectares, prompting rapid response and highlighting challenges of climate-induced and human-triggered forest fires.
- AAIB is investigating an Air India crash in Ahmedabad, having recovered the black box, which contains flight and cockpit voice data crucial for understanding the incident.
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