Passage 1
Preparations for the 2024 and 2025 climate talks are taking place amidst a political push-back on climate action in some countries – even as extreme weather becomes more frequent and temperature records are smashed nearly every month.
The UAE’s COP28 presidency said on February 13 that the summit hosts would form a three-way “troika” to focus on ensuring that more ambitious CO2-cutting pledges are made ahead of a deadline at 2025’s COP30 summit in Belem.
“We cannot afford to lose momentum, we must do everything we can to keep 1.5 C within reach,” said Sultan Al Jaber, the UAE’s president of last year’s negotiations. The target of containing global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels was set out in the Paris Agreement.
Source – https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/
Passage 2
The Supreme Court on February 13 refused to pass any interim orders staying the operation of a new law on the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissioners.
Appearing before a Bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, advocate Prashant Bhushan, representing Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), said the elections were near and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey was retiring on February 14.
However, the Bench recalled that there were other petitions challenging the law and they had been posted for hearing in April. The court, issuing notice, said the current plea would also come up for hearing along with the others.
Source- https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/
