Today’s Current Affairs: This current affairs article delivers the topics of India pushing for wider adoption of the joint crediting mechanism JCM at cop 30 climate summit 2025. This says nothing but India wants more countries to join this JCM and support achieving the global climate action goal. This happened at the COP 30 (paris agreement) event, a climate conference held in Belem, Brazil.
What really it is really important to know about this topic is that there can arise various question from this topic.
What is cop 30?
COP 30 means Conference of the Parties, and it occurs annually. Its members are also part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This year’s meeting was held in Belem, Brazil. It starts on 10th November and ends on 21st November. This also helps in supporting Climate mitigation, achieving sustainable development goal .
By applying such technology, it aims to reduce deforestation, improve climate adaptation, and energy transitions to save the Amazon rainforest
What is the Joint Credit Mechanism
This is a mechanism, an international partnership type, or a bilateral cooperation, first launched by Japan and what it really aims or focuss reduce the pollution and contribute to fighting global warming or any other climate change factor. On this JCM, two countries can partner and share carbon credits.
Such a mechanism also helps people in terms of clean energy and lower emission usage.
Under this mechanism, there also exist various projects that comprise the following
- Renewable energy system installation
- Energy-efficient and better
- Clean industry technology applications
- Climate finance
How many countries participated in this Joint crediting mechanism?
Altogether, as of now, including India, it is 31 countries participating in the mechanism.
Why did India join the JCM?
There are various reasons behind this, and some of the key reasons are as follows
- Since its joining in 2025, India believes that such a system will definitely help boost technology, finding and having more climate-friendly project support, ànd it also thinks it could achieve India’s climate goal and at a low cost.
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What does the JCM stand for?
Joint Crediting Mechanism
How many countries can work in JCM?
Two country
Does the partner county of the JCM share carbon credits?
Yes
Under what article is this JCM operated?
Under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, it functions.
How many partner countries are now in the JCM?
A total of 31 partner countries participated in the Joint Crediting Mechanism
Does this JCM promote Renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean technology?
Yes, it promotes.