The Climate Change Summit on 22 September 2009 at UN Head Quarter concluded that Climate Change was a defining challenge of our time and that the Copenhagen deal must be comprehensive and ensure:
i. Enhanced action to assist the most vulnerable and the poorest to adapt to the impacts of climate change;
ii. Ambitious emission reduction targets for industrialized countries;
iii. Nationally-appropriate mitigation actions by developing countries with the necessary support;
iv. Significantly scaled-up financial and technological resources; and
v. An equitable governance structure.
In the international negotiations on climate change, developed countries have called upon the major developing countries like India to contribute to global efforts for mitigation in form of commitments to undertake mitigation actions that will result in deviation from ‘Business As Usual’ in terms of emissions. Government’s approach to Climate Change is fully anchored in the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Kyoto Protocol and the Bali Action Plan. The actions of the Government of India will be guided by the principles of equity and the common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities as enshrined in the Convention and the policy laid down in the National Action Plan on Climate Change.The National Development Council (NDC) Meeting has not been convened so far.
Indi Proff
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(This information was provided in Lokshaba's proceedings today)
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Human genetic diversity in Asia has been mapped for the first time,important implications for the study of genetics and diseases
Human genetic diversity in Asia has been mapped for the first time by a group of over 90 scientists from the Human Genome Organisation’s (HUGO’s) Pan-Asian SNP Consortium. In the process it has not only mapped of genetic diversity in Asia but also traced the genetic origins of Asian populations. This was disclosed by the Union Minister of Science and Technology Shri. Prithviraj Chavan and Shri S.K. Brahmchari, DG, CSIR at a Press Conference today(11th Dec 2009). The findings were also published online in a report in the journal “Science” today.
The human genetic mapping of Asia has important implications, especially in the further understanding of migratory patterns in human history and for the study of genetics and diseases. The study conducted within and between the different populations in the Asia continent showed that genetic ancestry was highly correlated with ethnic and linguistic groups. There was a clear increase in genetic diversity from northern to southern latitudes. The study also suggested that there was one major inflow of human migration into Asia ensuing from Southeast Asia, rather than multiple inflows from both southern and northern routes as proposed before. This indicates that Southeast Asia was the major geographic source of East Asian and North Asian populations.
Prof. Edison Liu, Executive Director at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the President of the HUGO, which initiated and coordinated this research has said that the study was a milestone not only in the science that emerged but the consortium that was formed. Prof. Partha Majumder, Prof. And head, Human Genetics Units, Indian Statistical Institute and Director, Centre for Population Genomics, Kolkata has said that this study marks a milestone of the collaboration among the geneticist from the ten Asian Countries and paves the road to a better understanding of our origin. We would like to extend this study not only in the direction of population genetics but also towards medical and health related issues.
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