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This editorial is based on the news “The biggest roadblock to India’s net-zero goal” which was published in the Indian Express. Critical Minerals are significant in achieving the Net-zero goal of India.
Relevancy for Prelims: Clean Energy Share In India, Critical Mineral Supplies Vital To Clean Energy Shift, Renewable Energy Intermittency, and India’s Budget And The Move Towards Net-Zero.
Relevancy for Mains: Conservation, Environmental Pollution and Degradation. |
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Rare Earth Minerals in india
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Need For the Critical Minerals
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There is a big fear that lack of access to critical minerals may be the biggest roadblock to India’s march towards decarbonisation.
Prelims PYQ (2020):
Which one of the following statements best describes the term ‘Social Cost of Carbon’? It is a measure, in monetary value, of the (a) long-term damage done by a tonne of CO2 emissions in a given year. (b) requirement of fossil fuels for a country to provide goods and services to its citizens, based on the burning of those fuels. (c) efforts put in by a climate refugee to adapt to live in a new place. (d) contribution of an individual person to the carbon footprint on the planet Earth. Ans: (a) |
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