Production Gap Report (PGR) 2023
Production Gap Report (PGR) 2023 was released recently.
- Prepared by – United Nation Environment Programme (UNEP) and others
- Major countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, UAE, etc.) plans and projections would lead to an increase in global coal production until 2030, and in global oil and gas production until at least 2050.
- Production gap tracks the misalignment between governments’ planned fossil fuel production and global production levels consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C or 2°C.
- Emissions gap refers to difference between global greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions under the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and accepted level in 2030.
India – U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem (INDUS-X)
Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) under Ministry of Defence and US Department of Defence, organised the first INDUS-X Investors meet at New Delhi.
- Launched INDUS-X Educational Series (Gurukul) initiative which aims to help the innovators /startups to navigate in the defence eco-system of the US and India.
- INDUS-X aims to expand strategic technology partnership and defense industrial cooperation between governments, businesses, and academic institutions of India and the US.