Article: “At COP26, T.N. teenager tells leaders that youth are angry”
Context: Vinisha Umashankar, a school going girl invited to COP26 for her innovating solar-powered ironing cart, which would replace the conventional charcoal ironing box thatbrought her laurels from around the world, including the prestigious Children’s Climate Prize in November 2021.
The COP26 event is a global United Nations summit about climate change and how countries are planning to tackle it.
COP26 is now taking place in Glasgow between 31st October and 12th November 2021.
India steps up to commit to a 'Net Zero' target by 2070 at COP 26.
Net-zero refers to a state where a nation's emissions are compensated by the absorption and removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.
Absorption of the emissions can be increased by creating more carbon sinks such as forests, while removal of gases from the atmosphere requires futuristic technologies such as carbon capture and storage.
Net-zero emission is said to prevent a 3–4°C rise by the end of the century.