CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Denmark inaugurated a project to store carbon dioxide 1, 800 metres beneath the North Sea, becoming the first country in the world to bury CO2 imported from abroad.

Detailed explanation-2: -Net GHG emissions in Denmark in 2018 amounted to 57.9 million tonnes of CO2e, which constitutes about 1.6 % of the total net emissions of the EU. Since 2005, the country has accomplished a 23 % reduction in net emissions, exceeding the EU’s achievement of 16.2 %.

Detailed explanation-3: -Denmark has become the first country in the world to import and bury CO2 undersea. The country inaugurated the “Greensand” project, which stores CO2 1, 800 metres beneath the North Sea, on the site of an old oil field.

Detailed explanation-4: -China. China is the largest emitter of carbon dioxide gas in the world, with 10, 668 million metric tons emitted in 2020. The U.S. The U.S. is the second-largest emitter of CO2, with 4, 713 million metric tons of total carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. India.