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World Bank’s Plan to Combat Methane Emissions

For Prelims: Methane, COP-28, Sequoia Climate Foundation, Bezos Earth Fund, Global Warming Potential (GWP), Sulphur Hexafluoride, World Bank,...

05 Dec 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Ethical, Social and Cultural Risks of Climate Engineering

For Prelims: Climate Engineering, Climate Change, Reflecting Sunlight, Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), Solar Radiation Modification...

02 Dec 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Global Marine Life and Oceans Warming

For Prelims: Tropicalisation, Climate Change, Oceans Heating, Mediterranean Sea, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Coral Bleaching, Solar Radiation. For...

30 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

NITI Ayog Releases CCUS Policy Framework

For Prelims: Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS), CO2 emissions, NITI Aayog, Carbon Taxes, IPCC, Cap-and-Trade systems. For Mains:...

29 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Rat-Hole Mining

For Prelims: Rat-Hole Mining, Silkyara-Barkot Tunnel, National Green Tribunal (NGT). For Mains: Rat-Hole Mining, Environmental pollution and...

29 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Electrification: India’s Strategy to Decarbonise Road Transport

This editorial is based on “Fleet Electrification to tackle urban pollution” which was published in The Hindu on 27/11/2023. It talks...

28 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Balancing Sustainable Energy Goals with Coal Realities

For Prelims: Coal, Sustainable Development, Renewable energy, Paris Agreement, Thermal Power Plants For Mains: India's Reliance on coal in its...

27 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Antarctic Ozone Hole

For Prelims: Antarctic Ozone Hole, Montreal Protocol, Ozone Depletion, Ultraviolet (UV) radiation, Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). For Mains:...

25 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Climate Finance and the USD 100 Billion Goal: OECD

For Prelims: Climate Finance and the USD 100 Billion Goal: OECD, COP (Conference of Parties) 28, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...

24 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022

For Prelims: Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), Recycling-Friendly Design, Lithium-Ion Battery. For...

24 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Emissions Gap Report 2023: UNEP

For Prelims: Emissions Gap Report 2023, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG), Nationally...

22 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Sand and Dust Storms

For Prelims: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Sand and dust storms, Agriculture, Deforestation, Aral Sea, United Nations Food...

22 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Hit Record Highs: UN

For Prelims: United Nations, World Meteorological Organization, Greenhouse gases, Paris Agreement, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International...

20 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Eliminating Plastic Pollution by 2040

For Prelims: Eliminating Plastic Pollution by 2040, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Towards Eliminating Plastic...

16 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Production Gap Report 2023

For Prelims: Production Gap report, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Paris Agreement, India's NDC For Mains: Production Gap Report, Environmental...

15 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Global Tiger Numbers Rise, Southeast Asia Faces Habitat Threats

Source: DTE For Prelims: Tiger, Global Tiger Recovery Program (GTRP), United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...

15 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Community Rights and Forest Conservation

This editorial is based on “Community rights and forest conservation “ which was published in The Hindu on 13/11/2023. It talks about...

14 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Loss and Damage Fund

For Prelims: Loss and Damage' (L&D) fund, Conference of the Parties 27, Climate Change For Mains: Environmental Pollution &...

13 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

India's Energy Conservation Building Code, 2017

For Prelims: India’s Energy Conservation Building Code, 2017, International Energy Agency (IEA), World Energy Outlook 2023, Strategic...

11 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

One Year of Project Cheetah

For Prelims: Cheetah Reintroduction Plan, Kuno-Palpur National Park (KNP), CITES For Mains: Challenges Associated with the Translocation of...

11 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment