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Reduction in CO2 from Transport Sector by 2050

For Prelims: World Resources Institute (WRI), carbon dioxide emissions, net-zero emissions goal by 2070, Electric Vehicle, internal combustion...

20 Sep 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Mass Wasting in Sedongpu Gully of Tibet

For Prelims: Mass Wasting, Avalanches, Glaciers, Gorge, Gully, Sedongpu Gully, Earthquake, Erosion  For Mains: Disaster Management, Important...

27 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Kosi-Mechi River Linking Project

For Prelims: Kosi-Mechi River Linking Project, National Perspective Plan for Interlinking Rivers, Kosi River, Mahananda River, Mechi River. For...

19 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Woody Encroachment in Grasslands

Source: TH For Prelims: Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change. For Mains: Significance of Forest Resources and Measures for Conservation of...

06 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

FAO Guidelines on Wildfire Management

For Prelims: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UN Environment Programme (UNEP), India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021 For Mains:...

06 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Increase in Coastal Erosion

For Prelims: Coastal Erosion, Climate Change, Kattupalli Port, Sundarbans, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Salinization, Groynes, Wetlands, National...

05 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Drowning Disasters in India

For Prelims: Drowning, Floods, Natural disasters, National Disaster Management Authority, Extreme weather events. For Mains: Framework Related to...

02 Aug 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

UNESCO Warns of 90% Soil Degradation by 2050

For Prelims: UNESCO, Biosphere Reserves Programme, Desertification, Food and Agriculture Organization, Soil Health Card Scheme, Bonn Challenge For...

12 Jul 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Sustainable Development in the Indian Himalayan Region

This editorial is based on “The Supreme Court of India spells the way in Himalaya’s development ” which was published in The Hindu...

25 Jun 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Environmental Performance Index 2024

For Prelims: Environmental Performance Index 2024, air quality, emissions, and biodiversity conservation, climate change category, net-zero...

18 Jun 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Pandemic Treaty

For Prelims: World Health Assembly (WHA), genomic sequences, antimicrobial resistance, Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC),...

03 Jun 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Cyclone Triggered Landslides in Northeast India

For Prelims: Landslides, Cyclone Remal, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Northeast region, Earthquakes, Landslide Atlas For Mains:...

01 Jun 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Amazon Forest Fire

For Prelims: Forest fires, El Nino climate, Amazon rainforest , droughts, Climate change For Mains: Status of the Amazon Forest Fires, Causes of...

01 Jun 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Making India Disaster Resilient

This editorial is based on “Cyclone Remal aftermath shows why it’s necessary to build disaster-resilient infrastructure” which...

30 May 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

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17 May 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Documentary: Highest Integrated Solid Waste Management Project

For prelims: Waste to Energy, Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules, 2016, Project REPLAN, Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022...

16 May 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Land Subsidence in Chenab Valley

For Prelims: Land subsidence, Himalayas, Earthquakes, Landslides, Joshimath, Land Subsidence For Mains: Reasons for Land subsidence, and Measures...

10 May 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Failure of Market-Based Approaches to Forest Conservation

For Prelims: Forest conservation, Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), carbon emissions, Greenwashing For Mains: Analysis of Market-Based...

10 May 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Celebrating Earth Day, 2024

This editorial is based on “Preparing India for water stress, climate resilience” which was published in The Hindu on 22/04/2024. The...

22 Apr 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

India's Soil Erosion Crisis

For Prelims: Soil erosion, Factors of Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, Brahmaputra Valley, Factors Contributing Soil Erosion. For Mains:...

12 Apr 2024 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)