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Stronger Climate Targets 2030

For Prelims: Climate Change, UNFCCC, COP, Paris Agreement, Nationally Determined Contributions, Renewable Energy, Government Initiatives For...

05 Aug 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Environmental Conventions (Pollutants)

What are International Environmental Conventions? An international environmental convention is a legally binding agreement negotiated among...

04 Aug 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill 2021

For Prelims: Wildlife (Protection) Act,1972, CITES For Mains: Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 Why in News? Recently, Lok Sabha...

04 Aug 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Feasibility of Carbon Removal by Restoring Coastal Vegetation

For Prelims: Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Coastal Ecosystem, Carbon Dating, Blue Carbon For Mains: Feasibility of Carbon Removal by...

03 Aug 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Clean, Healthy Environment as a Universal Human Right

For Prelims: Human Rights, United Nations, UNGA, Declaration of Human Rights, Climate Change, Pollution For Mains: Significance of International...

01 Aug 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Natural Resource Accounting (NRA)

For Prelims: Natural Resource Accounting (NRA), System of Economic and Environmental Accounting (SEEA), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),...

01 Aug 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Loktak Lake

Why in News? Recently, Loktak Lake Authority of Manipur recently issued a notice to remove all floating houses and fishing structures on Loktak...

01 Aug 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Deep Sea Mining

For Prelims: Deep-sea mining, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea...

29 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar campaign

Why in News? Recently, the Ministry of Earth Sciences has launched a Coastal Clean Up Drive under Swachh Sagar Surakshit Sagar Campaign to clean 75...

29 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Environmental Conventions (Climate Change)

What are International Environmental Conventions? An international environmental convention is a legally binding agreement negotiated among...

28 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Solid Waste Management

For Prelims: Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste Management Rules, Government’s Initiatives For Mains: Challenge in managing Solid...

28 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Ramsar Sites

For Prelims: Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Wetlands and Ramsar Sites in India, Sustainable Development, World Wetlands Day 2022,...

27 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Climate Finance

For Prelims: Climate Finance, COP 26, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Green...

26 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Right to Repair

For Prelims: Right to Repair, E-Waste, Committee on Right to Repair For Mains: Environmental impact of E-Waste, Scope of Right to Repair, how to...

22 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Heat Waves in India

This editorial is based on “A Robust Plan to Tackle Heightened Heat Stress” which was published in Hindustan Times on 20/07/2022. It...

21 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Environmental Conventions (Biodiversity)

What are International Environmental Conventions? An international environmental convention is a legally binding agreement negotiated among...

20 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Kerala’s Protest against ESZ Notification

For Prelims: Eco Sensitive Zones, Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986, National Wildlife Action Plan, National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary, Protected...

19 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Forest Fires

For Prelims: Forest Fires, Climate Change For Mains: Forest Fires and its Precautions, Government Policies and Interventions, Environment...

19 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Green Grids Initiative

For Prelims: Green Grid Initiative, One Sun One World One Grid, Solar Energy, Solar Panel, Solar Pumps, COP, Renewable Sector, ISA, Climate Change,...

18 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Tropical Ozone Hole

For Prelims: Ozone Layer, Layers of Atmosphere, Ozone Layer Depletion, Greenhouse Gases, Good Ozone, Bad Ozone, Initiatives to tackle...

16 Jul 2022 Environmental Pollution & Degradation