Restoring Coastal Habitats: A study has been published, which has raised doubt about the efficiency of restoring coastal habitats to offset carbon emissions. Restoring Coastal habitats is far from certain and unreliable. and there’s a real risk that the scale at which they can mitigate emissions has been massively oversold. It is extremely difficult to […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Hybrid Electric Vehicle
Hybrid Electric Vehicle: In recent months, automakers Maruti Suzuki, Toyota and Honda have launched hybrid electric vehicles in India, offering car buyers more choices in the nascent electric vehicle market. A hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) uses an ICE (a petrol/diesel engine) and one or more electric motors to run. It is powered by the electric […]
Clean, Healthy Environment As a Universal Human Right
Clean, Healthy Environment As a Universal Human Right: India voted for the resolution and pointed out that the resolutions do not create binding obligations. Only through conventions and treaties do state parties undertake obligations for such rights. Every person on the planet has the right to live in a clean, healthy environment. Climate change and […]
Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar Campaign
Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar Campaign: The Ministry of Earth Sciences has launched a Coastal Clean Up Drive under Swachh Sagar Surakshit Sagar Campaign to clean 75 beaches across the country in 75 days. Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar Campaign: It is the first-of-its-kind and longest running coastal cleanup campaign in the world with the highest number […]
White Onion Gets GI Tag
White Onion Gets GI Tag: Alibagh (Maharastra) is known for growing white onion using the traditional method and utilizing geo-climatic conditions for a unique taste, flavour and shape. A GI is primarily an agricultural, natural or manufactured product (handicrafts and industrial goods) originating from a definite geographical territory. Typically, such a name conveys an assurance […]
Global Policy Framework To Protect Children Displaced Due To Climate Change
Global Policy Framework To Protect Children Displaced Due To Climate Change: United Nations-backed agencies have issued guidelines to provide the first-ever global policy framework to protect children displaced due to climate change. The Guiding Principles for Children on the Move in the Context of Climate Changecontain a set of nine principles that address the unique […]
India Has Added Five More Ramsar Sites
India Has Added Five More Ramsar Sites: India has added five more Ramsar sites, or wetlands of international importance, bringing the number of such sites to 54. New Ramsar Sites: Karikili Bird Sanctuary (Tamil Nadu): The sanctuary is spread over a five-kilometre-wide belt and is home to cormorants, egrets, grey heron, open-billed stork, darter, spoonbill, […]
Climate Finance
Climate Finance: The UNFCCC COP26 President, Alok Sharma, visited India to discuss India’s implementation of its COP 26 commitments. He also stated that a mechanism is being put in place to achieve the target of climate financing USD 100 billion by 2023. Climate Finance: It refers to local, national, or transnational financing—drawn from public, private […]
Monarch Butterflies
Monarch Butterflies: Migratory monarch butterflies have been declared endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of threatened species. Monarch Butterfly :It’s a sub-species of the Danaus plexippus butterfly that travels around 4,000 kilometres across America. It’s the most recognizable butterfly species that are essential pollinators and further provides various ecosystem […]
Snow Leopard
Snow Leopard: As per the study by the Zoological Survey of India, the Snow leopard regulates the population of its herbivores prey species (Siberian ibex and blue sheep) Snow leopard detection probability was high if the site was used by its prey species. Indicator species and flagship species: Snow leopards act as an indicator of […]
