COP26: Vinisha Umashankar from Tamil Nadu recently spoke on clean energy at a meeting that discussed clean technology and innovation as part of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. Among her audience were world leaders, including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
State Of Global Climate – 2021
State Of Global Climate-2021: A provisional report released by the World Meteorological Organisation has stated that the last seven years have been the warmest on record and global sea-level rise accelerated since 2013, reaching a new high in 2021. The report has attributed the record sea-level rise to warming up and acidification of ocean waters. […]
Deforestation: COP26
Deforestation: More than 100 world leaders have promised to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, in the COP26 climate summit’s first major deal. Brazil, where stretches of the Amazon rainforest have been cut down, was among the signatories. The pledge includes almost $19.2bn of public and private funds. Experts welcomed the move, but warned a […]
Infrastructure For Resilient Island States (IRIS)
Infrastructure For Resilient Island States (IRIS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Infrastructure for Resilient Island States (IRIS) on sidelines of climate summit in Glasgow. Infrastructure for Resilient Island States or IRIS is the first major initiative by the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) started by India in 2019. IRIS seeks to operationalise the CDRI […]
Ganga Utsav 2021 – River Festival
Ganga Utsav 2021-The River Festival: The 5th edition of Ganga Utsav-The River Festival 2021 has begun which celebrates the glory of the National river Ganga. Ganga was declared as the National River of India on 4th November 2008. The event will also comprise, launch of the Ganga Tarang Portal, curtain raiser on Ganga Knowledge Portal […]
Indus River Dolphin Census
Indus River Dolphin: The census of one of the world’s most threatened cetaceans, the Indus river dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) — a freshwater dolphin that is found in river Beas, is all set to commence in the winter as part of a project by the Centre. However, Punjab’s wildlife preservation wing has gone a step […]
Amendments To Energy Conservation Act, 2001
Amendments To Energy Conservation Act, 2001: Amidst the growing energy needs and changing global climate landscape, the Government of India has identified new areas to achieve higher levels of penetration of Renewable energy by proposing certain Amendments to Energy Conservation Act, 2001. The objective will be to enhance demand for renewable energy at the end- […]
Climate Vulnerability Index 2021 – CEEW
Climate Vulnerability Index: A report titled “Mapping India’s Climate Vulnerability – A District-level Assessment” has been released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) (not-for-profit policy research institution). The report has also launched the first-of-its-kind Climate Vulnerability Index. The index has analysed 640 districts in India and found that 463 of these are […]
Ram Katha Park: Renamed As Queen Heo Hwang-ok Memorial Park
Ram Katha Park: Renamed As Queen Heo Hwang-ok Memorial Park On the banks of the Sarayu in Ayodhya, the Ram Katha Park has been renovated which will be renamed as Queen Heo Hwang-ok memorial park. The Korean queen is believed to have had Indian roots. In 2000, India and South Korea signed an agreement to […]
Report On CO2 Emissions: WMO
Report On CO2 Emissions: WMO The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has recently released a report on CO2 emissions Key findings: The increase in CO2 from 2019 to 2020 was slightly lower than that observed from 2018 to 2019 but higher than the average annual growth rate over the past decade. This is despite the approximately […]
