World’s Largest Green Hydrogen Ecosystem : Gujarat’s Kutch Region The Adani group said it had tied up with French energy major TotalEnergies SE to jointly create the ‘world’s largest green hydrogen ecosystem’ in Gujarat’s Kutch region. As part of the tie-up, TotalEnergies would acquire a 25% stake in Adani New Industries Ltd. (ANIL), a unit […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Major Economies Forum On Energy And Climate (MEF)
Major Economies Forum On Energy And Climate (MEF): At the virtual meeting of MEF, Union Minister calls upon the members of MEF to launch a global movement on LIFE i.e., Lifestyle for Environment Aim of the meeting: The MEF meeting was aimed at galvanising actions (both developed and developing countries) that are to strengthen energy […]
Burmagomphus Chaukulensis : Rare Dragonfly
Burmagomphus Chaukulensis : Rare Dragonfly A rare dragonfly, Burmagomphus chaukulensis was spotted in Kerala. Earlier, a new species of dragonfly ‘Platygomphus benritarum’ was discovered in Assam. This is a dragonfly of genus Burmagomphus, which is represented by three species – B. Cauvericus, B. Pyramidalis and B. Laidlawi. While B. laidlawi is found throughout the Western […]
National Chambal Sanctuary
National Chambal Sanctuary: The Madhya Pradesh government has proposed to open 292 hectares for mining in five stretches on Chambal and its tributary Parvati rivers. The step is taken to free its forest department from devoting too much time, resources, and efforts in fighting illegal mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary. Sand mining has been […]
Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: A group of environmental scientists, ecologists and policy experts have posited that the draft of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework fails to account for the totality of chemical pollutants that threaten ecosystems globally. Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: It is a new framework that will guide actions worldwide through 2030, to […]
Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022)
Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022): Recently the Renewables 2022 Global Status Report (GSR 2022) was released by REN21 (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century). REN21 is a global collective of renewable energy actors. It includes scientists, governments such as India’s, non-governmental organisations and members of the industry who collated data on […]
Bamboo-Dwelling Bat
Bamboo-Dwelling Bat: Scientists have discovered a new species of bamboo-dwelling bat near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary. The new species of bamboo-dwelling bat has been named Glischropus meghalayanus. Bamboo-dwelling bats are a particular kind of bat living in the internodes of bamboo with specialised morphological characters that help them to adapt to the life inside a […]
Barents Sea Warming
Barents Sea Warming: According to a study, it is stated that parts of the Arctic region near Norway are warming at as much as seven times the rate of warming in the rest of the world. The region around the northern Barents Sea has been warming two to two-and-a-half times the average warming of the […]
World Day To Combat Desertification And Droughts
World Day To Combat Desertification And Droughts: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought is observed every year on 17th of June. On this day, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) organized Desertification and Drought Day. The Union Minister released Forest Stewardship Council’s Forest Stewardship Standard for India (FSC FSSI). FSC is a […]
India Ranks Third In Renewable Energy Installations In 2021
India Ranks Third In Renewable Energy Installations In 2021: India ranked third in renewable energy installations in 2021, after China and Russia, according to a Renewable 2022 Global status report published by REN21 (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century). India installed 4 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy projects in 2021 India ranked fourth […]
