Environment Ministry’s Memorandum Stayed: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has granted an interim stay on the operation of an office memorandum issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The memorandum provided a procedure for the grant of post facto clearance to projects that have come up without environmental […]
Category: Environment Current Affairs
What is Fit for 55 Package?
Fit for 55 Package: EU: The European Commission unveiled its ‘Fit for 55’ package of revised climate and energy laws on 14 July – aiming to align key EU policies with the new 55-percent net-emissions reduction by 2030. Key features: Cars with internal combustion engines will disappear from European showrooms by 2035. Steel producers and […]
National Programme For Dairy Development (NPDD).
National Programme For Dairy Development (NPDD).: In order to further boost growth in livestock sector and thereby making animal husbandry more remunerative, Government has realigned the National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD). The realigned National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD) will have two components. Component ‘A’ of NPDD will be implemented with emphasis on milk […]
Amazon Forests Emitting Carbon dioxide
Amazon Forests: According to a recent study, Amazon Forests have started emitting Carbon dioxide (CO2) instead of absorbing it. Growing trees and plants have taken up about a quarter of all fossil fuel emissions since 1960, with the Amazon playing a major role as the largest tropical forest. Findings: A significant amount of deforestation (over […]
New European Climate Law
New European Climate Law: The European Union has unveiled some of the world’s most ambitious proposals, titled “Fit for 55”, to reduce carbon emissions and wean its 27 members off fossil fuels. These measures are a EU’s roadmap to achieve its target to reduce emissions by 55% by 2030, compared with 1990 levels. The roadmap […]
Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has demanded an additional $200 billion fund flow to developing countries from various sources to manage nature through 2030. It is one of many demands and targets that have been set through 2030 in the official draft of a new Global Biodiversity Framework. […]
India’s First Cryptogamic Garden : Dehradun
India’s First Cryptogamic Garden: India’s first cryptogamic garden was inaugurated in the Chakrata town of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The garden will be housing nearly 50 species of lichens, ferns and fungi (collectively known as Cryptogamae). Factors Responsible for Location of this Garden: This garden is at Deoban in Chakrata at a height of 9,000 ft. This […]
Ethanol-Based Flex Engine
Ethanol-Based ‘Flex Engine: India has decided to allow ethanol-based ‘flex engines’, which power vehicles using local farm produce and not fossil fuels, and will be rolling out a scheme on the same in the next three months, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said. Gadkari said other countries of the world like Brazil, the US and Canada […]
Conservation Plans For Cities Along Rivers
Conservation Plans For Cities Along Rivers: A policy document from National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has proposed that cities situated on river banks should incorporate river conservation plans when they prepare their Master Plans. The recommendations are currently for towns that are on the main stem of the river Ganga which are in five […]
Giant Pandas: IUCN Status
Giant Pandas :IUCN Status: Giant pandas are no longer classified as endangered but are still vulnerable, Chinese officials say. The classification was downgraded as their number in the wild has reached 1,800. The new classification comes years after the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) had already removed the animal from its endangered species […]
