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WJC Report Links Wildlife Trafficking to Organized Crime

For Prelims: Money Laundering and the Illegal Wildlife Trade, Illegal Sand Mining, Organized Crime, Pangolin, Rhino Poaching For Mains: Organized...

02 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Stocktaking Climate Finance

This editorial is based on “Stocktaking climate finance — a case of circles in red ink” which was published in The Hindu on...

01 Nov 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Coastal Adaptation

For Prelims: India’s Coastal Ecosystems, Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2019, Coastal Management Information System, Mangroves. For...

31 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Sikkim Dam Disaster Raises Concerns for India's Bhutan Hydropower Projects

For Prelims: Teesta-III dam, Glacial Lake Outburst Flood, National Green Tribunal (NGT) For Mains: Related issues with the Dam Safety, Dams...

30 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Ammonia as a Automotive Fuel

For Prelims: Ammonia, Battery Electric Vehicles, Energy Density of Ammonia, Haber-Bosch process, Green Hydrogen/ Green Ammonia Policy. For Mains:...

30 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Battling the Winter Smog: Delhi's Pollution Predicament

This editorial is based on “Delhi's battle against pollution” which was published in The Hindustan Times on 24/10/2023. It talks about...

28 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Atal Bhujal Yojana and Ground Water Management

For Prelims: Atal Bhujal Yojana, Groundwater Management, World Bank, Water Security Plans, Central Sector Scheme, Ministry of Jal Shakti,...

28 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Data

For Prelims: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Data, UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Land Degradation,...

27 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2023

For Prelims: UN Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2023, Climate change, Space debris, Wet-bulb temperature, Floods, Renewable energy sources,...

26 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security: FAO

For Prelims: Impact of Disasters on Agriculture and Food Security, Food and Agriculture Organization, Extreme Disaster, Climate Change, Food...

26 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Biomass Co-Firing In Thermal Power Plants

For Prelims: Crop Residue Management (CRM), Biomass Co-Firing, National Capital Region (NCR), Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), Thermal...

25 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Implementing Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

For Prelims: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem...

25 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

SDG Summit 2023

For Prelims: SDG Summit 2023, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Addis Ababa Action Agenda, Debt Swaps, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk...

23 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Reimagining EIA For Himalayan Region

This editorial is based on “The Indian Himalayan Region needs its own EIA” which was published in The Hindu on 17/10/2023. It talks...

21 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Drought in the Amazon Rainforest

For Prelims: Amazon Rainforest, El Niño, Greenhouse gases, Amazon river dolphins For Mains: Environment Pollution and Degradation,...

21 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Green Credit Program

For Prelims: Green Credit program, LiFE campaign, Carbon credits, Kyoto Protocol, Sovereign Green Bond, Green Energy Corridor For Mains: Covered...

17 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Bio-Decomposer to Address Stubble Burning

For Prelims: Bio-Decomposer to Address Stubble Burning, Stubble Burning, Air Pollution, Southwest Monsoon, Indian Council of Agricultural Research...

17 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Methane Mitigation to Combat Global Warming

For Prelims: Methane, International Energy Agency, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Convened Climate and Clean Air Coalition For...

17 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Large Ozone Hole Detected Over Antarctica

For Prelims: Ozone hole, Volcanic eruptions in Tonga, Greenhouse gas effect, Montreal Protocol, World Ozone Day For Mains: Mechanism Behind Ozone...

16 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment

Invisible E-Waste

For Prelims: Invisible E-Waste, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR),...

14 Oct 2023 Biodiversity & Environment