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Reduction in CO2 from Transport Sector by 2050

For Prelims: World Resources Institute (WRI), carbon dioxide emissions, net-zero emissions goal by 2070, Electric Vehicle, internal combustion...

20 Sep 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Urban Flooding: A Looming Threat

This editorial is based on “Mitigating risks, impact of flooding in the cities” which was published in Hindustan Times on 07/05/2024....

16 Sep 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Delhi’s Winter Plan to Curb Air Pollution

For Prelims: Air pollution, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD),  PM2.5 emissions, ground-level...

16 Sep 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

India as the World Largest Plastic Polluter

For Prelims: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Plastic Waste, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Rules,...

11 Sep 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) 2024

For Prelims: Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) 2024, PM2.5, World Health Organization (WHO), Malnutrition, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Water...

30 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Rise of India's Carbon Marketplace

This editorial is based on “Establishing a carbon market” which was published in The Hindu on 29/08/2024. The article highlights...

29 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

National Glacial Lake Outburst Floods Risk Mitigation Programme

For Prelims: Tawang, Dibang Valley, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOFs), South Lhonak Lake, Centre...

24 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Critical Threats Facing the Aravallis

For Prelims: Aravali Green Wall Project, Land Degradation and Desertification in India, Conserving Forests for a Sustainable Future, Mountain...

21 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Climate Change Impact on Panama Canal

For Prelims: Panama Canal, Lake Gatun, GDP, Isthmus of Panama, Tectonic Plates, Evaporation, Humidity, Precipitation, Algal Bloom, Ocean Currents,...

20 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Kosi-Mechi River Linking Project

For Prelims: Kosi-Mechi River Linking Project, National Perspective Plan for Interlinking Rivers, Kosi River, Mahananda River, Mechi River. For...

19 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Charting a Sustainable Future for Andaman and Nicobar

This editorial is based on “How a wildlife sanctuary in the Great Nicobar Island was made to vanish” which was published in The Indian...

16 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

The State of Mangroves 2024

For Prelims: State of the World's Mangroves 2024, Global Mangrove Alliance, World Mangrove Day, Global Mangrove Watch, Aquaculture, Sea-level rise,...

12 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

NITI Aayog Report on Seaweed Value Chain Development

For Prelims: Seaweed, NITI Aayog, Red algae, Blue algae, Major Seaweed Beds in India, CommercialisedSeaweed Products in India. For Mains:...

10 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Woody Encroachment in Grasslands

Source: TH For Prelims: Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change. For Mains: Significance of Forest Resources and Measures for Conservation of...

06 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Increase in Coastal Erosion

For Prelims: Coastal Erosion, Climate Change, Kattupalli Port, Sundarbans, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Salinization, Groynes, Wetlands, National...

05 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Nicobar Port Plan From No-Go Zone to Permitted Area

For Prelims: Great Nicobar Project, NITI Aayog, National Green Tribunal, International Container Trans-shipment Terminal, Malacca Strait,...

03 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Oil Drilling in Assam’s Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary

For Prelims: Hoollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary,  Hoolock gibbons, Forest Advisory Committee,  IUCN Red List For Mains:...

02 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

Reimagining Biodiversity Conservation in India

This editorial is based on “Biodiversity needs a win against oil and gas” which was published in Hindustan Times on 07/05/2024. The...

02 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

The State of the World's Mangroves 2024

For Prelims: The State of the World's Mangroves 2024, Global Mangrove Alliance, World Mangrove Day, Global Mangrove Watch, Aquaculture, Sea-level...

01 Aug 2024 Biodiversity & Environment

India's Battle Against Plastic Waste

This editorial is based on “Plastic mess: On India’s waste problem” which was published in The Hindu on 29/07/2024. The article...

29 Jul 2024 Biodiversity & Environment