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IPBES Transformative Change Assessment

For Prelims: IPBES, United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme,  Carbon-neutrality, National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP), Swachh...

01 Jan 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

India’s E-Waste Management

For Prelims: E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022, Groundwater contamination, Air pollution, Soil degradation, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR),...

30 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Strengthening India's Disaster Safety Net

This editorial is based on “Two decades after the Indian Ocean tsunami: reflecting on a global turning point in disaster management”...

27 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Biodiversity Credits for Environment Conservation

For Prelims: Biodiversity Credit, World Economic Forum, Biodiversity Credits Initiative, Carbon Credits, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity...

27 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Conservation of Cephalopods

Source: TH  Why in News?  Recently, California and Washington have approved bans on octopus farming. Hawaii is considering similar action...

24 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Ocean Anoxic Event 1a

For Prelims: Anoxic Marine Basins, Carbon sequestration, Holocene extinction, Ocean acidification, Coral Reef,  Paris Agreement  For...

24 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

18th India State of Forest Report 2023

For Prelims: India State of Forest Report, Forest Survey of India, Carbon Stock, Western Ghats Eco-Sensitive Areas, Mangrove, Nationally Determined...

23 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Flowers Pollination by Large Carnivore

Source: DTE  The Ethiopian wolf, a rare and endangered species, acts as an unexpected pollinator, challenging traditional views on...

23 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Marine Heat Wave Killed 4 Million Murre Seabirds

Source: BBC  A marine heatwave (MHW) nicknamed “the Blob” killed 4 Million of Alaska’s Common Murre Seabirds between 2014 and...

20 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Kisan Kavach

Source: PIB  Recently, the Ministry of Science & Technology unveiled Kisan Kavach, India's first anti-pesticide bodysuit, that prevents...

19 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Towards Unified ESG Framework for India

This editorial is based on “Lack of regulatory clarity could drive away private ESG finance for India” which was published in Business...

18 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

29th Delhi CII Summit

Source: PIB  Recently, India's Union Commerce Minister emphasised on the need for equitable responsibilities in sustainable development during...

18 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Agricultural Expansion Threatens Biodiversity

For Prelims: Biodiversity, Chytridiomycosis, Western Ghats, Biodiversity Hotspot, Wetlands, Nadukani-Moolamattom-Kulamavu Tribe, Ecosystem,...

17 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Strengthening Wetland Protection

For Prelims: Wetlands, Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), carbon sequestration, The...

17 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Malibu Wildfire

Source: TOI  Recently, a significant wildfire, known as the Franklin Fire, erupted in Malibu, California, prompting the evacuation of...

17 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

COP16 of UNCCD

For Prelims: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Great Green Wall (GGW) Initiative, Riyadh Global Drought Resilience Partnership,...

16 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Manganese Contamination Causing Cancer

Source: DTE  A recent study links manganese (Mn) contamination in groundwater to rising cancer cases in Bihar’s Gangetic plains. Elevated...

16 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

2024 Arctic Report Card

Source: DTE  Why in News?   A recent report titled the 2024 Arctic Report Card by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

16 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Ground Level Ozone Pollution

Source: PIB  Why in News? Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) highlighted the steps being taken to...

11 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

UNCCD's Drought Atlas

For Prelims: UNCCD COP16, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), winter monsoons.   For Mains:  Issue of...

10 Dec 2024 Environmental Pollution & Degradation