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Why in News Recently, the inaugural session of the 12th Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) Summit was organised virtually. Key...
16 Dec 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Reducing Emissions from Coal-Based Power Sector
Why in News Recently, in a webinar by think-tank Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), experts discussed the measures to reduce carbon dioxide...
15 Dec 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News Recently, Myristica swamp treefrog has been recorded for the first time in Kerala's Thrissur district. Key Points Scientific Name:...
14 Dec 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Five Years of Paris Climate Accord
Why in News Recently, India has reiterated her commitment to the Paris Climate Accord, prior to the Climate Ambition Summit which will start from...
12 Dec 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Emissions Gap Report 2020: UNEP
Why in News United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)’s Emissions Gap Report 2020 has been published recently. The annual report from...
10 Dec 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Climate Change Performance Index
Why in News India ranked 10th in Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2021. India, for the second time in a row, continued to remain in the...
10 Dec 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Recovery from Coal Mining in Meghalaya’s Moolamylliang
Why in News Moolamylliang, a village in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, is making progress in becoming a greener place amid abandoned...
07 Dec 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Deteriorating Great Barrier Reef
Why in News Recently, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has highlighted that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is in a...
05 Dec 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Provisional Report on the State of the Global Climate 2020: WMO
Why in News According to the latest State of the Global Climate provisional report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the year 2020 is...
04 Dec 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Climate Change Knowledge Portal
Why in News Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has launched the ‘India Climate Change Knowledge...
28 Nov 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News According to a recent study commissioned by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the rate of increase in pollution levels in...
27 Nov 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News Recently, Maharashtra announced the setting up of a desalination plant in Mumbai. The plant will process 200 million litres of water...
25 Nov 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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High Biodiversity in Ganga River
Why in News Recently, the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in its survey of the Ganga river (the main river without its tributaries), has found...
10 Nov 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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This article is based on “Biodiversity governance” which was published in The Down to Earth on 06/11/2020. It talks about the issues...
09 Nov 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Petition for Declaring ESA Unconstitutional
Why in News Recently, a Kerala-based NGO for farmers has moved the Supreme Court (SC) to declare the draft notification on the Western Ghats...
09 Nov 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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New Commission for Air Quality Management
This article is based on “More than commission to check air pollution” which was published in The Economic Times on 03/11/2020. It...
04 Nov 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Why in News Recently, the Ganga Utsav 2020 has begun which celebrates the glory of the National river Ganga. Ganga was declared as the National...
03 Nov 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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This article is based on “Time for a ‘sponge cities’ mission in India” which was published in The Hindu on 31/10/2020. It...
31 Oct 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Commission for Air Quality Management in the NCR
Why in News Recently, the President of India has signed ‘The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining...
30 Oct 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
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Dashboard for Monitoring Air Quality
Why in News CarbonCopy and Respirer Living Sciences, two environmental organisations, have released a dashboard which presents a comparative picture...
29 Oct 2020 Environmental Pollution & Degradation
