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Just Transition in the Global Plastics Treaty

For Prelims: Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, India Plastics Pact, Project REPLAN , GoLitter Partnerships Project   For Mains:...

18 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Empowering India’s Energy Transition with AI

This editorial is based on “AI’s role in India’s energy transition, a reality check needed” which was published in The...

15 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Grey Seal

Source: TH  As climate change, pollution, and overfishing threaten the Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) in the Baltic Sea, Lithuania has launched...

14 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

River Pollution in India

For Prelims: Namami Gange Programme, Ganga, Yamuna, Algal Blooms, Sutlej River, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Gangetic River Dolphin, UN Decade...

14 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Reversal on ELV Fuel Ban

Source: TH  The Delhi government has rolled back its fuel ban on end-of-life vehicles (ELVs)-Petrol cars over 15 years and diesel vehicles over...

14 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Revival of Lotus in Wular Lake

Source: IE  After three decades of ecological dormancy caused by the 1992 flood, lotus flowers have once again begun blooming in...

12 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Sustaining Development in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

This editorial is based on “Projects in Great Nicobar Island have strategic importance. Government must address transparency concerns”...

11 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

From Relief to Resilience in Disaster Management

This editorial is based on “India's disaster risk financing needs to evolve as new options emerge” which was published in The Livemint...

09 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Call for Reforming the UNFCCC

For Prelims: UNFCCC, Convention on Biological Diversity, Green Climate Fund, Kyoto Protocol,  Adaptation and Mitigation  For Mains: Role...

09 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Great Nicobar Project EIA Downplays Earthquake Risk

For Prelims: Great Nicobar Infrastructure Project (GNIP), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Earthquake, Plate Boundary, Sunda Trench, Pacific...

09 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Bonn Climate Change Conference 2025

Source: IE  Why in News? The 62nd annual session of the Bonn Climate Change Conference was held in Bonn, Germany. This mid-year meeting sets...

07 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Plastic Waste a Public Health Threat

For Prelims: Microplastics, Single-Use Plastics, Virgin plastic, Endocrine-disrupting Chemicals  For Mains: Plastic Waste Management,...

05 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

The Himalayan Tipping Point

This editorial is based on “Himalayan springs are drying. It’s a threat to India’s ecological stability and national...

04 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Kariyachalli Island

Source: DTE   Tamil Nadu, under the TNSHORE (Tamil Nadu Sustainably Harnessing Ocean Resources) project, is working to protect the...

04 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

India's Air Pollution Crisis

Source: TH  Why in News?  A recent study revealed that secondary pollutants, particularly ammonium sulphate (sulphur dioxide (SO₂) +...

01 Jul 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Impact of Climate Change on Global Food Production

Source: TH  A study warns that every 1°C rise in global temperatures will lead to a 4% reduction in per capita calorie availability by...

28 Jun 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Fungicides Linked to Fungal Drug Resistance

Source: TH A study reveals that the agricultural fungicide tebuconazole is driving increased resistance in Candida tropicalis (a fungal pathogen) by...

26 Jun 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Global Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution

Source: UNEP Why in News? The Global Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution has been established at Punta del Este, Uruguay, under...

26 Jun 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

Enhanced Rock Weathering

Source: TH Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW), a promising technique to combat climate change, involves spreading crushed basalt on agricultural lands...

26 Jun 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation

10th Sustainable Development Report 2025

For Prelims: Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Sustainable Development Report (SDR), 1987 Brundtland Commission Report, 1992 Rio Earth...

25 Jun 2025 Environmental Pollution & Degradation