COP27: Kolkata presents climate action roadmap, announces city-level summit Subject : Environment Context- Kolkata presented a report on its climate vulnerability as well as actions taken for mitigation and adaptation during a meeting at the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change being held at Sharm […]
How climate-induced disasters are creating a new dynamic of migration Subject : Environment Context- Disasters, mostly weather-related and potentially due to climate change, are displacing more people than wars and conflicts. Internal migration is picking up:216 million people will move within their countries by 2050, says a World Bank estimate. Climate- change induced […]
Water Credits Subject: Environment Concept: Water credits are one of the financing mechanisms to drive collective action toward common climate adaptation goals. Water credits represent a fixed quantum of water that is conserved or generated and can be transacted between water deficit and water surplus entities within a sub-basin. Water credit is an initiative […]
‘Greenprint for Chennai’ report launched at CoP 27 Subject : Environment Context: The Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, today launched a report titled ‘Greenprint for Chennai – Integrating Natural Infrastructure in City Planning’, at the COP27 international climate conference currently underway here. Concept: The report has been prepared […]
Digital Shakti program Subject: Environment Context: The National Commission for Women launched the 4th phase of the Digital Shakti Program. What is Digital Shakti Program: It is a pan-India project on digitally empowering and skilling women and girls in cyberspace and focuses on making women digitally skilled and aware to stand up against […]
COP27: Climate vulnerable countries, G7 launch plan for quick loss and damage funding Subject: Environment Context: The Vulnerable Twenty (V20) group of finance ministers — representing 58 countries vulnerable to climate change — and the G7 (group of seven industrialised countries) launched the Global Shield Against Climate Risks initiative November 14, 2022. The […]
Water action plan at COP27 gives hope to drought-ravaged Africa Subject: Environment Context: World leaders at the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change launched a water adaptation and resilience action plan on November 14, 2022. The initiative will have an Africa-first focus, giving hope to […]
COP27: India’s national statement lacked teeth; was centred around mission LiFE Subject: Environment Context: India’s national statement made November 15, 2022 during the plenary session of the 27th Conference of Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, was dominated by LiFE — ‘lifestyle for environment’ — that was announced […]
Seven exotic primates and drugs seized in southern Assam Subject: Environment Context- The police in southern Assam’s Hailakandi and Cachar districts seized seven exotic primates, narcotic drugs worth ₹10 crore and Burmese areca nuts and foreign-made cigarettes — both illegal commodities — in hidden chambers of trucks. More in news- Wildlife officials have […]