Plastic Pollution Subject: Environment Section: Environmental Pollution Context: UNEA-5 in Nairobi endorsed a historic resolution to end Plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024. Concept: The resolution, based on three initial draft resolutions from various nations, establishes an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), which will begin its work in 2022. […]
Noise Pollution Subject: Environment Section: Environmental Pollution Context: According to the UNEP’s Frontiers 2022 Report, the city of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh is the second-most noise polluted city globally. Concept: Moradabad has recorded noise pollution of a maximum of 114 decibels (db). The highest noise pollution of 119 db has been recorded in […]
UN Biodiversity negotiations in Geneva Subject : Environment Section :Biodiversity Context: A chair of the U.N. biodiversity negotiations underway in Switzerland expects agreement on a key target on raising protected areas, adding he saw support from the talks’ presidency, China, for the first time. Background: Hundreds of negotiators arrived in the Swiss city […]
Carbon Credit Subject : Environment Section : Climate Change Context: Nurture. farm’s rice project generates 20,000 carbon credits What Is a Carbon Credit? A carbon credit is a permit that allows the owner to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases. One credit permits the emission of one ton of carbon […]
Ladakh’s plan to save its wolves Subject: Environment Section: Biodiversity Context: Over the past couple of years, village communities in Ladakh have been building Stupas next to traditional wolf traps, committing to stop killing wolves. Concept: Shangdong are traditional trapping pits with inverted funnel-shaped stone walls, usually built near villages or herder camps. […]
Green Burial Subject: Environment Section: Sustainable development Context: The ‘green’ burial trend gripping the US WHAT IS GREEN BURIAL? Green (or natural) burial emphasizes simplicity and environmental sustainability. The body is neither cremated nor prepared with chemicals such as embalming fluids. It is simply placed in a biodegradable coffin or shroud and interred […]
Study finds Climate variability may explain annual spike in ozone-destroying gas Subject: Environment Section: Climate change Context: Forest fires fueled by the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon might be responsible for the short-term spikes in methyl bromide, a known destroyer of the ozone layer El Niño–Southern Oscillation: El Niño–Southern Oscillation(ENSO) is an […]
Latest regulation on plastic waste management Subject: Environment Section: Pollution Context: Recently Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change announced the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022, which notified the instructions on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic packaging. New Plastic Waste Management Rules: Classification of Plastics: The new rules classify plastics into four categories: Category One will […]