Santiago Network Subject – Environment Context – COP-26 and environment Concept – The vision of the Santiago Network is to catalyze the technical assistance of relevant organizations, bodies, networks and experts, for the implementation of relevant approaches for averting, minimize and addressing L&D at the local, national and regional level, in developing countries […]

    Transfer of two pairs of lions to Sanjay Gandhi National Park Subject – Environment Context – Telangana agrees to transfer two pairs of lions to SGNP Concept – Maharashtra forest department, which has been rebuffed by Gujarat and Karnataka for the past three years for the transfer of Asiatic Lions from Gir and […]

    Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism Subject – Environment Context – Coal ‘phase­down’ is a right, says Minister Concept – The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), defined in Article 12 of the Protocol, allows a country with an emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitment under the Kyoto Protocol (Annex B Party) to implement an emission-reduction project in developing countries. Such projects can […]

    Climate change and Virus Subject – Environment Context – zika virus outbreak Concept – In the years that immediately followed the first case of Zika infection in 1952, the disease was endemic to tropical and subtropical regions. The global rise in surface temperature due to climate change pushed the virus into colder reaches […]

    Factors of Delhi air pollution Subject – Environment Context – SC says urban factors, not stubble burning, to blame Concept – The Supreme Court said the “cat is out of the bag” to prove that urban factors like construction activity, industrial emission, vehicular exhaust and road dust are actually the major causes of […]