Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) Subject – Environment Context – Sweden, UK lead the way in climate change performance Concept – The 17th edition of the Climate Change Performance Index 2021, compiled by German watch, the New Climate Institute, and the Climate Action Network, was released. The index, which monitors climate mitigation progress […]

    Issi saaneq Subject – Environment Context – Issi saaneq: New dinosaur species, which roamed Greenland 214 mn years ago Concept – The two-legged Issi saaneq lived about 214 million years ago in what is now Greenland. It was a medium-sized, long necked herbivore and a predecessor of the sauropods, the largest land animals […]

    Counter MEASURE project Subject – Environment Context – An estimated 11 million metric tonnes of plastic are entering the world’s oceans every year, and without urgent action, this number is set to increase to 23-37 million tonnes by 2040. Concept – The Counter MEASURE project works to identify sources and pathways of plastic […]

    PM’s climate promises Subject – Environment Context – At the UN climate conference in Glasgow last Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised India’s existing climate targets, and also announced a few new targets. Concept – Target Achievement Reduce its ‘emissions intensity’, or emissions per unit of GDP, by 45% from 2005 levels by […]

    Green lending Subject – Environment Context – Green lending: World’s biggest banks’ latest initiative at COP26 is a step backwards Concept – Over 450 of the world’s banks have committed to a new initiative at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference which is designed to decarbonise their investments. Overseen by former Bank of […]

    Indigenous Food System in Meghalaya Subject – Environment Context – An indigenous community in Meghalaya offers lessons in climate resilience Concept – The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) report on Indigenous People’s Food Systems co-published by FAO and the Alliance of Bioversity International, and CIAT includes the profiles of eight Indigenous Peoples […]

    G20’s coal declaration Subject – Environment Context – G20’s coal declaration is cosmetic and too little, too late Concept – The G20 announcement to not invest in new coal across borders is a direct effort to climate-legitimise Chinese President Xi Jinping’s exact-similar announcement in September this year. This may have miniscule effects on […]