Nature’s based solutions for Net-Zero Subject – Environment Context – world has jumped on the net-zero bandwagon Concept – In climate change negotiations, Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) and its addition on conservation of forests stocks (REDD+) was originally the framework to implement nature-based solutions. At the 2013 UN climate […]

    Carbon Net-Zero Subject – Environment Context – Race to “net zero” has become a rallying point for leaders and civil society Concept – Net zero is not part of the Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, adopted in 2015. It emerged as a concept in IPCC’s 2018 special report “Global Warming […]

    Historical Polluters Subject – Environment Context – COP26 in Glasgow Concept –

    Greenhouse Gases Subject – Environment Context – Phasing out Methane discussed during COP26. Concept – Gas Lifespan Warming Potential Carbon dioxide 150-200 years 1 Methane 12-15 years 28 times CO2 Nitrous Oxide 120 years 265 times CO2 Fluorinated gases 3.2-10,000 years 151-23,900 times CO2

    Indian Leopard Subject – Environment Context – Roadkill and extinction risk for leopards in North India Concept – The Indian leopard (Pantherapardusfusca) is a leopard subspecies widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the big cats occurring on the Indian subcontinent, apart from the Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, snow leopard […]

    Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) Subject – Environment Context – India requested the Like­ Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) members to join hands with India to support the global initiatives it has pioneered, including the International Solar Alliance (ISA), Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) and the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT). […]