Carbon Budget Subject: Environment Context: The world can emit approximately 400 billion tonnes more of carbon dioxide before hitting the 1.5°C limit, as per the IPCC sixth Assessment report. More about the Report: The world currently emits about 40 GtCO2 annually. The AR6 showed that the world can emit only about 500 gigatonnes […]

    IPCC’s SIXTH ASSESSMENT REPORT Subject: Environment About the Report: The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report is titled, “Climate Change 2021:The Physical Science Basis”. This has been published after the 5th report of 2014. According to the authors of AR6 report, warming of Indian Ocean will result in a rise in sea levels causing more […]

    National Policy on Biofuels Subject: Environment Context: The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that the National Policy on Bio-fuels, 2018 envisages creation of a National Biomass Repository by conducting appraisal of biomass across the Country. […]

    The world’s climate change progress Subject: Environment In news: Back in 2019, more than 11,000 scientists declared a global climate emergency. The vital signs that impact or reflect the planet’s health, such as forest loss, fossil fuel subsidies, glacier thickness, ocean acidity and surface temperature have however changed since the original publication, including […]

    IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Subject: Environment In news: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report will be the first of four reports released under the IPCC’s latest assessment cycle, with subsequent reports coming in 2022. More about the report: The report will provide policy-makers with the best possible information regarding the physical science of climate change, […]

    Declaring any natural disaster as a ‘National Calamity’ Subject: Environment Context:  Standing Committee on Water Resources recommends setting up a permanent National Integrated Flood Management Group under the chairmanship of the Minister of Jal Shakti. No provision to declare any natural disaster as a ‘National Calamity’ says Panel report Concept: States have often […]

    July 2021 was the third-warmest July on record globally Subject: Environment Context: The shattering of climate records continue: July 2021 was the “the third-warmest July on record globally, less than 0.1 degree Celsius cooler than July 2019 and July 2016,” revealed Copernicus earth observation programme of the European Union. Concept: According to Copernicus: July […]