Plastic-free planet: Protecting sanitation workers & waste-pickers, just transition discussed on Day 2 of INC-3 Subject :Environment Section: International Conventions Context: The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) on Plastic Pollution is going on. Details: By 2040, up to 19 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions will stem from plastics. […]
Odisha readies draft of PESA Act rules, seeks suggestions Subject :Environment Section :Environmental laws Context: Close to 27 years after the enactment of the Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, Odisha has come up with the draft of the Odisha Gram Panchayats Extension to Scheduled Areas Rules, 2023, to bring clarity in its implementation. What is the PESA Act? The […]
GWP100 or GWP*: Meat, dairy lobby pushing for new methane metric. How this will enable greenwashing Subject : Environment Sectional: Climate Change Context: Some of the world’s big, industrialised meat and dairy companies have been promoting a new metric for measuring methane emissions, called GWP* (pronounced as GWP star), which they argue is […]
‘Breathing toxic air is equivalent to smoking at least 10 cigarettes a day’: AIIMS doctor Subject: Environment Section: Pollution Context: Two cities joined New Delhi to be among the world’s worst 10 for pollution with smoke heavy in the air a day after revellers let loose with firecrackers for Deepavali. Details: The other […]
Community rights and forest conservation Subject: Environment Section: Environmental laws Context: From the colonial forest law in 1865 to the Forest Conservation Amendment Act, of 2023, more than fifteen laws, Acts, and policies have been formulated interlinking forests with legal and policy frameworks. However, there is little to no recognition of the rights […]
Scientists pull paper from journal over Arunachal mention Subject: Environment Section: Species in news Context: Indian scientists were forced to withdraw a paper in an international peer-reviewed journal published from China on the grounds that it could not mention Arunachal Pradesh. Details: Indian scientists Dr Mukesh Thakur, Lalit Kumar Sharma, and Avijit Ghosh […]
Stubble Trouble Subject: Environment Section: Awards Context: Every year, in October November, pollution levels spike in north India. While many factors come together to create smog, stubble burning remains a significant one, despite fewer incidents being recorded this year. What is stubble burning? A Practice of removing agricultural waste from the field by […]