Environment and Biodiversity – Page 9

IPCC Special Report on Climate Change

IAS4Sure / November 8, 2018

United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released special report on global warming in Incheon, South Korea. Key […]

IAS4Sure / October 1, 2018

India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) ICAP addresses cooling requirement across sectors and lists out actions which can help reduce cooling

IAS4Sure / October 1, 2018

Finding 1: Pollution in Northern and Western Indian may slow down the monsoon. How? The Indian summer monsoon season begins

IAS4Sure / October 1, 2018

Paris Agreement: Paris Agreement is an international agreement to combat climate change. It charts a new course in the global climate

IAS4Sure / September 10, 2018

What is Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)? REDD is set of steps designed to use market and

IAS4Sure / September 2, 2018

Background These reports were prepared by five working groups which were set up by NITI Aayog in June 2017 to

IAS4Sure / August 11, 2018

Context: According to recent study, earth is at the risk of entering an irreversible hothouse condition – where the global

IAS4Sure / August 5, 2018

Facts: There are millions of people all over the world who don’t have access to water, or, if they have

IAS4Sure / July 18, 2018

Petcoke It is one of the many industrial by products produced during oil refining. It is categorized as bottom of

IAS4Sure / July 1, 2018

Context: In a bid to enforce stricter emission monitoring norms, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed State Pollution