2021-08-21T09:42:54+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: gny|
The world is pursuing a path of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation, keys to human development. India is walking the same track, targeting a five trillion economy in the near future. We expect higher GDP, better economic status and a high standard of living like other developed countries. However, linear infrastructure [...]
2021-08-21T09:06:14+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: Frontline|
2021-08-17T10:47:10+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: The Hindu|
Context The recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), titled ‘Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis’, is the first of four that the Panel will issue over the next one and a [...]
2021-08-17T10:13:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: The Hindu|
Context:- The Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules notified by the Centre on August 12 acknowledge the gravity of pollution caused by plastic articles of everyday use, particularly those that have no utility beyond a few minutes or hours. […]
2021-08-13T19:29:34+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: DTE|
The resurgent Taliban is on the victory march to Kabul. It has already taken provincial capitals as well as Afghanistan’s third-largest city of Herat. As the Taliban appear at the gates of Kabul again after two decades, fears have grown about what their conduct will be towards life and [...]
2021-08-13T17:28:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: The Indian Express|
Context Earlier this week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported on climate science, warning against the folly of a business-as-usual development model. Past assessments have been disregarded as sensationalist. For attention to shift from a day of front-page news to a more [...]
2021-07-26T15:19:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: General Studies III, IE|
European Union introduced new legislation, Fit for 55, to cut its GHG emissions by 55 per cent by 2030 and to net zero by 2050. This is a welcome step for climate action since it turns the EU’s announcement into law, protecting it from the winds of political [...]
2021-07-25T21:59:14+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
As India’s economy and population continue to grow, so too does its demand for energy. India is also particularly vulnerable to climate change. Solar power could be the answer to both problems. With 300 sunny days a year, India can lead the world in solar capacity. Doing so will require strong policy-making [...]
2021-07-25T21:43:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
In Paris in 2015, leaders from 192 nations committed to limit the increase of global average temperatures since pre-industrial levels to well below 2°C, while pursuing efforts to stay within 1.5°C. Today 131 countries, responsible for 73% of global emissions, have now adopted or are considering [...]
2021-07-24T21:15:01+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
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