2025-06-13T14:54:51+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment, Society|
💧 A Nation Sinking in Its Own Waste Even after 75 years of independence, over 70% of Indian cities lack basic sewage and garbage disposal systems. Cities with billion-dollar valuations, skyscrapers, and “smart city” tags cannot move water off their streets during rains. Why? Because India doesn’t just have a [...]
2023-09-01T13:50:11+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Methane (CH4) is a powerful greenhouse gas. In the first 20 years after release, methane is 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in trapping heat. The three main sources of methane emissions are waste and landfill sites, fossil fuels and natural gas leaks, and agriculture. While it is considered [...]
2022-10-26T14:17:27+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: NITI Aayog|
Transitioning from a Throwaway Culture to a Circular Economy is Need of the Hour […]
2022-10-24T08:02:31+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: The Hindu|
Background In September, a study published in the journal Science said earth may have already passed through five dangerous tipping points due to the 1.1°C of global heating caused by humanity to date. Calls for developing and transferring technologies to support action on climate change have become louder worldwide. Technology has become a [...]
2022-10-02T21:26:21+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Background India adds 11 more wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites to make total 75 Ramsar sites in the 75th year of Independence. List of Sites
2022-09-27T23:44:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Loktak lake, located in Moirang town, some 45 km south of the State capital, Imphal (Manipur) provides livelihood to many. In a symbiotic relationship, the fisherfolk also look after the ecosystem on which they thrive: their beliefs and folklore make it imperative to worship the waters and to take from [...]
2022-09-14T13:49:43+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: Livemint|
Background: – Urban flooding is a problem long associated with Mumbai. With a steady increase in the occurrence and severity of extreme weather events, Mumbai has lost that relative exclusivity, with Chennai and now Bangalore revealing a propensity to be flooded. […]
2022-09-03T16:54:06+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|Tags: The Hindu|
Background:- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India, notified the Plastic Waste Management Amendment Rules, 2021 on August 12, 2021. In keeping with the spirit of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the country is taking steps to curb littered and unmanaged plastic waste pollution. [...]
2023-01-02T14:23:05+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Context:- Earth Over Shoot Day 2022 If the citizens of the world lived like those of the United States, the resources of more than five full planets would be needed to satisfy the global need for resources every year. This data is highlighted annually by the NGO Global Footprint Network, [...]
2022-07-29T15:06:17+05:30By UPSCTREE|Categories: Environment|
Context:- Last month, India protested against its ranking on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) of 2022, prepared by researchers at the Yale and Columbia Universities in the U.S. The report measures 40 performance indicators across 11 categories to measure the “state of sustainability around the world.” India was ranked last (180) [...]
