News:External Affairs Minister has introduced the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill in the parliament. Facts: About Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill: The Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill 2019 is aimed at promoting the safety and security of India’s maritime trade, including the safety of its crew members. The bill has been drafted to keep up India’s commitment to the United Nations… Continue reading Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill introduced in Lok Sabha
Category: Factly: Environment
This category contains all Current Affairs Factly Articles for Prelims, related to the Environment. You can find all relevant Environment related updates on this page. This page is specifically useful for UPSC Prelims exam.
The seas have less oxygen now than they used to. Why, and what does this mean?
News: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has released a report titled “Ocean deoxygenation: Everyone’s problem”. It reports the scale and nature of the changes being driven by ocean deoxygenation Facts: Ocean Deoxygenation: It is defined as the reduction in oxygen content of the ocean due to anthropogenic effects. Key takeaways from the report:… Continue reading The seas have less oxygen now than they used to. Why, and what does this mean?
Asian Elephant Specialist Group meet starts in Malaysia
News:The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) 10th Asian Elephant Specialist Group (AsESG) Meeting has started at Kota Kinabalu in Sabah,Malaysia. Facts: About the Issues to be discussed at the meet:The issues to be discussed at the meeting include: national action plans for elephant conservation by Asian elephant range states best practices in managing… Continue reading Asian Elephant Specialist Group meet starts in Malaysia
Carbon Markets
Facts: Carbon Market: It is a term used for a trading system through which countries may buy or sell units of CO2 emissions in an effort to meet their national limits on emissions. Carbon markets under the Kyoto Protocol: Under the Kyoto Protocol, three carbon markets were established. The aim was to reduce greenhouse gas… Continue reading Carbon Markets
India’s first HAM project in sewerage sector
News:India’s first Hybrid annuity model(HAM) in sewerage sector,a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) was inaugurated in Sarai,Haridwar. Facts: About the Sarai Sewage Plant Project: The Plant is based on advanced aerobic biological process Sequential Batch Reactor(SBR) process. The project has been built under the Namami Gange project of National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG). The project is… Continue reading India’s first HAM project in sewerage sector
Kyoto protocol’s Adaptation Fund:
About Adaptation Fund The Adaptation Fund was set up in 2001 under the Kyoto Protocol. It seeks to finance projects and programmes in developing countries to adapt to the harmful effects of climate change. The Adaptation Fund is financed by a 2% levy on certified emission reduction (CERs) issued by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).… Continue reading Kyoto protocol’s Adaptation Fund:
India suffered maximum number of climate-related fatalities in 2018
News: Non-profit organization Germanwatch released the Global Climate Risk 2020 report at UNFCC CoP 25 in Madrid, Spain. Facts: About Global Climate Risk Index: The Global Climate Risk Index (CRI) developed by Germanwatch analyses quantified impacts of extreme weather events. It analyses the impact both in terms of fatalities as well as economic losses that… Continue reading India suffered maximum number of climate-related fatalities in 2018
Explained:How CO2 emission trend reflects India slowdown
News:The Global Carbon Budget 2019 has been released for the year 2019. Facts: About Global Carbon Project: The Global Carbon Project is a Global Research Project of Future Earth and a research partner of the World Climate Research Programme.It was established in 2001. The project seeks to work with the international science community to establish… Continue reading Explained:How CO2 emission trend reflects India slowdown
New platform linking oceans and climate launched in Madrid
News: At the 25th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP25), Platform of Science-based Ocean Solutions has been launched Facts: About Platform of Science-based Ocean Solutions Aim: It aims to enhance the sharing of knowledge created by various actors in the ocean and climate community to advance ocean-climate action. Objectives: To encourage the incorporation… Continue reading New platform linking oceans and climate launched in Madrid
India tests Swedish technology to reduce stubble burning
News:Recently,To find a solution to stubble burning issue,India is testing a Swedish technology torrefaction that can convert rice stubble into ‘bio-coal’. Facts: The government has funded a pilot project at the National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute in Mohali (Punjab) with a Swedish company to evaluate the feasibility of the torrefaction technology. About Torrefaction: Torrefaction is a… Continue reading India tests Swedish technology to reduce stubble burning
