Environment Quiz: Environment Revision Test | Nov 29,2020

At COP 16, Parties established a Green Climate Fund (GCF) as an operating entity of the financial mechanism of the Convention under Article 11.
The GCF will support projects, programmes, policies and other activities in developing country Parties. The Fund will be governed by the GCF Board.
Source: Shankar page no: 255

Climate-smart agriculture gives attention to landscape approaches, for example, integrated planning of land, agriculture, forests, fisheries and water to ensure synergies are captured.
•These can be further strengthened by adding better weather forecasting, more resilient food crops and risk insurance to cover losses when the vagaries of weather strike.
•If yields increase through such practices and become more stable, it results in improved farm incomes. A more stable income helps enhance the adaptive capacity of farmers.
•A good number of countries are now showing that it can be done.
•China has been a leader in this, with programs such as the Loess Plateau now internationally famous.
Source: Shankar page no: 263

The IPCC is a scientific body. It reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of climate change.
•It does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate related data or parameters.
•Thousands of scientists from all over the world contribute to the work of the IPCC on a voluntary basis.
•Review is an essential part of the IPCC process, to ensure an objective and complete assessment of current information.
Source: Shankar page no: 263

The IPCC established the national green house gas Inventories Programme (NGGIP) to provide methods for estimating national inventories of greenhouse gas emissions to, and removals from, the atmosphere.
The guidance produced by the NGGIP is used by countries that are Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to estimate the emissions and removals that they report to the UNFCCC.
Source: Shankar page no: 264

GST refers to proposed five-yearly-review of the impact of climate change action undertaken by countries.
•Under the Paris Agreement, each country has to present a climate action plan every five years.
•Under the Paris Agreement, the first global stocktake will happen in 2023.
•It will help world to determine whether it needs to do more and how much more.
Source: Shankar page no: 259

Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid) and Electric Vehicles (FAME India) scheme rolled out in april, 2015 by Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
•The scheme will help promote use of electric and hybrid vehicles, and initially, a subsidy of 30% will be provided to the buyers.
•Phased replacement of fossil fuel-based vehicles with those based on latest technologies will lead to a net saving of Rs 14,000 crore.
•The scheme is proposed to be implemented over six years, till 2020, which looks at sales of electric and hybrid vehicles up to 60-70 lakh units per year.

The NMSA has identified 10 key dimensions for adaptation and mitigation:
•Improved Crop Seeds, Livestock and Fish Culture
•Water Efficiency
•Pest Management
•Improved Farm Practices
•Nutrient Management
•Agricultural Insurance
•Credit Support
•Markets
•Access to Information
•Livelihood Diversification
Source: Shankar page no: 239

The gray slender loris (primate) is found in India and Sri Lanka. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Source: Shankar page no: 220

Some organizations that help in monitoring the atmosphere and form a network of information’s communication about the atmosphere, including ozone layer monitoring are:
•World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
•World Weather Watch (WWW)
•Integrated Global Ocean Services Systems (IGOSS)
•Global Climate Observing System (GCOS)
Source: Shankar page no: 217

Nameri Tiger Reserve (declared in 1999-2000) is located in the foothills of the eastern Himalayas in the Sonitpur district of the state of Assam.
•It is on the interstate border with Arunachal Pradesh. The Pakke Tiger Reserve of Arunachal Pradesh adjoins it on its north-eastern point.
•The river Jia-Bhareli (a tributary of Brahmaputra River) with its tributaries, the Nameri, Upper Dikorai and Bor Dikorai flow through the Reserve.
•Besided Tiger, the reserve is also home to the sambar, barking deer, wild boar and bison.
Source: The Hindu