What are carbon emissions? Carbon emission is the release of carbon into the atmosphere. To talk about carbon emissions is simply to talk of greenhouse gas emissions; the main contributors to climate change. Since greenhouse gas emissions are often calculated …
WHY IN NEWS? Leaders’ Climate Summit will be organised by the United States from April 22-23. In the light of this coming summit there has been a flurry of articles about suggestions that India should announce a ‘net-zero’ emissions target. …
What’s in the news? The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, have agreed to cooperate with other countries to curb climate change. The agreement was reached by U.S. special envoy for climate John Kerry and his …
NEWS Along with comparable levels of commitments there need to be equally comparable metrics for well-being. CONTEXT Global transformation is affecting the planet. But there is no uniform transformation across the world. Global temperature increased sharply only after 1981 with …
Why in the News? Recently, the US President’s Special Envoy on Climate visited India to rekindle the climate change partnership between the two countries. In its bid to reclaim global climate leadership, the US is widely expected to commit itself …
NEWS While we are still in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is airborne, we have forgotten that another such blight could well come from contaminated water. CONTEXT NITI Ayog and WaterAid (an international non-governmental organisation), amongst others, have …
About NCAP NCAP is a pollution control initiative that was launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in January 2019. This is the first ever effort in the country to frame a national framework for air quality …
Why in the news? Chandigarh became the first UT in the country to launch ‘Carbon Watch’ mobile application to assess the carbon footprint of an individual. The app has been rolled out by the Department of Environment and Forest of …
Why in News? Lab experiments which were published in a scientific journal shows that vehicle traffic makes it much harder for at least one species of bird to solve problems, and sharply compromises the ability of some crickets to mate. …
About River Sabarmati The Sabarmati River with its origin in Aravalli Hills of Rajasthan, flows generally in the South – West direction. It enters the Gujarat State and passes through the plains and continues to flow in the same direction …