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Context: The USA’s Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of hydrofluorocarbons, highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners. The new rule announced is intended to decrease U.S. production and use of HFCs by 85% over the next 15 years, part of a global phaseout design... .Read more
Updated on 24 September, 2021 GS3 Environment
Context: A recent report, “Assessment of Climate Change over the Indian Region” by the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) reveals that India has warmed up 0.7° C during 1901-2018. The 2010-2019 decade was the hottest with a mean temperature of 0.36° C higher than average. Prolonged exposure to heat is becoming detriment... .Read more
Updated on 24 September, 2021 GS3 Environment
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Context: In its first-ever update since 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) has tightened global air pollution standards in recognition of the emerging science. The impact of air pollution on health is much more serious than earlier envisaged. Key Points As per Environmental organisation Greenpeace, the new guidelines meant that among ... .Read more
Updated on 23 September, 2021 GS3 Environment
Context: Assam govt is burning 2,500 rhino horns in a special ceremony Background: Assam will mark World Rhino Day — September 22 — with a special ceremony by burning a stockpile of nearly 2,500 horns of the one-horned rhinoceros. This was announced by the state Cabinet after weeks of ‘rhino horn reverification’... .Read more
Updated on 22 September, 2021 GS3 Environment
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Context: Climate change and its impact is increasingly being acknowledged as a key risk driver for the financial system by governments, regulators and financial firms, said Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India. Background: The periodic modification of Earth’s climate brought about due to the changes in the atmosphere as well as... .Read more
Updated on 21 September, 2021 GS3 Environment
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Context: In its new publication ‘Plant Discoveries 2020’, Botanical Survey of India has added 267 new taxa/ species to the country’s flora. Key Highlights The 267 new discoveries include 119 angiosperms; 3 pteridophytes; 5 bryophytes, 44 lichens; 57 fungi, 21 algae and 18 microbes. In 2020, 202 new plant species were discovered a... .Read more
Updated on 21 September, 2021 GS3 Environment
