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1 1 DELHI | JAIPUR | PUNE | HYDERABAD | AHMEDABAD | LUCKNOW 8468022022 ENVIRONMENT Table of Contents 1. climate CHANGE _____ 3 Global Scenario _____ 3 Intergovernmental Panel on climate Change Report _____ 3 Effects of climate Change on the Ocean _ 3 Dead-Zone _____ 4 Mitigation Measures _____ 4 Land Degradation Neutrality _____ 4 climate Engineering _____ 5 International Cooperation _____ 6 Global ENVIRONMENT Facility (GEF) _____ 6 Katowice COP 24 _____ 6 Suva Expert Dialogue on Loss and Damage 7 Montreal Protocol Assessment _____ 8 2.

2 POLLUTION _____ 9 Air Pollution _____ 9 Black Carbon _____ 9 Petcoke _____ 9 GHG Emission from Shipping Industry __ 10 National Clean Air Programme _____ 10 Clean Air- India Initiative _____ 12 Other Air Pollution Initiatives in News __ 12 System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR) _____ 12 National Air Quality Index _____ 12 Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) _____ 12 WAYU (Wind Augmentation Purifying Unit) _____ 12 ENVIRONMENT Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) _____ 12 Water Pollution _____ 13 Toxicity in Indian Rivers _____ 13 Composite Water Management Index __ 13 Guidelines for Groundwater extraction _ 14 National Water Informatics Centre ____ 15 Rainwater Harvesting in Metropolitan Cities16 Nitrogen Pollution _____ 16 Plastic Pollution _____ 17 Blue Flag Certification _____ 18 Pesticides Ban _____ 19 3.

3 BIODIVERSITY_____ 20 Convention on Biological Diversity ____ 20 Flora & Fauna _____ 21 Asiatic Lion Conservation Project _____ 21 Tiger Conservation _____ 22 Cheetah Reintroduction Project _____ 22 Elephant Conservation _____ 23 Gaj Yatra _____ 23 New Elephant Reserve _____ 23 Asian Rhinos _____ 23 Great Indian Bustard _____ 24 Gangetic Dolphin _____ 25 Banni Grassland _____ 25 Conservation Measures _____ 29 Measuring Natural Capital _____ 29 Legal Entity Status for All Animals _____ 29 Access and Benefit Sharing _____ 30 National REDD+ Strategy _____ 30 Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights (PPV&FR)

4 Act, 2001 _____ 31 Recovery Programme for Wildlife Species 31 Conservation of Migratory Birds and Their Habitats _____ 32 Community Forest Resource _____ 32 Cultural Model of Conservation _____ 33 Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve _ 33 Indian Sundarbans- A Wetland of International Importance _____ 34 India Biodiversity Awards, 2018 _____ 34 Kaziranga National Park _____ 35 Ecotourism Policy _____ 35 4. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT _____ 36 Non-Conventional Sources of Energy __ 36 National Policy on Biofuels-2018 _____ 36 Pradhan Mantri Ji-Van (Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran Anukool Fasal Awashesh Nivaran)

5 Yojana _____ 37 Scheme for Biomass Based Cogeneration Projects _____ 37 Off-Shore Wind Power _____ 38 Global Solar Council _____ 38 Waste to Energy Plants _____ 39 Electric Vehicles _____ 39 Charging Infrastructure Guidelines _____ 40 River Basin Management _____ 40 Minimum River Flow for Ganga _____ 40 Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan _____ 41 Ganga Praharis (Guardians of The Ganga) 42 Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2018 _____ 42 Earmarking Eco-Sensitive Area _____ 43 Green Bonds _____ 44 Sovereign Blue Bond _____ 44 2 8468022022 DELHI | JAIPUR | PUNE | HYDERABAD | AHMEDABAD | LUCKNOW State Energy Efficiency Preparedness Index 2018 _____ 44 Parivesh _____ 45 National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (NCAFMPA) _____ 45 5.

6 DISASTER MANAGEMENT _____ 47 National Disaster Risk Index _____ 47 State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) __ 47 Repeated Earthquakes in Palghar_____ 47 Drought Declaration in India _____ 48 Rat-Hole Mining _____ 49 Kerala Flood _____ 49 Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods _____ 49 Landslide Warning System _____ 50 ACROSS Scheme _____ 50 Large Forest Fire Monitoring Programme51 Indian Ocean Wave Exercise 2018 (IOWave18) _____ 51 Titli Cyclone Rarest of Rare _____ 52 6. GEOGRAPHY _____ 53 India s 1st Soil Moisture Map _____ 53 Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment Report53 Kelp Forests _____ 54 Polar Vortex _____ 55 Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS) ___ 56 Deep Ocean Mission _____ 56 Meghalayan Age _____ 56 7.

7 MISCELLANEOUS TIT BITS _____ 58 South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) _____ 58 STAPCOR-2018 _____ 58 Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) ___ 58 International Whaling Commission _____ 58 Asian Waterbird Census, 2019 _____ 58 Green Agriculture (Green-Ag) Project ____ 58 Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP)59 Iran Sees Revival of Lake Urmia _____ 59 Other Short News _____ 59 Report and Indices _____ 60 3 DELHI | JAIPUR | PUNE | HYDERABAD | AHMEDABAD | LUCKNOW 8468022022 1.

8 climate CHANGE GLOBAL SCENARIO 1. 1. 1. INTER GOVER NMENTAL PA NEL ON CLI MATE C HA NG E REPORT Why in news? The IPCC has released its Special Report titled Global Warming of C . What is the IPCC? It was established by the United Nations ENVIRONMENT Programme (UNEP) & the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to provide policymakers with regular scientific assessments concerning climate change, its implications and potential future risks, as well as to put forward adaptation and mitigation strategies.

9 India is a member. Related Information Hothouse Earth: A situation in which a planet has passed a tipping point (approximately 2 degree Celsius) beyond which its own natural processes trigger uncontrollable warming. Key findings of the Report Present global warming status: Human-induced global warming in 2017 has already reached 1 C above pre-industrial levels; o Since 2000, the estimated level of human-induced warming has been equal to the level of observed warming due to contributions from solar and volcanic activity over the historical period.

10 Impacts of global warming at C: World would witness greater sea level rise, increased precipitation and higher frequency of droughts and floods, hotter days and heatwaves, more intense tropical cyclones, and increased ocean acidification and salinity. Impact of transition from C to 2 C: o Decline in crop yields, unprecedented climate extremes and increased susceptibility could push poverty by several million by 2050. o Coral reefs would decline by 70-90 percent with global warming of C, whereas virtually all (> 99 percent) would be lost with 2 C.