Xaam:: Current Affairs Issues Listing- - #2 ( Environment)

Current Affairs Issues Listing - #2 (Environment) Current Affairs Issues Listing - #2 (Environment) News related to Climate change Green Climate fund International symposium on Antarctic Earth sciences USA unveils clean power plan Climate change – effect on Antarctic ice – sheet CoP 21 draft : ‘Paris Agreement International solar alliance (ISA) EI – Nino and warm winter Climate engineering solutions (geo-engineering or climate intervention) India INDC World Bank launches ambitious Climate Change Action Plan CO2 levels hit record high – WMO Earth Hour Blue Carbon Indian model to aid future IPCC reports About Like – Minded Developing Countries (LMDC) Climate special science express Carbon tax Green bond market Meaning of green finance News related to Biodiversity IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) – Red list ESZ around okhla bird sanctuary notified Thane creek declared as flamingo sanctuary by Maharashtra government Kikiki Huna (A genus of fairyfly, know from Hawaii, Costa Rica, and Trinidad world smallest insect) Sikkim declared as Organic state: about organic farming Depletion of Kudremukh National Park Kasturiranjan report on western Ghats National mission for a green India Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill 2015 Agasthyamala biosphere reserve among 20 UNESCO world biosphere reserve Vulnerability of tea industry with reference to the climate change NGT asks centre & states to protect wetlands Loss of polar bear habitat Artificial breeding of Great Indian Bustard First ever leopard census in India Yellow – throated bulbul under Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species Doyand lake – Nagaland attract amur falcorn Biodiversity database for Urban-India South Indian states to constitute Inter-State Coordination Council to resolve forest-related issue Diclofenac and Vulture extinction India’s forest & tree cover increased by 5, 081 Sq km: ISFR 2015 Wildlife Rescue Centre MoEFCC declares Wild pig as vermin for year in Uttarakhand Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network Global Tiger population increased for the first time in 100 years by 22%: WWF & GT World’s first White Tiger Safari opens in Madhya Pradesh India’s first Dolphin Community Reserve will be established in West Bengal NWAF (National Wildlife Action Plan) Draft unvieled Coconut Tree removed from Goa Preservation of Trees Act Centre for World Natural Heritage Management and Training School Nursery Yojana Increasing no. of migrating birds in coringa sanctuary Constitution on biodiversity finance initiative begins Environmental Pollution/degradation Bharat stage VI norms by 2020 Policy on promotion of city compost IMD SAMAR Air pollution in Indian cities Flex fuel policy of Government to curb pollution worry automakers New E-waste management Rules 2016 New plastic waste management Rules 2016 Solid waste management rules Red alert on pollution declared in Beijing National Air Quality Indices Four Colour Classification Scheme for industries based on Pollution Index Union Government notifies stricter standards for Coal Based Thermal Power Plants Paper waste turned into non-toxic green Aerogel Impact of use of firewood for cooking in rural areas About Particulate Matter Environmental impacts of fly-ash Polluters pay model E-vehicles to curb pollution Indian government initiatives for environment conservation The Public Liability Insurance (PLI) Act, 1991 National off-shore wind energy policy NGT and its different orders for conservation of Environment India and Sendai agreement for disaster reduction Environmental crime in India Indian long term ecological observatories (I-LTEO) National renewable energy bill 2015 "Project Green Ports launched" by Ministry of Shipping TSR Subramanian report Traditional Knowledge Digital Library India to join International Energy Agency – Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES) Initiatives under Namami Gange programme Miscellaneous News Antarctica influencing weather in tropics Deep sea planktons as effective carbon sinks Ballast water bringing invasive species to Indian coasts: Scientists Indian ocean warming and its consequences Revised standards for CETPs to minimize water pollution IPBES Report On Pollinator