All posts by category: Environment & Science
GM mustard – Dhara mustard Hybrid
The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), India’s apex regulator for genetically modified seeds, cleared GM mustard for environmental release and use in farmer fields. Here is all you want to know about GM mustard What is GM mustard or Dhara Mustard Hybrid – 11? DMH 11 is genetically modified mustard which has been developed by […]
INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE INFOGRAPHICS
Climate Change History The International efforts to combat change began in 1992, countries joined an international treaty, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, as a framework for international cooperation to combat climate change by limiting average global temperature increases and the resulting climate change, and coping with impacts that were, by then, inevitable. […]
International Efforts to tackle Climate Change
The observations and the clear evidence of the phenomenon of “abrupt climate change” made the international political and scientific community initiate efforts to tackle the global problem of climate change. They were quite clear that the lack of attention to the climatic changes experienced by them would prove disastrous in the long run to its […]
Indian Initiatives to Combat the Effects of Climate Change
India and Climate Change India, which accounts for 4.1 percent of global emissions and is the third largest carbon-emitting country in the world. India plays a very vital role in the international climate change negotiations. Being a signatory to all the international environmental agreements and especially the recent Paris Climate Change Agreement, India has launched […]
Climate Change – Causes and Effects
Sir David King one of the most respected figures in climate change policy called the climate change problem as “a greater threat than international terrorism”. What is Climate Change? Climate change is a change in global or regional climate patterns largely caused by rise in global temperature due to the increase in greenhouse gas […]