All posts by category: Environment & Science

GM mustard – Dhara mustard Hybrid
June 15th 2017

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
December 06th 2016

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
November 04th 2016

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
November 02nd 2016

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
October 25th 2016

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 […]