Bonn Challenge Committment

Bonn Challenge Committment

Bonn Challenge Committment Background: In 2015, India made a Bonn Challenge commitment to place into restoration 13 million hectares (Mha) of degraded land by 2020 and an additional 8 Mha by 2030. India’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) have also pledged to sequester 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent additionally by 2030 through enhanced…

River Floods and their management

River Floods and their management

River Floods and their management The vast stretch of alluvial plains from Maharajganj in eastern Uttar Pradesh to Karimganj in Assam’s Barak Valley has been frequently affected by multiple water hazards. This is a densely populated area stretching across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Assam. These four states account for 17% of India’s geographical…

Solid waste management

Solid waste management

Solid waste management :Sandeepan With rise in population and subsequent urbanisation ,the problem of solid waste is reaching to an alarming level.Indian urban local bodies are struggling to cope with this problem in their own ways and some are reaching offshore to study the succesful patterns in other countries. To manage solid waste or garbage…

Kigali Climate Summit

Kigali Climate Summit

Kigali Climate Summit A historic global climate deal was reached in Kigali, Rwanda at the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP28). The so called Kigali Amendment which amends the 1987 Montreal Protocol aims to phase out Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a family of potent greenhouse gases…