1. CLIMATE CHANGE __________________ 3
1.1. Global Scenario ____________________ 3
1.1.1. Emissions Gap Report ________________ 3
1.1.2. WMO Statement on the State of the Global
Climate in 2019 __________________________ 4
1.1.3. IPCC Reports _______________________ 4
1.1.4. Ocean Deoxygenation________________ 6
1.1.5. Climate Change Performance Index -2020 8
1.1.6. Environmental Migration _____________ 8
1.1.7. Carbon Pricing ______________________ 9
1.2. Conventions and Other Initiatives ____ 10
1.2.1. UN Conventions ___________________ 10
1.2.1.1. COP 25 _______________________ 10
1.2.1.2. Carbon Markets ________________ 11
1.2.1.3. Montreal Protocol ______________ 12
1.2.2. Other Global initiatives ______________ 13
2. POLLUTION ______________________ 16
2.1. Air Pollution______________________ 16
2.1.1. Delhi Air Pollution __________________ 16
2.1.2. Agriculture Residue Burning – A Major
Concern _______________________________ 17
2.1.3. Green Crackers ____________________ 18
2.1.4. Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) ____________ 18
2.1.5. Ozone Pollution____________________ 18
2.1.6. Sulphur Dioxide Emissions ___________ 19
2.1.7. Scientific Disposal and Utilization of Fly Ash
______________________________________ 19
2.1.8. Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency/Economy
Regulation _____________________________ 20
2.1.9. COP to Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm
Conventions____________________________ 20
2.2. Water Pollution ___________________ 22
2.2.1. Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater 22
2.3. Water Conservation _______________ 23
2.3.1. Current status of needs and utilization _ 23
2.3.2. Jal Shakti Abhiyan __________________ 23
2.3.3. Jal Jeevan Mission __________________ 24
2.3.3.1. Pricing of Water in India _________ 25
2.3.4. Composite Water Management Index __ 26
2.3.5. Atal Bhujal Yojana __________________ 27
2.3.6. National Water Mission Award _______ 27
2.3.7. E-Flow Norms for River Ganga ________ 27
2.4. Soil Pollution _____________________ 28
2.4.1. Bioremediation and Biomining ________ 28
2.5. Miscelleneous ____________________ 29
2.5.1. Single Use plastic___________________ 29
2.5.2. India’s First E-Waste Clinic ___________ 30
2.5.3. 2019 Pollution and Health Metrics_____ 31
3. BIODIVERSITY_____________________ 32
3.1. Wildlife and Conservation __________ 32
3.1.1. All India Tiger Estimate-2018 _________ 32
3.1.2. Tiger Reserves in news ______________ 33
3.1.2.1. Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana _ 33
3.1.2.2. Pakke or Pakhui Tiger Reserve,
Arunachal Pradesh _____________________ 33
3.1.3. Snow Leopard______________________ 33
3.1.4. Cheetah __________________________ 34
3.1.5. Great One-horned Rhinoceros (Indian
Rhino) _________________________________ 35
3.1.6. Great Indian Bustard ________________ 35
3.1.7. Olive Ridley Turtles _________________ 36
3.1.8. Draft Visionary Perspective Plan to Conserve
Birds __________________________________ 36
3.1.9. Migratory Birds Die in Sambhar Lake ___ 37
3.1.10. Not All Animals Migrate by Choice
Campaign ______________________________ 37
3.1.11. Convention on the Conservation of
Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) or Bonn
Convention _____________________________ 38
3.1.12. Protected Areas ___________________ 39
3.1.13. Tiger Reserves, Wildlife Sanctuary in News
______________________________________ 40
3.1.14. Other Fauna & Flora in news _________ 41
3.1.15. Critically Endangered Species in India__ 45
3.2. Forests __________________________ 45
3.2.1. India State of Forests Report 2019 _____ 45
3.2.2. Deemed Forest_____________________ 48
3.2.3. Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) ____ 48
3.2.4. Forest-PLUS 2.0 ____________________ 49
3.2.5. Mobile App M-Hariyali_______________ 50
3.3. United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD)________________ 50
3.3.1. Soil Organic Carbon _________________ 52
3.4. Ecosystem and Green Economy ______ 52
3.4.1. Payment for Ecosystem Services _______ 52
3.4.2. Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Services ___________________ 53
3.4.3. Green Economy ____________________ 54
3.4.4. Global Futures Report _______________ 55
3.5. Lakes, Wetlands and Coastal Areas ___ 55
3.5.1. Environmental and Social Management
Framework _____________________________ 55
3.5.2. Coral Restoration ___________________ 55
3.5.3. 10 New Ramsar Sites in India _________ 57
3.5.4. Guidelines for Implementing Wetlands
(Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017 _ 58
3.5.5. Gogabeel _________________________ 60
3.5.6. CRZ rules eased\ for ‘Blue Flag’ beaches 60
3.7. Miscellaneous ____________________ 60
3.7.1. Locust Attack ______________________ 60
3.7.2. International Seed Treaty ____________ 61
3.7.3. Asia’s Oldest Bamboo Found in India ___ 62
3.7.4. Parthenogenesis____________________ 62
4. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT _______ 63
4.1. World Energy Outlook (WEO), 2019 ___ 63

4.2. Alternative Energy Resources________ 63
4.2.1. Bio Jet Fuel _______________________ 63
4.2.2. Ocean Energy _____________________ 64
4.2.3. Coal Gasification Based Fertiliser Plant _ 65
4.3. Energy Efficiency __________________ 65
4.3.1. State Energy Efficiency Preparedness Index
2019 __________________________________ 65
4.4. KUSUM__________________________ 66
4.5. Enforcement & Monitoring Guidelines for
Sand Mining _________________________ 67
4.6. The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistics
& Emerging Trends 2020 _______________ 68
4.7. Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaptation to
Climate Change_______________________ 69
4.8. Miscellaneous ____________________ 69
5. DISASTER MANAGEMENT ___________ 70
5.1. Global Assessment Report (GAR) _____ 70
5.2. National Landslide Risk Management
Strategy_____________________________ 71
5.3. National Guidelines for Preparation of
Action Plan - Prevention and Management of
Heat Wave __________________________ 71
5.4. Room of The River Project __________ 72
6. GEOGRAPHY _____________________ 74
6.1. Cyclone Fani______________________ 74
6.2. Simultaneous Cyclones in Arabian Sea_ 75
6.3. Delay in Monsoon _________________ 75
6.3.1. New Monsoon Dates ________________ 77
6.4. Atlantic Meridional Overturning
Circulation (AMOC)____________________ 77
6.5. Anthropocene Epoch_______________ 78
6.6. Deep Ocean Mission _______________ 78
6.7. INCOIS Launches Services for MarineBased Users__________________________ 79
6.8. Indian Scientific Expedition to the
Southern Ocean 2020 __________________ 79
6.9. MOSAiC Expedition ________________ 80
6.10. Miscellaneous ___________________ 80
6.10.1. Mount Etna & Mount Sinabung Eruptions
______________________________________ 80
6.10.2. Sargasso sea ______________________ 80
6.10.3. Northern European Enclosure Dam (NEED)
______________________________________ 81
6.10.4. Anthropogenic Mineral _____________ 81
6.11. Other Places in News______________ 81