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10 Years of Kigali Amendment Article link 🔗 https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/the-kigali-amendment-at-10-why-indias-cooling-choices-matter-10921839/lite/

Tiger Reintroduction in Buxa Tiger Reserves Article link 🔗 https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/reintroduction-of-tigers-in-buxa-what-it-means-for-conservation-explained/article71540010.ece/amp/

Tuvalu is co-hosting the 2026 Pacific Pre-COP climate summit alongside Fiji and Australia

Buxa TR

UN Sea Level Declaration

State Bird of Uttarakhand Himalayan Monal Recent study has revealed that human made noise from tourism and traffic is forcing the Himalayan monal to change its vocal calls. Article link 🔗 https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-climate/himalayan-monal-noise-climate-change-habitat-explained-10884302/lite/

Orangutans in Odisha: ➡️ Recently the Odisha Forest department has rescued five baby orangutans, a critically endangered animal, from a forest in Balasore district. ➡️ Orangutans are native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, and the animals found in Odisha are suspected to be from Sumatra. ➡️ All three orangutan species are listed under Appendix I of the CITES. ➡️ CITES came into force in 1975 and India became a party to it in 1976. ➡️ WPA 1972 was amended in 2022 to harmonise it with the treaty. The amendment added a Schedule covering CITES listed species. ➡️ Act calls for consultation with the country of export for the animal’s return. ➡️ Where return is not possible it provides for the animal’s welfare at a recognised zoo or rescue centre. Article link 🔗 https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/orangutans-odisha-exotic-pets-india-cites-wildlife-trade-rules-10879460/lite/

Slumping in Soft Corals: ➡️"Slumping" is a critical environmental threat where soft corals lose their structural integrity, sagging or completely collapsing due to extreme climate stress. ➡️ Unlike hard corals that rely on rigid calcium carbonate skeletons, soft corals depend entirely on internal fluid pressure to stand upright. ➡️ When drastic environmental changes disrupt this internal hydrostatic pressure, the corals fail to sustain themselves, droop, and frequently break off or deteriorate. Article link 🔗 https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/slumping-a-soft-coral-threat/article71442014.ece

Detailed Article on Western Ghats: ➡️The Central Government is moving to finalize the demarcation of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs) in a phased, state-wise manner, starting with states like Gujarat where consensus has been achieved. ➡️The Madhav Gadgil Panel (2010–2011): Recommended that the entire Western Ghats extent (1,29,037 sq km) be designated as an ESA ➡️K. Kasturirangan Working Group (2012–2013): Rejected the blanket approach,proposed that only the 60,000 sq km of natural landscape be formally notified as an ESA. ➡️Article also discusses the Importance of Western Ghats: Monsoon , Agriculture , One of 8 Biodiversity Hotspots Article link https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/western-ghats-what-is-the-esa-plan-for-conservation-why-states-are-opposing-it-10752679/

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India designated its 100th Ramsar site on World Environment Day, officially recognizing the Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary (commonly known as Surha Tal) in Ballia district, Uttar Pradesh, as a Wetland of International Importance. https://indianexpress.com/article/upsc-current-affairs/upsc-essentials/india-100th-ramsar-surha-taal-wetlands-upsc-knowledge-nugget-10725346/

➡️ India will require $2.5 trillion by 2030 to meet its Nationally Determined Contributions. ➡️ Over the longer term, the cost of achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 is estimated at $10.1 trillion ➡️ Union Budget 2024-25: India would develop a climate-finance taxonomy. This is the foundation of the entire ecosystem. ➡️ Federally disaggregated nature: States have neither the borrowing capacity nor the institutional infrastructure to access international climate finance. Four Major Recommendations: ➡️ First, finalise and enact the Climate Finance Taxonomy without further delay. ➡️ Second, the RBI must move from enabling green finance to mandating it -> expanded PSL targets that include climate adaptation alongside mitigation. ➡️ Third, establish a State Climate Finance Facility, capitalised for example to give States and municipalities genuine access to green debt markets. ➡️ Fourth, scale sovereign green bond issuances rapidly and embed them in the SLR framework to deepen the domestic market and attract foreign capital. Article link 🔗 https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/funding-indias-climate-future-the-trillion-dollar-question/article71062224.ece/amp/