01A. Env Lec1 - Climate Change

Heat waves

1A. Heatwave criteria Plains based on max temp

1B. Heatwave criteria Plains based on deviation (given max temp > 40)

2A. Heatwave criteria Hills based on max temp

2B. Heatwave criteria Hills based on deviation (given max temp >30)

3A. Heatwave criteria Coastal based on max temp

3B. Heatwave criteria Coastal based on deviation (given max temp >37)

4. What is heat index

4. Is it a disaster?

5. Does NDMA Heat action plan guidelines cover informal workers explicitly (as they are most affected)

6. Does cities have heat action plan

1A. Max > 45 : normal heatwave

- Max > 47 : severe heatwave

1B. 4.5-6.5 : normal heatwave

- deviation > 6.5 : severe heatwave

2A. Same as plains

2B. Same as plains

3A. Same as plains

3B. Same as plains

4. It uses humidity and temp ( so feels like is calculated)

5. No

6. No

7. Few have like ahmedabad

Climate Induced risks

1. How much population is in this areas in India

2. Who gave

3. Does India have unified system of climate physical risks(CPR) assessment system

4. Does labour codes have climate migrants

1. 80%

2. World bank

3. No

4. No

1. Hazard

2. Exposure

3. Vulnerable

1. Earthquake is a hazard

2. in region A more houses, in region B less houses so exposure is less for B

3. A dont have any preparation , B have earthquake preparation so A is more vulnerable

Paris agreement

1. Article 6

2. Article 7

3. Article 9

4. Which report does india submit under article 7

1. Carbon trade markets

2. Adaptation commitment

3. funding for both mitigation and adaptation

4. First Adaptation Communication, 2023

The International Good Practice Principles for Sustainable Infrastructure report

1. Who gives

1. UNEP

Exposomics

1. What is it

2. Environment day is on

3. Environment day theme, 2025

4. Env day theme, 2026

5. Lead and IQ

1. Study of what are we exposed to

2. June 5

3. Beat Plastic Pollution

4. climate action

5. Lead affects IQ

Read plastic pollution from static

What is UN's Early Warnings for All

to help poorer countriesin disaster preparedness

1. India's electrcity from coal

2. India's per capita

1. 70%

2. 1.9 tonnes/year

Green chemistry

1. What is it

2. Bio-diesel is from which plant

3. Atom economy

1. use of non-toxic compunds in preparing items and no toxic byproducts

2. Jatropha plant

3. During a reaction all the atoms in initial reactants must be in final prouct, that is not many byproducts which are waste

Bonn climate Change conference (this year in Bonn)/

1. Held under what convention

2. Why

3. what does it do

4. Which 2 permanent subsidiary bodeis do this - impSessions of UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies

1. UNFCCC

2. Mid year talks before COP of UNFCCC every year

3.Prepares next year COP details and gives what to be discussed in COP

4. Subsidiary body for implementation (SBI)

- Subsidiary body for scientific and technological advice

Enhanced rock weathering

1. What is it

2. What is reaction

3. measurement of Carbon captured is done by

4. Issue with measurement

5. Indirect advanatges

1. We spread crushed rock(ex:Basalt) on soil in farms to capture CO2

2. Ca (in rocks) + H2CO3 fromrain -> H+ + CaCO3

3. H+ concentration

4. H+ can come from other sources too

5. Enhances soil alkalinity, improving soil fertility, crop yields, andsoil formation, reduce acid runoff

Watch CCUS from Youtube lecture

Read geoscientis ant other papers

Epponymous river

1. what is it

2. Holes in which swiss glacier that feeds Rhone river which is an eponymous rievr

1. An Eponymous river is a water body that gets its name from a place,region,or feature,or is named after a person/mythological figure.

2. Rhone glacier

A23 glacier/iceberg

1. Significance

2. Where is it

1. Largest iceberg

2. broke from antarctica long time ago and now melting in south atlantic

Towards Resilient and Prosperous Cities in India, report by whom

Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

ICJ

1. What is it

2. Only UN body whose headquarters is not in us but in

3. Is India member

4. What does ICJ do

ICC

1. What is it

2. Headquarters

3. Is India member

4. What does ICC do

1. principle organ of UN

2. Hague, netherlands

3. Yes

4. Can give advisoryopinion on disputes between countries

1. Not Un

2.

3. No/ India did not accept rome statute

4. International war crimes, genocide

Green washing

Companies say that they are more green that they actually are

Air pollution

1. What is Parali Protection force

2. Is CAQM statutory body

3. Who directed for PPF

1. members from police, locals to prevent stubble burning

2. Yes under Air act

3. CAQM

Shipping Industry and emissions - imp

1. Why in news

2. Which country model adopted

3. What framework adapted

4. Significance

1. marine Environment Protection committee meeting

2. Singapore

3. GHG from ship fuel must reduce Sulphur and Nitrogen emissions by amending Marpol Annexure 6

4. It is the fist global sector with mandatory emissions limit

Flue gas de-suplhurization

1. High powered committe on FGD units in coal power plants

2. category division of power plants, 3 categories

- Cat A

- Cat B

- Cat C

3. indian Coal have low sulphur or high

4. What is sea water scrubbing

5. Sulphate and aerosols

1. Suggested scrapping mandatory FGD units since India already have less than global limits

2. - Plants which are 10 km from NCR or any city with population greate than 10lakhs then compulsary

- Plants with in 10km of critically polluted cities :we see case by case

- all other : not mandatory

3. Low

4.

5. Pm2.5 and dangerous

DRUM app, IIT kharagpur

1. full form

2. What

1. Dynamic route planning for Urban Green mobility

2. Shortest, fastest, least exposure to air pollution, least energy consumption route etc

Secondary pollutants

1. What

2. Issue

1. Pollutants which we get from reaction of primary pollutants with other chemicals

2. Ammonium sulphate is high in 10km from coal plants

Important declarations

1. Stockholm declaration, 1972

2. CLRTAP, 1979

3. Rio declaration, 1992

4.Male declaration, 1998

1. It was the first major global declaration to recognize the human right to a healthy environment and laid the foundation for modern international environmental law.

2.The Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution was the first international treaty to address air pollution that crosses national borders.

3. It set out key principles of sustainable development, including precaution, polluter pays, and common but differentiated responsibilities.

4. It is a South Asian regional agreement aimed at cooperation in monitoring and addressing transboundary air pollution.

Water pollution

1. Which country ship spilled in kerala

2. Which aircraft used by ICG

3. 3 Tiers of Spills - who deals

- small scale (tier 1)

- medium scale (tier 2)

- large scale (tier 3)

4. which chemical it was carrying

5. What are nurdles

6. who is nodal agency

7. Who classifies the hazardous materials in ships

1. Liberia

2. Dornier

3. - Local authority

- national response

- help from international

4. Calcium carbide

5. Tiny plastics which enter food chain from shipping accident

6. ICG

7. IMO

Tijuana river is in which country

mexico

World water day

1. date

2. 2025 theme

3. 2026 theme

4. launch of decade of action of what

5. UN World Water Development Report 2025 focused on

6. Decade of Ocean science is which decade

7. Manila declaration, 2012

1. March 22

2. Glacier preservation

3. Water and gender

4. Decade of Action on Cryospheric Science (2025-2034).

5. Mountains and Glaciers - Water towers

6. 2021-2020

7. track pollution using source to sea platform

Aqueduct water risk atlas

1. what does it do

2. who made it

1. Looks at water stress

2. World resources Institute (WRI)

Climate change data

1. are global temperatures rising faster or slower in last 3 years

2. avg global temp rising per decade in 1990s/200s and now

3. sea level rising last decade

4. how much temp rise from pre-industrial era

1. Faster

2. 0.2 vs 0.27

3. 4.55mm/year

4. 1.3-1-.4

Climate change performance Index

1. Who comes up with it

2. India rank gone from where to where

3. India Renewable Installed capacity

4. India coal contribution

1. german watch

2. 10 to 23

3. >50%

4. 70%