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While reading the various topics, you must focus on what is explicitly mentioned. Wherever – I am mentioning – Not Important – Just have a casual read
and move forward.

The purpose of this document is to save your time and focus on more important things in the last time

Topic Topic Instructions

Number
1. CLIMATE CHANGE
1.1. Global Scenario
1.1.1. Ozone Hole Everything you must have read in static. At best see the ozone
depleting chemicals as given in diagram. Rest ignore
In box:
a) Just know the location of Hunga Tonga Hunga Hapai and
Mt. Pinatubo
b) Impact of volcanic eruptions on ozone layer
1.1.1.1 Montreal Protocol Read full
1.1.2. State of the Cryosphere 2023 Who release?
What is cryosphere and what is includes (check diagram)
1.1.2.1 Ice melt in West Antarctica General things. You can ignore.
Just see the diagram
1.1.2.2 Arctic Amplification What is Arctic Amplification?
Reasons for faster warming of Arctic region
Rest things are known by common sense
The box:
Blue Ocean Event – read full

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 1.2. International Conferences, Conventions and Initiatives
1.2.1. 28th Conference of the Parties (CoP28) Read full. COP has special significance for UPSC
1.2.2. India at CoP 28 Read full
1.2.3. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Read full
1.2.4. Guidance on Children’s Rights and Environment Not important
1.2.5. Other Initiatives in News Focus on
a) Global Greenhouse Gas Watch – what is?
b) First Mover Coalition – what is? Led by? Is India a
member
c) ENACT – what is? Is India a member?
d) Global Research Alliance on Agricultural and
Greenhouse Gases – Is India a member?
e) DiCRA – collaboration of?
f) Cool Coalition – read full
g) Climate Change Performance India – released by?
h) Nairobi Declaration is related to?
i) C40 – read full
j) GGMI – launched by?
1.3. Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
1.3.1. Carbon Credits Trading Scheme (CCTS) Read full including box
1.3.2. Mission LiFE Read full including box
1.3.2.1 Right to Repair Casual read is enough – not important
1.3.3. Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Read full
1.3.4. Debt for Climate Swaps Read full
1.3.5. Reduction of Greenhouse (GHG) Emissions from Ships Casual read is enough – not important

But in Box – read full

1.3.6. National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) Nodal agency of National Framework for Climate Services in
India
1.4. Other Climate Related Terms and News Read full

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 1.5. Institutions/Organizations in News
1.5.1. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Read full (though it is expected that you must have read all the
stuff given in your source book. If read – you can ignore this
article)
1.5.2. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) What are the report (names only) released by WMO
2. POLLUTION
2.1. Air Pollution
2.1.1. Emission Norms for Coal Based Thermal Power Plants Flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) is related to?
Emission Norms for TPPs – was first introduced in 2015 under
which Act?
2.1.2. Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) is this related to All Indi Air Quality?
Is it prepared due to Court order?
Notified under which act?
Which Gases are checked (see – it is enforced based on AQI –
so same gases)

The BOX:
NAQI – released by, which pollutants are included, how many
categories of color.

CPCB – is it statutory? Made under which act?

2.1.3. Regulation on Firecrackers See the box – Compound and effect – remember if possible

About Green crackers – read full

2.1.4. Revised Crop Residue Management Guidelines General stuff. You can ignore
2.1.5. Cloud Seeding What are the chemicals used?
Also see the box
2.1.6. Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan Initiative by which ministry and under which program?
Criteria (box)
Result

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 2.2. Water Pollution and Conservation
2.2.1. Ground Water in India Not Important as such. General things.
Read the impact of decline of GW
2.2.2. Water Trading Read full
2.2.3. Other Water Related News a) National Water Award – who won (state and district),
launched by?
b) Jal Diwali – Read full
2.3. Plastic Pollution
2.3.1. Plastic Overshoot Day What is Plastic Overshoot day?
Date – when earth saw its first Plastic Overshoot day? When
did India saw its Plastic Overshoot day?

What is Plastic credit, plastic offsetting, plastic neutrality.

BOX – Read full

2.3.2. Zero Draft of Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution Read full
2.4. Land Degradation
2.4.1. UNCCD Data Dashboard Read full
2.4.2. Sand and Dust Storms (SDS) Who released the report?
2.5. Other Important News a) Ground Level Ozone – read full
b) Champions of Earth Award – released by? – related to?
c) Endosulfan – uses
d) Pet Coke – what is?
e) PET46 – read full
f) GPGP – read full
g) E-WASTE IN India – top 3 largest producers
h) Invisible e-waste – what is?
2.6. International Conventions, Treaties and Initiatives
2.6.1. Minamata Convention on Mercury Minamata convention is related to?
Is it legally binding?

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 Has India ratified?
2.6.2. UN Global Framework on Chemicals Read full
2.6.3. Incident and Trafficking Database (ITDB) Database is related to? Released by?
3. BIODIVERSITY
3.1. International Conventions, Treaties and Initiatives
3.1.1. Global Biodiversity Framework Fund (GBFF) Read full
3.1.2. Global Environment Facility You must have read about it in your basic source. If not – then
read – else avoid
Box – the Inclusive Conservation Initiative is released by?
3.1.3. Global Declaration of River Dolphins Important. Readf ull
3.1.4. Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights (PPVFR) Read full with focus on - About Protection of Plant Varieties and
Farmers' Rights (PPV&FR) Act 2001
3.1.5 International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Read full
Agriculture (ITPGRFA)
3.1.6. Other International Conventions and Initiatives Read full
3.2. Wildlife and Conservation
3.2.1. Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023 Read full
3.2.2. The Wild life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 Read full
3.2.3. Tiger Conversation in India
3.2.3.1 Project Tiger Read full. This is important this year
3.2.3.2 National Tiger Conservation Authority Read full
3.2.3.3 Other News related to Tiger Conservation Read full
3.2.4. Project Cheetah Namibian Cheetah which was translocated has died where? –
translocation place is important.

See the section/heading - Progress made – read full

3.2.5. Project Elephant Read full
3.2.6. State of the Rhino 2023 Report Read full

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 3.2.7. Ban on Drugs Harmful for Vultures Ketoprofen, Aceclofenac, Diclofenac and Nimesulide and
Dicolofenac – the drugs proven toxic for vultures and hence are
banned (kidney damage)

Topic is over
3.2.8. Funga: Recognition and Conservation What is the word FUNGA?
3.2.9. Export Policy of Red Sanders Wood About Red Sanders + Habitat
BOX – your standard book must have covered about CITES – so
you can ignore
3.2.10. Invasive Alien Species What are they?
Are all alien species invasive?
Report name and released by (check why in the news section)
About IPBES
BOX – Read full
3.2.10.1 Invasive Species in News Just remember the names – they are the variety of Invasive
species
3.2.11. Red List of Threatened Species Already covered by your basic source. Ignore
3.2.12. Protected Areas in News Read full
3.2.13. Species in News Read full
3.3. Forests
3.3.1. Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) Already covered In your basic source

BOX - Location
3.3.2. Central Empowered Committee (CEC) Read full
3.3.3. United Nation Forum on Forests Read full
3.3.4. Indian Forest & Wood Certification Scheme (IFWCS) Scheme launched by?
BOX - ignore
3.3.5. Other Forest Related News Read full
3.4. Wetlands, Coastland and Oceans
3.4.1. First International Treaty to Protect the High Seas Read full

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 3.4.2. Coral Reef Breakthrough Coral Reef Breakthrough
- About – aim
- Launched by?

ICRI
Is it intergovernmental?
Is India member?
3.4.3. Lakes and Wetlands in News See the location (read the details full)
3.5. Other Biodiversity Related News Read full
3.6. Institutions/Organizations in News
3.6.1. Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Already covered by your source – ignore
State of India’s Bird Report is released by?
3.6.2. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) Already covered by your source – ignore
Know the name of reports released by ZSI
3.6.3. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Read
4. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
4.1. Framework for Acceptance of Green Deposits Read full
4.1.1. Sovereign Green Bond (SGBs) Read full
Box – read full
4.2. Resource Efficiency Circular Economy Industry Coalition (RECEIC) RECEIC is related to which organization (- it is G20)?
Is it intergovernmental?

What is circular economy?

Box – Just casual read

4.3. Green Buildings What is green building?
4.3.1. LEED Rating System LEED Rating system is- rates what? Is it green building or
something else
What is then LEED Zero?
BOX – read about GRIHA

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 4.4. Alternative Fuels and Energy Resources
4.4.1. Mission on Advanced and High-Impact Research (MAHIR) MAHIR is related to?
It is launched by?
4.4.2. US-India Renewable Energy Technology Action Platform (RETAP) Read full
4.4.3. International Solar Alliance (ISA) Read full including box
4.4.4. National Green Hydrogen Mission (NGHM) ABOUT NGHM

Different types of hydrogen – check the image

4.4.4.1 Green Hydrogen Fuel Cell Read full
4.4.4.2 Other initiatives for promotion of Hydrogen Fuel a) Hydrogen for Heritage scheme – read full
4.4.5. Ethanol Blending Read full
4.4.6. Compressed Bio-Gas Blending (CBG) Composition of Compressed Bio Gas
4.4.6.1 SATAT Read full
4.4.7. Offshore Wind Energy Where will India’s first offshore wind project start in india?
About Wind Energy in India (last heading)
4.4.8. Tidal Energy Repetition of your basic source. If not given, then read
4.4.9. Electrified Flex Fuel Vehicle (FFV) Read full
4.4.10 Green Energy Open Access Rules (GOAR) 2022 What is Open Access
4.4.11 Other Alternative Fuels in News Read full
4.5. Energy Efficiency
4.5.1. Star Labelling Programme (SLP) About SLP
Background, Objective, Implementation
Is it mandatory?
BOX – know that these schemes are launched by BEE
4.5.2. National Efficient Cooking Programme (NECP) About NECP
4.5.3. Energy Transition Index Index released by?
What are three parameters on basis of which it is prepared
1st rank
Rank of India
4.6. Sustainable Agriculture

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 4.6.1. Certification of Organic Products in India Which is the world’s first 100 percent organic sate in India

Box
a) Jaivik Bharat Logo – introduced by
4.6.1.1 National Cooperative Organics Ltd. Not important
4.6.2. Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) Repetition of your basic source. Avoid
4.6.3. Agroforestry What is agroforestry?
4.6.4. Other Sustainable Agriculture Practices a) Cellular Agriculture – what is?
b) DDR Method – what is? Used for which cereal? Is it rice?
c) E-Soil – read full
d) Miyawaki – read
e) Recirculatory Aquaculture System – read full
4.7. Miscellaneous
4.7.1. G20 Summit Initiatives/Documents Read full
4.7.2. 4th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM14) and 8th Mission Innovation Read full
(MI-8) Meeting
4.7.3. Environmental Cost of War Just a casual read. Not important as such
4.7.4. Ken-Betwa Link Project (KBLP) Important. Read full
4.7.5. Sand Mining Read full
4.8. Other Important News _ Read full
4.9. Institutions/Organizations in News
4.9.1. International Energy Agency (IEA) _ Reports released by it?
4.9.2. International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Read full
Box - reports names released by IRENA
4.9.3. Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Read full
5. DISASTER MANAGEMENT
5.1. Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) Read full
5.2. Risk Tipping Point What is the meaning of Risk Tipping point
5.3. Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) Occurred where?

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 About Glacial Lakes and GLOFs
5.4. Earthquake Swarm What is earthquake swarm and where it occurred
BOX – Coseismic Ionospheric Perturbations (CIP) – what is and
caused by
5.5. Landslides in Himalayas Silkyara Barkot tunnel will connect?
Rat Hole Mining (box) – read full
5.6. Heatwave in India Read full
5.6.1. Marine Heatwaves (MHWs) Just a casual read is enough
5.7. Cyclones Michaung caused damage in which states?
Other recent Cyclones in News?
BOX – What is Fujiwhara effect?
5.8. Drought Early Warning System (DEWS) Just a casual read is enough. Not important
5.9. Ennore Oil Spill Casual read is enough.
5.10. Other Disaster Related News Casual read is enough
5.11. Institutions/Organizations in News
5.11.1. UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Read

BOX – Casual read

6. GEOGRAPHY
6.1. El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) NCERT has already covered it. Ignore
6.2. Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) Read
6.3. Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) Read
6.4. Geology of Himalayas _ Read in general
6.5. Water, Ice, Society, and Ecosystems (WISE) Report WISE Report is released by? Is related to? For which region?
See the diagram
Box – Read
6.6. Atlantification What is the meaning of this word?
Read full
6.7. Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL) Read full
6.8. Aurora Read full

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 6.9. Other Terms in News Read full
6.10. Places in News
6.10.1. Geographical Features (India) Read full
6.10.2. Geographical Features (International) Read full
6.10.3. Countries in News Read full

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