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Alternative Energy sources Renewable energy Nuclear Power Reduce the carbon intensity of fossil fuels Energy efficiency and conservation Transport and urban planning Building design Reforestation and avoid deforestation Eliminating waste methane Geoengineering Greenhouse gas remediation Biomass Carbon air capture Carbon capture and storage Societal control Population Sustainable life-style
Natural Hazards of India Disaster A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s capacity to cope using its own resources. Vulnerability + Hazard =Disaster Vulnerability- it is defined as the diminished capacity of … Read more Natural Hazards : Floods, Droughts, Cyclones, Landslides
UTTARAKHAND Assembly to discuss sdg for first time For the first time in the history, the members of the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha would hold discussions on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as part of the mission undertaken by the United Nations Organisation (UNO) during the ensuing Budget session at Bharadisain near Gairsain. The … Read more 14.03.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
Uttarakhand NGT directs the Uttarakhand govt to respond on the issue of rehabilitation. National Green Tribunal has asked the state government to file its reply on rehabilitation of residents of ten hamlets which are situated inside the core areas of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve. The next hearing is due on August 31. The enraged Tribunal had … Read more 20.08.2017 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UTTARAKHAND Govt Decides To Upgrade Several Colleges Located In Mountainous Parts Taking note of a large number of students migrating from the hills to the plains of the State and also to other states in search of quality higher education in the colleges, the State Education Minister Dhan Singh Rawat has decided to … Read more 07.11.17 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
UNEP is the principal UN body in the field of the environment, assisting governments to address global, regional and national environmental challenges. Its mandate was reinforced at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and through the Rio+20 outcome document “The Future Want” . As a follow up to the Rio+20 Conference, UNEP has … Read more United Nations Environmental Conservation Programme (UNEP)
An increase in the average temperature of Earth’s near surface air and oceans since the mid-20thcentury 4thassessment report of IPCC: global temperature increased 74+18 degree C during the 20thcentury. Caused by greenhouse gases Water vapour, Co2, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, Ozone, CFCs (in order of abundance) Since the industrial revolution, the burning of fossil fuels has increased … Read more Global Warming
UTTARAKHAND Uttarakhand bags gold in Khelo India School Games Uttarakhand has bagged first gold medal in Khelo India School Games — a central government-initiated national programme for the development of sports — which started on Wednesday though the formal inauguration was done by the Prime Minister Modi in the evening. Anu Kumar … Read more 04-05.02.18 Uttarakhand (UKPCS) Current Affairs
Indus Valley Civilization Indus Valley Civilization was the first major civilization in south Asia, which spread across a vast area of land in present day India and Pakistan (around 12 lakh sq.km). The time period of mature Indus Valley Civilization is estimated between BC. 2700- BC.1900 i.e. for 800 years. But early Indus Valley Civilization had … Read more The Indus Valley Civilization : Origin, antiquity, extent, authorship and main features
Agriculture and animal husbandry or pastoralism have long been and still are the mainstay livelihoods and occupations of the human communities in the Himalayan state of Uttarkhand. Closely and symbiotically interlinked, both of them are deeply dependent on the neighbouring forests and ecosystem for sustenance and viability. Agriculture in 87% of hill Uttarakhand is … Read more Agriculture of Uttarakhand