GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. Context: 21st edition of the event was inaugurated recently. It is being held in virtual format. Theme: Towards a Resilient Planet: Ensuring a Sustainable and Equitable Future. About the World Sustainable Development Summit: It is the annual flagship event …
The following Essay was written as part of Weekly Essay Challenge – 8 by Mr. Aditya Jha “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children” Aditya Jha An imaginary conversation between a couple : year 2030. Wife : Honey, you have got a mail from the environmental agency. …
Just concluded Rio+20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has been labeled as failure of epic proportions by Greenpeace and this is not without reason. The final outcome document of the summit brought out by the heads of 190+ countries after lots of negotiations, named “The Future We Want” is high on series of R …
When looked from space, Earth is a beautiful planet – there are continents and oceans, and there are no countries and borders. From space one can see vanishing rainforests, melting ice caps and expanding deserts – they have no respect for borders, because there are no borders. They engulf us all. Earth is one planet …
