Environment and Ecology Current Affairs For UPSC Prelims and Mains 2019

This article will help in covering the following topics of the syllabus

Prelims – General issues on Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity, and Climate Change

General Studies -III (Mains) – Conservation, environmental pollution, and degradation, environmental impact assessments.

As you know Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2019 will be conducted on 2nd June 2019, and mains will be starting from 20th September 2019 in which current affairs will play a crucial role.

So in this article, we will be updating all important Environment and Ecology Current Affairs between January 2018 to August 2019 on monthly basis. Bookmark this page in your browser so that you don’t miss any important event. The events are compiled from newspapers (The Hindu, TOI, IE & ET), magazines, and various online resources.

December 2018

Climate talks kick off in Poland
India Water Impact Summit-2018
NOAA’s annual report on the Arctic
Guidelines for Ground Water Extraction Notified
New proposals emerge in climate meet
Nations inch towards a climate deal
Outcome of COP24
Asiatic Lion Conservation Project launched
India submits NR6 to the CBD

November 2018

Neutrino Observatory project stay
Guideline for Operation Greens
BASIC meet in India
Global CO2 levels hit new record

October 2018

UN report on ‘mission impossible’ climate target
India’s first ever NES to kick off
UN-backed award for Sikkim
Early Warning System launched
First ever WHO’s global meet to tackle pollution
3rd Decadal International year of Reefs-2018
How BS-VI norms will affect
India tops in deaths due to toxic air

September 2018

Successful Test of NAG
Cabinet approves the continuation of IDWH
Greenhouse gas emissions from Indian paddy fields very high: study
Severe storm occurrences caused Kerala floods: CWC
Monsoon weakening, withdrawal to begin after 17 Sep, says IMD
Pollution cools monsoon days
More river stretches critically polluted: CPCB
Monsoon into the below-normal zone
A new mechanism for Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Smuggling of frogs led to an increasing number of snake’s bites
An initiative to protect Hornbill 68

August 2018

Kanchenjunga BR in WNBR
World Biofuel day
India lost one-third of its coastline
Reasons behind Kerala floods
India’s first Humboldt penguin dies

July 2018

New materials for sustainable developed
State to imposes polythene ban
Monitoring committee for the clean Yamuna

June 2018

SoE 2018
World’s largest iceberg set to disappear
Composite Water Management Index
The plastic ban in Maharashtra
World bank report on Climate change

May 2018

WHO’s 20 most-polluted cities
Govt to set up marine observation system
Blockchain-based technology for water conservation
National Policy on Biofuels 2018 approved
‘Green Good Deeds’
A dispute over the power plant in India

April 2018

How tiny sea creatures affect Earth’s climate
A new draft of CRZ
India’s forest cover grew

March 2018

Free conversion of PIO cards to OCI stopped. 82
24 per cent of solid waste generated
Draft of NEP unveiled
Bio-medical Waste Management Rules Amended

February 2018

First-time microbes in space
8 of every 10 cities breathe toxic air
Ammonia in Yamuna water
India to host World Environment Day

January 2018

Submit an action plan on the use of fly ash
World environment award for KISS
India’s automated ocean pollution system.
EPI report 2018.
No single judge at NGT