Environment – Medium Level – GK Questions

Integrated waste management prioritizes waste reduction, resource recovery, and safe disposal to minimize environmental and health impacts.

AMRUT aims to ensure basic urban infrastructure services for improved quality of life, especially for the poor and disadvantaged.

Vegetated building surfaces provide insulation, absorb CO2, filter pollutants, reduce stormwater runoff, and enhance urban biodiversity.

Smart Cities leverage ICT, IoT, and data analytics for efficient service delivery, resource management, and citizen engagement in urban governance.

Sustainable cities prioritize compact design, multimodal transport, resource efficiency, and livability to reduce ecological footprint and enhance quality of life.

Audience-centered communication that resonates with local beliefs and priorities is more likely to inspire understanding, attitude change, and action.

Interpretation through signage, guides, and exhibits connects visitors emotionally and intellectually to nature, fostering stewardship and responsible behavior.

Swachh Vidyalaya ensures functional toilets, handwashing stations, waste management, and cleanliness drives to create healthy learning environments.

Strategic communication through TV, radio, social media, and print can disseminate information, shape attitudes, and motivate collective action for sustainability.

NGC-Eco clubs engage students in environmental activities, fostering eco-consciousness and community participation in conservation efforts.

Environmental education aims to foster awareness, knowledge, attitudes, skills, and participation to address environmental challenges effectively.

PAT, under the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency, sets specific energy consumption targets and allows trading of energy savings certificates.

Services like pollination, climate regulation, or cultural values lack market prices, requiring complex methods like contingent valuation for estimation.

PES schemes incentivize conservation by paying providers for services like watershed protection, carbon sequestration, or biodiversity conservation.

This concept, illustrated by overgrazing of common land, highlights the need for collective action, property rights, or regulation to manage common-pool resources.

Carbon taxes internalize the social cost of carbon emissions, incentivizing reduction through market mechanisms and generating revenue for green investments.

Negative externalities like pollution impose costs on society not reflected in market prices, justifying policy interventions like taxes or regulations.

NCAP, launched in 2019, targets 132 non-attainment cities with tailored strategies for air quality improvement through multi-sectoral interventions.

Drones provide cost-effective, high-resolution aerial data for biodiversity monitoring, anti-poaching efforts, and habitat assessment.

India Water Portal, supported by Arghyam and managed by TERI, serves as a knowledge platform for water-related information and best practices.