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Climate Reports Flashcards

Grow Report, Climate Report, IUCN Mangrove

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Fullform of GROW by NITI Aayog

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Greening & Restoration of Wasteland with Agroforestry

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Objective of the GROW report is :
- Facilitate restoration projects for achieving national commitments of __
- Restore 26 million ha of degraded land by ___
- Creating an additional carbon sink of ____ billion tonnes of carbon dioxide

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  1. Land Degradation Neutrality
  2. 26 million ha by 2030
  3. 2.5 - 3 billion tonnes
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Technologies employed to map and prioritise wastelands for agroforestry are?

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Geospacial technologies & GIS

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_____ policy which aims to enhance productivity, profitability & sustainability through this agroecological land use system

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National Agroforestry Policy - 2014

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Which global commitments led to the GROW report

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Paris Agreement, Bonn Challenge, UNSDG, UNCCD, Doubling Farmers Income, Green India Mission & more

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Which Budget of India mentioned the promotion of agroforestry & private forestry as a priority

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Union Budget 2022-23

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GROW report highlights that India posses approximately ____ ha of wasteland, comprising ____% of the total geographical area TGA of the country

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55.76 million ha of wasteland
16.96% of TGA

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How many classes of wasteland are there according to GROW?

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23

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GROW report suggests greening & restoring of wastelands through?

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Agroforestry

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___% of India TGA is covered in agroforestry, which is about ___ ha

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8.65% of India
28.42 million ha

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According to GROW report how much of India’s wastelands are highly suitable and how much is moderately suitable?

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6.18% - highly suitable
4.91% - moderately suitable

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Acc to ISRO, top large states that are most suitable for agroforestry?

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Rajasthan, MP, Telangana

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Acc to ISRO, medium sized states most suitable for agroforestry?

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J&K, Manipur & Nagaland

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Who hosts the GROW portal?

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Bhuvan
“Gateway to Indian Earth Observation”

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What is the key feature of the GROW portal?

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Agroforestry Suitability index (ASI)

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Which portal offers Universal access to state & district level data related to agroforestry suitability through maps, assessments, thematic datasets from remote sensing and GIS?

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GROW Portal

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A standardised index that enables National-level Prioritisation for agroforestry interventions

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Agroforestry Suitability Index (ASI)

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Souces for Remote Sensing for calculating ASI

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Land Use & Cover
Wasteland
Slope
Soil Organic Carbon
Waterbody -> Buffer Analysis

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Workflow for calculating Agroforestry Suitability

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Remote sensing sources [Land Use & Cover + Wasteland + (Waterbody -> Buffer Analysis) + Soil Organic Carbon] —criteria —> Integration in GIS —> ASI

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Unjust Climate Report was released by?

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FAO
A UN Subsidiary

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The Unjust Climate Report Analyses the effects of climate change on income and adaptation in ________ varying by gender, wealth & age

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Rural Areas

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How many households and how many people did FAO analyse socio-economic data from for the Unjust Climate?

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1L households
>950 million people

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How many years of georeferenced data of daily precipitation and temperature was integrated into the Unjust Climate Report by FAO?

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70 years

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Acc to the Report, The Unjust Climate, a 1 degree rise in temperature could cause a ____ income loss for women than for men

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34%

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Acc to the Report, Unjust Climate by FAO: Globally less than ___ of NDCs and NAPs mention poor people and about ___ refer to rural farmers.

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1% of NDCs & NAPs
6% refer to rural farmers

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According to the Report the Unjust Climate by FAO, Women headed households experienced a total loss of ____ due to heat stress and ____ due to floods

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$37 billion due to heat stress
$16 billion due to floods

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According to the Report the Unjust Climate by FAO, Women headed households experienced a per capita loss of ____ due to heat stress and ____ due to floods

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$83 due to heat stress
$35 due to floods

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According to the Unjust Climate Report by FAO, Women-Headed Households suffer ___% higher agricultural income losses due heat stress & ___% higher due to floods, compared to men

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8% higher due to heat stress
3% higher due to floods

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According to the Unjust Climate Report by FAO poor households adapt to rising temperatures by relying more on?

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Climate sensitive agriculture

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According to the Unjust Climate Report by FAO poor households reliance on climate sensitive agriculture leads to a __% decrease in off-farm income with a 1 degree rise in temperature

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33%

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According to the Unjust Climate Report by FAO poor households reliance on climate sensitive agriculture leads to a __% decrease in total income with a 1 degree temperature increase

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53%

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According to the Unjust Climate Report by FAO, only ___ of tracked climate finance went towards climate adaptation, with less than __% directed to agriculture related investments

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7.5%
3%

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According to the Unjust Climate Report by FAO younger households see a reduction of __% in farm income and __% in crop value with each additional day of extremem heat

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1.8% in farm income
2.4% in crop value

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According to the 1st Global Mangrove Assessment for the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, area covered by mangrove ecosystems around the world, is?

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1.5L km2

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According to the 1st Global Mangrove Assessment for the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, ___% of the world’s coastlines have mangrove presence

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15% of the world’s coasts

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According to the 1st Global Mangrove Assessment for the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, what role do mangroves play in protecting our planet?

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  1. Sequestering Carbon
  2. Providing Livelihood
  3. Protecting Populations from Hurricanes and Cyclones
  4. Natural barrier to coastal soil erosion
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According to the 1st Global Mangrove Assessment for the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, % of ecosystems classified as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered with a risk of collapse by 2050?

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50% of ecosystems examined

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According to the 1st Global Mangrove Assessment for the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, Share of mangroves marked as high risk and at risk of becomming endangered or critically endangered?

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19.6% of assessed mangroved

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According to the 1st Global Mangrove Assessment for the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, ___% of the mangrove systems on the planet are threatened by the impacts of climate change

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33%

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According to the 1st Global Mangrove Assessment for the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, if no additional conservation efforts are implemented, approximately how much mangroves will be lost?

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5% or 7000 km2

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According to the 1st Global Mangrove Assessment for the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, how much of these systems will get submerged?

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16% or 23,672 km2

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According to the 1st Global Mangrove Assessment for the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, which region in India is at most risk of a mangrove ecosystem collapse?

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South India
with Sri lanka and Maldives

The Bay of bengal region
And those in the west coast are safe

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International Day for Biodiversity is on?

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May 22

44
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Theme of International Day of Biodiversity?

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Be Part of the Plan

45
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How many targets and goals are there in the Global Biodiversity Framework?

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23 Targets (for 2030)
4 Global Goals (for 2050)

46
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Which target of the Global Biodiversity Framework is abour ensuring at least 30% of the world’s land, water and seas are conserved by 2030?

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Target 3
30 by 30 target

47
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Which target of GBF relates to mangrove conservation & restoration?

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Target 3 and 2

48
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When was the Green Credit Program Launched and by whom?

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October 2023
MoEFCC

49
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Launched in 2023, it is a market based incentive designed to incentivise voluntary environmental action across diverse sectors by various stakeholders like individuals, companies, industries, etc.

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Green Credit Program

50
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8 activities will be covered under the Green Credit Program, the initial phases focuses on 2 key activities, which are?

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Water Conservation & Afforestation

Others: Sustainable Agri, Ecomark, Mangrove Conservation, Air pollution

51
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Implementing Agency of the Green Credit Program?

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ICFRE
International Council of Forestry Research & Education

52
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India’s contribution towards environmental sustainability?

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  1. Mission Life
  2. National Mission for Green India (GIM)
  3. NATIONAL Afforestation Program (NAP)
  4. National Biodiversity Action Plan
  5. Urban Forest Scheme
  6. CAMPA Funds - Policy
  7. Amendment to Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016 - ban on single use plastic
  8. National Green Hydrogen Mission - Renewable
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Full form of CAMPA Funds?

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Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management & Planning Authority

54
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Wildlife Protection Act was launched in? it has how many schedules?

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1972
6 schedules

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India ranks ____ globally in net forest area gain over the past 15 years

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3rd

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Forest Cover in India is ____ km2 which is ____% of the TGA of the country

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713789 km2
21.71%

57
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India has celebrated ____ yrs for Project Tiger and ____ yrs for Project Elephant

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50 years
30 years

58
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According to SDG India Index by NITI Aayog the country’s overall composite score has ascended to ____ in 2023-24

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71

59
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According to NITI Aayog SDG Index, which SDG has the lowest score?

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SDG 5: Gender Equality

Aspirant

60
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According to NITI Aayog SDG Index, which SDG has the highest score?

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SDG 7: Affordable & Clean Energy

Front Runner

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Which SDG recorded the highest increase in progress? What

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SDG 13 (Climate Action)
Score - 67 (from 54)

Followed by SDG 1 (Poverty) - 72 (from 60)

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According to NITI Aayog SDG Index, how many states are Frontrunners (65-99)?

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32

up from 22 in 2020-21

63
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According to NITI Aayog SDG Index, which States have the lowest score?

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Bihar, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Meghalaya

Performer states (50-65)

64
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According to NITI Aayog’s SDG Index which state has been the fastest moving states?

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UP (25 increase)

Followed by J&K

65
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Top 5 fastest moving states in NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index

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UP > J&K > Uttarakhand > Sikkim > Haryana

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According to NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index, India is aspirant in which SDG and performer in which SDG?

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Aspirant: SDG 5 (Gender equality)
Performer: SDG 2 (hunger), SDG 4 (Education), SDG 9 (Innovation, industry, infrastructure)

67
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Which SDG is not included in NITI Aayog’s SDG India Index?

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SDG 14 - Life Under Water

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This is the ____th edition of SDG Index 2023-24 by NITI Aayog?

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4th

69
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When was SDG India Index launched?

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2018

70
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How many indicators are used in SDG India Index? What are they aligned to?

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113 indicators
Aligned to MoSPI’s National Indicator Framework

71
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SDG-National Indicator Framework (SDG-NIF) Report is by?

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MoSPI

72
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As per SDG-NIF report, exclusive women Bank-Linked SHGs have risen to ____%

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97.53%

73
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As per SDG-NIF report, Bank-Linked SHGs have risen to?

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44L

74
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As per SDG-NIF report, GVA in agriculture per worker has increased from Rs. 61,427 to?

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Rs. 87,609

75
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As per SDG-NIF report, Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher secondary education, has increased to?

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57%

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Acc to SDG-NIF report by MoSPI, share of population using an improved drinking water source in rural areas has ____ from 94.57% in 2015-16 to ____% in 2023-24

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Increased
to 99.29% 2023-24

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Acc to SDG-NIF report, installed renewable energy generating capacity in the country has shown a steady increase in value from 63.25 watts per capita in 2014-15 to ____ watts per capita in 2023-24

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136.56 watts/capita

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Acc to MoSPIs SDG-NIF, % of budget allocated to welfare of SC & ST

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6.19%

79
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Acc to State of the World’s Forest by FAO, Russia, Brazil, Canada, USA & China account for ____% of global forest area, in descending order.

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54%

80
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State of the World’s Forest by FAO estimate that betwen 1990 and 2020, approx ____ ha of forest were converted to land use

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420 million ha

81
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Acc to State of the World’s Forest by FAO, Deforestation rates fell from 15.8 million ha /yr to ____ ha/year

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10.2 million ha/year

82
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In which continent was deforestation rates highest?

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Africa 4.41 million ha

83
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South and SE-Asia contribute to ____% of total global mangrove area

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44%
outof 14.8 million ha

84
Q

New World Soil Health Index is by? It was released in?

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UNESCO
In Morocco

85
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A pilot project of soil management will be launched in 10 Biosphere Reserves to implement best practices globally, will be launched by?

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UNESCO

86
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According to UNESCO, The World Atlas of Desertification states that ____% of global soils are already degraded

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75%

87
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According to UNESCO, The World Atlas of Desertification, states that 90% of soils may be degraded by?

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2050

88
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According to UNESCO, The World Atlas of Desertification, share of land in India undergoing desertification & share undergoing degradation?

A

25%
32%

89
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Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2024-28), is issued by?

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WMO

World Meteorological Organization

90
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Acc to Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2024-28), global mean near-surface temp for each year btw 2024-28 is predicted to be btw ____ C & ____ C, higher than 1850-1900 levels

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1.1-1.9 degree C

91
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Acc to Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2024-28) there is a ____% likelihood that annual avg global temp will temporarily exceed 1.5 degree above pre-industrial level for atleast 1 of the next 5 years

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80%

92
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Acc to Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2024-28), there is a ____% likelihood that global temperatures averaged over the entire 5 years period will exceed 1.5 degree above pre-industrial

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47%

93
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Acc to Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update (2024-28) suggest further ____ in sea-ice conc in the Barents Sea, Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk

A

reduction

94
Q

Which state tops in NITI Aayog’s SDG India index 2023-24?

A

Kerala

95
Q

‘Recipe for a Livable Planet: Achieving Net Zero Emissions in the Agrifood System’ is released by?

A

World Bank

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