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    Environmental policy instruments are measures taken by governments to address pollution and resource depletion issues. Environmentalism arose in response to concerns about human impacts on ecosystems. India had the most polluted cities in the world in 2020, and Mizoram experienced the highest number of forest fires over the past two decades. A recent report found a link between deforestation in the Amazon and rising temperatures in Tibet, over 15,000 km away. Since the industrial revolution, the average global temperature has increased by 0.6°C.

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    Environmental policy instruments are measures taken by governments to address pollution and resource depletion issues. Environmentalism arose in response to concerns about human impacts on ecosystems. India had the most polluted cities in the world in 2020, and Mizoram experienced the highest number of forest fires over the past two decades. A recent report found a link between deforestation in the Amazon and rising temperatures in Tibet, over 15,000 km away. Since the industrial revolution, the average global temperature has increased by 0.6°C.

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    Environmental policy instruments are measures taken by governments to address pollution and resource depletion issues. Environmentalism arose in response to concerns about human impacts on ecosystems. India had the most polluted cities in the world in 2020, and Mizoram experienced the highest number of forest fires over the past two decades. A recent report found a link between deforestation in the Amazon and rising temperatures in Tibet, over 15,000 km away. Since the industrial revolution, the average global temperature has increased by 0.6°C.

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    1. Environment v/s Development: Defn Of Envirnmnt, Environmentalism,Environmental

    Protection Policy, Environmental Policy Instruments.

    Environmental policy instruments are measures taken by governments to address the pollution of
    air, water, solid waste, and the depletion of natural resources and to achieve environmental
    governance.

    Environmental policy, any measure by a government or corporation or other public or private


    organization regarding the effects of human activities on the environment, particularly those
    measures that are designed to prevent or reduce harmful effects of human activities on ecosystems.

    Environmentalism is a movement that arose in response to global environmental crises. It


    encompasses theories about the nature and causes of environmental problems, moral views about
    our relation to nature, and attempts to define and bring about an environmentally sound society.
    Environmentalism as a movement covers broad areas of institutional oppression, including for
    example: consumption of ecosystems and natural resources into waste, dumping waste into
    disadvantaged communities, air pollution, water pollution, weak infrastructure, exposure of organic
    life to toxins, mono-culture,

    Environment can be defined as a sum total of all the living and non-living elements and their effects
    that influence human life. While all living or biotic elements are animals, plants, forests, fisheries,
    and birds, non-living or abiotic elements include water, land, sunlight, rocks, and air.

    As per air quality report by IQ Air for the year 2020, which country had the highest number of
    polluted cities in top 100 polluted cities of the world?

    [A] USA

    [B] China

    [C] Japan

    [D] India

    Ans: D [India]

    Explanation:
    As per a recent air quality report by IQAir, India has the most number of cities in top 100 polluted
    cities across the globe. India has 46 of the world’s 100 most polluted cities followed by China with 42
    cities and Pakistan with 6 cities.

    Hotan, in China’s Xinjiang, had the worst air quality in 2020. Among the top 10 most polluted cities
    of the world, 9 are located in India

    As per the recent study of CEEW, which state had the highest number of forest fire incidences in the
    last two decades?

    [A] Rajasthan

    [B] Mizoram

    [C] West Bengal

    [D] Arunachal Pradesh

    Ans:B [Mizoram]

    Explanation:

    According to a study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), the
    frequency and intensity of forest fires have increased in the past two decades.

    The study, ‘Managing Forest Fires in a Changing Climate’, found that there has been a ten-fold
    increase in forest fires in the past two decades. More than 62 per cent of Indian states are prone to
    high-intensity forest fires. Mizoram had the highest number of forest fires in the last two decades,
    with more than 95 per cent of its districts being forest fire hotspots.

    As per a recent report, direct link was found between deforestation of Amazon rainforest and the
    temperature changes in which country?

    [A] India

    [B] Japan

    [C] Tibet

    [D] Indonesia
    Ans:C [Tibet]

    Explanation:

    A new report ‘Teleconnections Among Tipping Elements in the Earth System’ Report, has found a
    direct link between deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the temperature changes in Tibet.

    Tibet is situated more than 15,000 km from the rainforest. It revealed the strong link between
    climate tipping elements. A tipping point is a threshold beyond which major, irreversible changes
    occur in a specific region.

    7. Ever since the industrial revolution, by how much has the average temperature of the Earth
    increased?

    a) 0.24oC

    b) 0.6oC

    c) 1.2oC

    d) 1.8oC

    Ans: b

    Explanation: Since the industrial revolution, the average temperature of earth has increased by
    0.6oC due to consumption of fossil fuels.

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