Meet Us +91-7877885089
+91-7877885089
An Initiative by SAARTHI IAS
Sign In
Hot in News
Project 108: Bhutan Raises 108 Chortens Kapany at 100: Father of Fibre Optics SEBI Survey: 63% Aware, 9.5% Households Invest PAVAN: Real-Time Air Pollution Command Centre States Reorganisation Act, 1956: Seventy Years Bolivia Declares Emergency Over El Nino G20 Foreign Ministers Meet in Atlanta COP17 Yerevan Pathway on Biodiversity Adopted Project 108: Bhutan Raises 108 Chortens Kapany at 100: Father of Fibre Optics SEBI Survey: 63% Aware, 9.5% Households Invest PAVAN: Real-Time Air Pollution Command Centre States Reorganisation Act, 1956: Seventy Years Bolivia Declares Emergency Over El Nino G20 Foreign Ministers Meet in Atlanta COP17 Yerevan Pathway on Biodiversity Adopted

Category 16 · Environment & Ecology

Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation

4 micro topics in Environment & Ecology for UPSC Prelims, in book order: Impacts of Climate Change: Acid Rain, El Niño, La Niña, Ozone Depletion, Ocean Acidification; Global Warming and Human Health: Mosquito-Borne Diseases, Ozone Depletion Effects; and 2 more.

  1. 16.1

    Impacts of Climate Change: Acid Rain, El Niño, La Niña, Ozone Depletion, Ocean Acidification

    Climate change affects the atmosphere, oceans, ice, ecosystems and societies. Global mean sea level has risen about 20 centimetres since 1900 and is rising faster now, by roughly 3 to 4 millimetres a year, because of…

  2. 16.2

    Global Warming and Human Health: Mosquito-Borne Diseases, Ozone Depletion Effects

    Climate change affects human health directly through heat waves, floods, storms and fires, and indirectly through changes in disease patterns, food and water supply, air quality and displacement. Heat stress causes heat exhaustion, heat stroke, kidney…

  3. 16.3

    Climate Change Mitigation: Carbon Sequestration and Carbon Sinks

    Climate change mitigation means cutting greenhouse gas emissions or enhancing their removal from the atmosphere. Carbon sequestration is the capture and long-term storage of carbon, and a carbon sink is any reservoir that absorbs more carbon…

  4. 16.4

    Carbon Credit and Carbon Tax

    Carbon credit and carbon tax are two market-based tools to cut greenhouse gas emissions. A carbon credit is a tradable certificate representing the reduction or removal of one tonne of carbon dioxide or its equivalent. Credits…

← All Environment & Ecology categories

Frequently asked questions

Which topics are in Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation?

Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation has 4 micro topics in Environment & Ecology: Impacts of Climate Change: Acid Rain, El Niño, La Niña, Ozone Depletion, Ocean Acidification; Global Warming and Human Health: Mosquito-Borne Diseases, Ozone Depletion Effects; Climate Change Mitigation: Carbon Sequestration and Carbon Sinks; Carbon Credit and Carbon Tax.

Is Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation important for UPSC Prelims?

Climate Change Impacts and Mitigation is a part of the UPSC Prelims Environment & Ecology syllabus map on MaargX UPSC. Each of its 4 published topics has key terms, a Mains angle and practice questions.