Environment Conventions, Organisations, Key Terms & Reports for UPSC Prelims Exam

PART-1-CONVENTIONS & ORGANISATIONS

• WORLD CHARTER FOR NATURE • EARTH SUMMIT-1992  Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) • COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY • AGENDA 21 • EARTH SUMMIT 2002 • RIO+20 (2012) • TROPICAL FOREST ALLIANCE • BRUNDTLAND COMMISSION • GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY (GEF) • UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT • PARTNERSHIP FOR ACTION ON GREEN ECONOMY (PAGE) • GREEN GROWTH KNOWLEDGE PLATFORM (GGKP) • UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC)  List of UNFCCC Summits • IMPORTANT CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE  COP 3-KYOTO PROTOCOL  COP 7-MARRAKECH, MOROCCO  National Adaptation Plan (NAP)  COP 11-MONTREAL, CANADA  COP 13-BALI ACTION PLAN (BAP)  COP 15-COPENHAGEN ACCORD  COP 16- CANCÚN, MEXICO  COP 18- DOHA AMENDMENT  COP 19-POLAND-WARSAW INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM  COP 20-LIMA (PERU)  COP 21-PARIS AGREEMENT  HIGH AMBITION COALITION  ENHANCED TRANSPARENCY FRAMEWORK  COP 22-MARRAKECH (MOROCCO)  COP 23-BONN CONFERENCE  TALANOA DIALOGUE  OCEAN PATHWAY PARTNERSHIP  INSURELIENCE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP  POWERING PAST COAL ALLIANCE  COP 24-KATOWICE, POLAND  COP 25-MADRID, SPAIN  COP 26- GLASGOW, UNITED KINGDOM  WORLD NATURE ORGANIZATION (WNO)  INTENDED NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS (INDC)  ACTION FOR CLIMATE EMPOWERMENT (ACE)  INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC)  Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) • INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE (IUCN) • IUCN RED LIST / RED BOOK • BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL • THE ECONOMICS OF ECOSYSTEMS AND BIODIVERSITY (TEEB) • SUSTAINABLE STOCK EXCHANGES INITIATIVE • RACE TO ZERO CAMPAIGN • CLIMATE AMBITION ALLIANCE • MOMENTUM FOR CHANGE INITIATIVE • CLIMATE NEUTRAL NOW • ALLIANCE FOR ZERO EXTINCTION SITES • NATURA 2000 NETWORK • ASEAN HERITAGE PARKS • CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND (CEPF) • MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE RESERVES (MAB) • BIOSPHERE SMART INITIATIVE • WORLD HERITAGE SITES • CENTRES OF PLANT DIVERSITY • SUSTAINABLE OCEAN INITIATIVE (SOI) • TRASH FREE SEAS ALLIANCE (TFSA) • UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (UN-HABITAT) • IMPORTANT BIRD AND BIODIVERSITY AREAS (IBAS) • MEGADIVERSITY COUNTRIES • RAMSAR SITES / CONVENTION • MONTREUX RECORD • GLOBAL TRANSBOUNDARY PROTECTED AREAS NETWORK (GTPAN) • CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES) • TRAFFIC- WILDLIFE TRADE MONITORING NETWORK • MONITORING THE ILLEGAL KILLING OF ELEPHANTS (MIKE) • WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF) • MARPOL CONVENTION • WHALING CONVENTION • CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF MIGRATORY SPECIES OF WILD ANIMALS OR BONN CONVENTION • UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS) • INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON OIL POLLUTION PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND CO-OPERATION • UNEP REGIONAL SEAS PROGRAMME • AICHI BIODIVERSITY TARGETS • ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING (ABS) • NAGOYA PROTOCOL • CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY • VIENNA CONVENTION FOR PROTECTION OF OZONE LAYER • MONTREAL PROTOCOL • KIGALI AMENDMENT • ALPHA, BETA, AND GAMMA DIVERSITY • BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN (BAP) • CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES (COP) • MILLENNIUM ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT (MA) • PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (PES) • UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (UNEP) • UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (UNCCD) • INITIATIVE 20X20 • PEACE FOREST INITIATIVE • GREAT GREEN WALL INITIATIVE • GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON FOREST AND LANDSCAPE RESTORATION (GPFLR) • BONN CHALLENGE • THE RESTORATION INITIATIVE • FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION (FLR) • UNITED FOR BIODIVERSITY • COALITION FOR PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN CONSERVATION (CPIC) • UN-REDD PROGRAMME • UN REDD+ PROGRAMME • FOREST CARBON PARTNERSHIP FUND • GLOBAL CARBON PROJECT • ACCELERATING CCS TECHNOLOGIES • COALITION FOR RAINFOREST NATIONS (CFRN) • CLIMATE AND CLEAN AIR COALITION • CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (CDM) • SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM (SDM) • INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS TRADING ASSOCIATION (IETA) • CLIMATE, COMMUNITY & BIODIVERSITY ALLIANCE (CCBA) • BIOCARBON FUND INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST LANDSCAPES (ISFL) • GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE ALLIANCE (GCCA) • FOREST CARBON PARTNERSHIP FACILITY (FCPF) • DELTA COALITION • GREEN CLIMATE FUND (GCF) • GLOBAL GREEN GROWTH INSTITUTE (GGGI) • GLOBALLY IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL HERITAGE SYSTEMS (GIAHS) • STOCKHOLM CONVENTION • BASEL CONVENTION • ROTTERDAM CONVENTION • BAMAKO CONVENTION • CLIMATE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE & NETWORK (CTCN) • UNDER2 COALITION • INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE (ISA)  Global Solar Atlas  Coalition for Sustainable Climate Action • SOLAR RISK MITIGATION INITIATIVE • C40 CITIES CLIMATE LEADERSHIP GROUP • MANGROVE FOR THE FUTURE (MFF) • ADDIS ABABA ACTION AGENDA • MINAMATA CONVENTION • ST PETERSBURG DECLARATION • GLOBAL TIGER FORUM • GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE-SMART AGRICULTURE (GACSA) • GLOBAL TIGER INITIATIVE (GTI) • INTERNATIONAL TIGER COALITION • MISSION TX2 • CONSERVATION ASSURED | TIGER STANDARDS (CA|TS) • TURTLE SURVIVAL ALLIANCE • GLOBAL SNOW LEOPARD ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION PROGRAMME (GSLEP) • BLUE FLAG CERTIFICATION • CLIMATE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE FOR SOUTH ASIA (CARE) PROJECT • SOUTH ASIA WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT NETWORK (SAWEN) • ARCTIC COUNCIL • REGIONAL INTEGRATED MULTI-HAZARD EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS (RIMES) • TSUNAMI-READY  Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) • UNESCO GLOBAL GEOPARK  Global Geoparks Network (GGN) • SEABED 2030 PROJECT • DECARBONIZING TRANSPORT IN EMERGING ECONOMIES’ (DTEE) • ZERO PLASTIC WASTE CITIES INITIATIVE • FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE (FFF)  Champions of the Earth • INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION (IPPC) • ADAPTATION FOR SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE PROGRAMME (ASAP) • UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON FORESTS (UNFF)  Yanji Declaration • COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP ON FORESTS • PLANET-BASED DIETS • INTERNATIONAL NITROGEN INITIATIVE (INI) • COLOMBO DECLARATION • BANGKOK DECLARATION ON COMBATING MARINE DEBRIS IN ASEAN REGION • GLOBAL DEAL FOR NATURE • ANDREX PROJECT • INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE INITIATIVE • BIODIVERSITY FINANCE INITIATIVE (BIOFIN) • MISCELLANEOUS CONVENTIONS • ANTIGUA CONVENTION • ABIDJAN CONVENTION • CARTAGENA CONVENTION • NAIROBI CONVENTION • NOUMEA CONVENTION • BARCELONA CONVENTION • OSPAR CONVENTION • APIA CONVENTION • CAMLR CONVENTION • LONDON CONVENTION • BUCHAREST CONVENTION • HELSINKI CONVENTION • WAIGANI CONVENTION • TEHRAN CONVENTION • BALLAST WATER CONVENTION • ALPINE CONVENTION • KUWAIT CONVENTION • JEDDAH CONVENTION • CARPATHIAN CONVENTION • CONVENTION ON THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES • CONVENTION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ANTARCTIC SEALS • FIRST MOVERS COALITION • STOCKHOLM+50 • SEOUL FOREST DECLARATION • GLOBAL PLASTIC ACTION PARTNERSHIP • ALLIANCE OF CEO CLIMATE LEADERS • UNCCD’S COP15 • BLUE DEAL • LIVING LANDS CHARTER • BONN CLIMATE CONFERENCE • CLIMATE CLUB • LISBON DECLARATION ON OCEAN CONSERVATION • SYSTEMATIC OBSERVATIONS FINANCING FACILITY • GLOBAL BASIC OBSERVING NETWORK
• UN HIGH SEAS TREATY • UN INTERGOVERNMENTAL CONFERENCE (IGC-5) • GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY ACTION FORUM • GREEN FINS HUB • TOF INITIATIVE • MISSION LIFE • GRADED RESPONSE ACTION PLAN • ANIMAL ADOPTION SCHEME • GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM • GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE BIODIVERSITY STANDARD • GLOBAL SHIELD FINANCING FACILITY /GLOBAL SHIELD PLAN • SHARM EL-SHEIKH CLIMATE MEETING (COP27) • LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND • INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE ACCELERATOR FUND (IRAF) • THE FAST INITIATIVE • AGRICULTURE INNOVATION MISSION FOR CLIMATE (AIM4CLIMATE) • CHAMPIONS GROUP FOR DELTAS AND COASTAL ZONES • INITIATIVE ON CLIMATE ACTION AND NUTRITION (I-CAN) • TECHNOLOGY MECHANISM • GLOBAL OFFSHORE WIND ALLIANCE (GOWA) • AWARE INITIATIVE LAUNCHED AT COP27 • METHANE ALERT AND RESPONSE SYSTEM (MARS) • IN OUR LIFETIME CAMPAIGN • LONG TERM-LOW EMISSION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY • BLUE NATURAL CAPITAL • MANGROVE BREAKTHROUGH • MANGROVE ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE • GLOBAL GOAL ON ADAPTATION (GGA) • COALITION FOR NATURE • WARSAW INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM • INTERNATIONAL DROUGHT RESILIENCE ALLIANCE • FOREST AND CLIMATE LEADERS' PARTNERSHIP • MIDDLE EAST GREEN INITIATIVE • INSURANCE ADAPTATION ACCELERATION CAMPAIGN • SHARM EL SHEIKH ADAPTATION AGENDA • NEW RACE TO RESILIENCE DATA EXPLORER • PLANNING FOR CLIMATE COMMISSION • GLOBAL RENEWABLES ALLIANCE • BREAKTHROUGH AGENDA • CLIMATE INVESTMENT FUNDS’ (CIFS) NEW INDUSTRY TRANSITION PROGRAMME • NET ZERO PLAYBOOK • AMBITION LOOP FOR THE OCEAN ECONOMY REPORT • ENHANCING NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS (NBS) FOR CLIMATE TRANSFORMATION (ENACT) • HIGH-QUALITY BLUE CARBON PRINCIPLES AND GUIDANCE • BEAT THE HEAT: NATURE FOR COOL CITIES CHALLENGE • SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS (SAFS) OFFTAKE POCKET GUIDE • LOW CARBON TRANSPORT FOR URBAN SUSTAINABILITY (LOTUS) • SUSTAINABLE URBAN RESILIENCE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION (SURGE) • ACCELERATE TO ZERO (A2Z) COALITION • ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES EMERGING MARKET CAMPAIGN (ZEV-EM-C) • THE COLLECTIVE FOR CLEAN TRANSPORT FINANCE • CLIMATE RESPONSES FOR SUSTAINING PEACE (CRSP) INITIATIVE • SUSTAINABLE DEBT COALITION INITIATIVE • COP15 MONTREAL • KUNMING-MONTREAL GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY FRAMEWORK (GBF) • AMBITION ON MELTING ICE ON SEA-LEVEL RISE AND MOUNTAIN WATER RESOURCES • NO PARIS WITHOUT MONTREAL • MARRAKECH PARTNERSHIP FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE ACTION (MP-GCA) • AGREEMENT ON PORT STATE MEASURES (PSMA) • CLIMATE TRACE (TRACKING REAL-TIME ATMOSPHERIC CARBON EMISSIONS)

PART-2-KEY TERMS • CONGREGATORY SPECIES • ENDEMIC SPECIES • ENDANGERED SPECIES • KEYSTONE SPECIES • INDICATOR SPECIES • EDGE SPECIES • FOUNDATION SPECIES • UMBRELLA SPECIES • INDIGENOUS SPECIES • MIGRATORY SPECIES • ALGAL BLOOM • ALIEN INVASIVE SPECIES (AIS) • AREAS BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTION (ABNJ) • LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS (LMES) • VULNERABLE MARINE ECOSYSTEM (VME) • PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE SEA AREAS (PSSAS) • MARINE PROTECTED AREA (MPA) • LAST OF THE WILD AREAS • KEY BIODIVERSITY AREAS (KBAS) • WORLD COMMISSION ON PROTECTED AREAS (WCPA) • IMPORTANT PLANT AREA (IPA) • IUCN PROTECTED AREAS • INTACT FOREST LANDSCAPE (IFL) • HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE AREAS (HCVAS) • HIGH BIODIVERSITY WILDERNESS AREAS (HBWA) • ENDEMIC BIRD AREAS (EBAS) • GLOBAL 200 ECOREGIONS • OCEAN ACIDIFICATION • CRISIS ECOREGIONS • HOPE SPOTS • ENDEMIC BIRD AREAS (EBAS) • ECOLOGICALLY OR BIOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT AREAS (EBSA) • BUFFER ZONES • BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS • AREAS OF SPECIAL CONSERVATION INTEREST (ASCIS) • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ AND COMMUNITY CONSERVED TERRITORIES AND AREAS (ICCA) • SPECIALLY PROTECTED AREAS OF MEDITERRANEAN IMPORTANCE (SPAMIS) • COLD SEEP ECOSYSTEMS • COLD-WATER CORAL • EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (EEZ) • SALTMARSH • SEAGRASSES • SEAMOUNTS • WARM-WATER CORAL REEFS • BIODIVERSITY OFFSETS • BIOACCUMULATION • BIOMAGNIFICATION • BIO-GEOCHEMICAL CYCLES • ECOCLINE • ECOPHENE • ECOTONE • ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT • ECOLOGICAL NICHE • EUTROPHICATION • PARTICULATE MATTER (PM) • CARBON SEQUESTRATION • GREENHOUSE GAS • WATER VAPOR • CARBON DIOXIDE • NITROUS OXIDE • OZONE • CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFCS) • HYDROFLUOROCARBONS (HFCS) • METHANE

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