NODE 05 · GS Paper III

Environment, Ecology & Climate Change

Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment; disaster and disaster management.— UPSC Mains Syllabus

Biodiversity conservation, environmental governance (EIA, NGT, CPCB), pollution, and climate change policy (NDC, UNFCCC, Paris Agreement, loss and damage). India's CBDR position is the thread connecting domestic environmental law to international climate negotiations.

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27 PYQs

2 CA entries

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NCERT References

Chapters with a link open the NCERT Companion page.

Biology — Ecology chapters

Class 12 NCERT

Ch 13 Ch 14 Ch 15 Ch 16

Standard Textbooks

Shankar IAS: Environment (for UPSC)

Chapters: All

Supplementary Sources

IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report

India's Updated NDC submitted to UNFCCC

Also relevant when writing this answer

These nodes commonly intersect with this one in real Mains questions. The connection is explained below each link.

GS1 · NODE 05→

Physical Geography

Environmental policy is grounded in physical processes. Questions on coastal erosion, GLOFs, or desertification require the physical geography mechanism before the policy response.

“Climate change impact questions require both the physical mechanism (GS1) and the governance response (GS3).”

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