[ML16] Mains Revision & Answer Writing: Urban Floods, SENDAI Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, Kigali Summit on HFC, India a Rejectionist Power

1. Prologue
2. ML16/GSM1- Urban Flood: problem, remedies, Chennai Floods (2015)
3. ML16/GSM3- SENDAI Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-30)
4. ML16/GSM3: Pollution- Kigali Amendment, Rejectionist Power?

Prologue

Continuation of lecture series for Mains-2016 revision and answer writing. Only selected topics will be covered with full length discuss on model answer. Powerpoints available under Mrunal.org/download – mediafire –1_Powerpoints – Mains Revision Folder

ML16/GSM1- Urban Flood: problem, remedies, Chennai Floods (2015)

(GS1|3) “Urban floods in India are specters of haphazard planning rather than of climate change.” Examine critically.
"शहरी-बाढ़ जलवायु परिवर्तन नही बल्कि अव्यवस्थित नियोजन से निकला प्रेत है." समालोचनात्मक परिक्षण कीजिए.

The devastating flood of Chennai last year has exposed the inability of urban local bodies and planners in to make flood resilient cities. Hence topic becomes important for both Mains GS Paper 1 and 3.

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/pZciKI1Pqz8

ML16/GSM3- SENDAI Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015-30)

(GS3) SENDAI framework focused on disaster risk reduction as a pre-requisite to achieve SDG. Discuss how India has imbibed this essence in its updated national disaster management plan.

सेंडाइ-ढांचे में आपदा-जोखिम कटौती पर "वहनीय विकास उदेश्यो" को हांसिल करने की पूर्व-शर्त के रूपमें ध्यान केन्द्रित किया गया है. भारत ने इस बात को अपने राष्ट्रीय आपदा प्रबंध योजना में कैसे शामिल किया है, चर्चा करे.

Every year, UPSC asks minimum one question on Disasters in Paper-III. So ought to prepare this one!

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/ZomgFBNR7-0

ML16/GSM3: Pollution- Kigali Amendment, Rejectionist Power?

(GS2) “Is India a rejectionist power in the international cooperation against climate change?” Critically examine in the light of events from last two years.
जलवायु परिवर्तन के खिलाफ अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सहयोग की मुहीम में क्या भारत "अस्वीकृति की मानसिकता" दिखानेवाला देश है? पिछले २ वर्षो की घटनाओ के अनुसंधान में समालोचनात्मक परिक्षण कीजिए.

(GS3) Discuss the significance of Kigali Amendment 2016 in the fight against global warming. How will this amendment impact India?
ग्लोबल वोर्मींग के खिलाफ लड़ाई में किगाली संशोधन-२०१६ का क्या महत्व है? चर्चा कीजिए. इस सुधार का भारत पे क्या प्रभाव होगा?

Youtube Link: https://youtu.be/wK9egapeA7o
Next round: will move to Mains Paper-II, covering refugee-referendum crisis abroad- their lessons for India, regulatory bodies.