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Bushfire anger burns down Australian PM Scott Morrison's approval ratings

The Newspoll survey showed 59 percent of Australian voters are dissatisfied with the conservative leader's performance overall, and only 37 percent were satisfied

10 things that reminded us in 2019 it was time we acted on climate change

Amazon wildfire, cyclones, hurricanes, water crisis and rising pollution were only some of the many natural and man-made disasters we face last year

Climate stress-tests, robo-cars and more in 2020

Changing weather patterns and urgent need to cut down emissions drastically will dominate discussions

At 650, Bihar leads in extreme weather deaths in 2019: IMD report

An official statement issued by the IMD showed that almost 1,560 people died in 2019 due to unusual weather events

Global cooperation can help tackle climate change, financial crisis: Maskin

However, he added that global collaboration will not be easy as more and more nations turn inward-looking

Year in Review: From CCA stir to Hong Kong demonstrations, protests in 2019

Business Standard lists some of the protests that drew attention around the world in 2019

Saving the planet - in three acts

Restoring trust in any relationship must start with honesty, then shift to addressing past wrongs, eventually leading to vows to work together

Best of BS Opinion: India's banking crisis, mass surveillance, and more

India's banking crisis, household expenditure at the time of natural disasters to mass surveillance are some of the topics our opinion writers tackle

The decade we leave behind and ahead

In this decade, we have realised that climate change is not in the distant future. It is happening and its impact will only grow

The crucial role of banks and insurers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

India, US and China are the top three polluters globally. Banks can help change that

In a big year for science, we learnt a lot more about the universe

Enough for us to hope that 2020 will bring more in the way of advances in our understanding of the universe around us

CAA, NRIC and the uncertain climate

While there is no clarity as to how NRIC will be implemented or funded, the bigger question that goes a-begging is what should be India's policy towards migrants and refugees

So close, and yet so far: Why COP25 climate talks in Madrid failed

Five years after the fragile UN process yielded the world's first universal climate treaty, COP25 was billed as a mopping-up session to finish guidelines for carbon markets

Best of BS Opinion: Lessons for BJP, India's economic slowdown, and more

Here's a collection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

From cyclones to floods, 2019 was a year of record extreme weather events

As this year draws to a close, we take a look at the extreme weather events that hit India in 2019 and their impacts.

EIB chief slams automakers, executives for slow response to climate change

The comments come as Hoyer's native Germany, Europe's largest economy, is experiencing a steep manufacturing slump driven by trade tensions, weak global growth and Brexit uncertainty.

India top performer on Paris pledge, on track to achieve targets: Javadekar

The minister said that the country's forest cover has increased by 13,000 square km in the last five years

Earth's inner core capped by snow made of iron particles, finds new study

The researchers, including those from the University of Texas at Austin in the US, studied this layer by recording and analysing signals from seismic waves as they passed through the Earth

Reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide

A descendant of CO2-eating e coli could be modified to make organic carbon molecules

Asia to keep world coal demand steady as environment concerns grow

Coal remains a major source of power across Southeast Asia, where breakneck economic development has spurred soaring energy demands -- but at a cost to the environment