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Business leaders come together, set up body for climate change action

Among ICC's tasks would be to build a compelling, India-focused climate narrative and drive solutions that help people and nature thrive

Thunberg, Trump to offer conflicting visions at climate-focused Davos

The forum's own Global Risks report published last week warned that "climate change is striking harder and more rapidly than many expected" with global temperatures on track to increase

Best of BS Opinion: Climate-related financial risks, Budget 2020, and more

From how Budget 2020 could be the litmus test for the government's reform credentials to the reasons why natural farming could be an alternative to high input cost agriculture

Grim scenario

Climate-related financial risks should be mainstreamed

WEF summit 2020: The yearly jamboree to host many climate heroes this week

More than 3,000 global leaders will assemble here this week as 'stakeholders for a cohesive and sustainable world'

Climate change threatens around half of world GDP, says WEF study

An analysis of 163 industry sectors and their supply chains found that over half of the world's GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature and its services

The climate change riddle

Warmer climes are opening up areas for viticulture that did not exist 35 years earlier, and this trend will only accelerate

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