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Measuring change through the young

Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish school girl who is rocking the world with her protest against inaction on climate change

No Planet B, say teen activists as 1.8 mn join global climate change strike

Thunberg, 16, said the threat of societal breakdown posed by runaway climate change should overshadow every other campaign issue in the European Union's parliamentary elections

The greatness of Greta

"I don't want you to listen to me, I want you to listen to the scientists," Thunberg told the US Congress this week, submitting what she called her

From Delhi to Tokyo, students take to streets for climate change protests

It was expected to be the biggest protest ever against the threat posed to the planet by climate change

UN climate panel okays report detailing impact of global warming on oceans

At issue is what might have been a routine reference to the October 2018 IPCC report on the feasibility of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius

Climate change is real: How it is becoming a nightmare for central banks

Climate change was a warning shot that took time to echo in policy-making corridors

Five-year period ending 2019 set to be hottest on record, says UN report

Other major takeaways from the report include that the extent of Arctic summer sea ice has declined at a rate of 12 per cent per decade over the past 40 years

Kids who are adults for a cause

To me, the climate change problem will be addressed with much greater resolve as this younger generation participates in politics

'Have to do it': Jeff Bezos sets deadline for Amazon to be carbon neutral

Amazon will buy 100,000 electric vans from a start-up and invest $100 million to restore forests and wetlands.

World 'losing the race' to avert climate disaster, warns UN chief Guterres

Guterres said he was heartened by growing societal awareness, which meant that hope was not yet lost

Let's manage risks, not disasters

Today, across the country, there are flood-and-drought-affected pockets next to one another. This is the new normal, and it will do us good to acknowledge and adjust to it quickly

71% Indians think humans responsible for climate change, says survey

Of the countries surveyed, India has the largest share of people who think human activity is mainly responsible for climate change

Climate change effects to be worse than previous estimates, new study shows

Across Europe, heat waves will become longer and more intense, while the Arctic will be entirely ice-free during summer in the last two decades of this century

Parched India will see 'water refugees' in future, says Rajendra Singh

A lot of time has been lost, but it's still possible to overcome the crisis, Singh said

Developing nations should increase carbon footprint to tackle hunger: Study

The study also found that a food's country of origin can have huge consequences for its climate impact

Meat and bottled drink sales fall as consumers get climate change conscious

A survey was conducted by data analytics firm Kantar on 65,000 people in 24 countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia

COP 14: PM Modi says India to raise target for restoring degraded land

Modi also said India would be happy to propose initiatives for greater South-South cooperation in addressing issues of climate change, biodiversity and land degradation

Future thermal power plants at risk as water stress increases: Study

Existing water shortage has already forced 61 thermal power plants to shut down between 2013 and 2017, leading to 17,000 gigawatt hours of lost generation

As India hosts desertification meet, 30% of its land is already degraded

Over 600 million people risk the impact of climate change in India and if land degradation is not addressed, the problem could get more acute

Consumers and climate change

Schlossberg deserves real credit for coming through her journey into the guts of the consumer machine with a clarifying insight: We aren't going to solve our problems on consumer at a time