Climate Crisis

Fix Climate Crisis And Save Earth, Says Physics Nobel Prize Winner

World News | Reuters | Sunday December 8, 2019

Fix the climate crisis and save the Earth, one of this year's Nobel laureates for physics urged on Saturday, saying the idea of humans escaping our planet to live in other solar systems was farfetched and unrealistic.

"We've Sleepwalked Past Point Of No Return": UN Chief On Climate Crisis

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday December 3, 2019

Confronted with a climate crisis threatening civilisation itself, humanity must choose between hope and surrender, UN chief Antonio Guterres told the opening plenary of a UN climate conference Monday.

Fossil Fuel Production From India To US To Blow Past Climate Goals: UN

World News | Reuters | Wednesday November 20, 2019

The world's major fossil fuel producers are set to bust global environmental goals with excessive coal, oil and gas extraction in the next decade, the United Nations and research groups said on Wednesday in the latest warning over climate crisis.

"World Is Not Doing Enough," Says PM Modi At UN Climate Action Summit

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Monday September 23, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the world was not doing enough to tackle the climate crisis, calling for "global behavioural change" at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York. As part of its commitment to the cause, India will increase its renewable energy target to 450 gigawatts, he announced.

UN Climate Change Summit Highlights: "The Time For Talking Is Over. The World Needs To Act Now": PM Modi

India News | Tuesday September 24, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the world was not doing enough to tackle the climate crisis, calling for "global behavioural change" at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York.

Himalayan Glaciers Melting Far Faster This Century: Study

Science | Reuters | Thursday June 20, 2019

Himalayan glaciers have been melting twice as fast since the start of this century, underscoring the threat the climate crisis poses to water supplies for hundreds of millions of people across Asia, according to a study published on Wednesday.

Scientists Amazed As Canadian Permafrost Thaws 70 Years Early

Science | Reuters | Wednesday June 19, 2019

Permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, an expedition has discovered, in the latest sign that the global climate crisis is accelerating even faster than scientists had feared.

Environmental Experts Find New Way To Remove Trillion Tons Carbon Dioxide

Science | Laura Reiley, The Washington Post | Thursday June 13, 2019

Last month carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere surpassed 415 parts per million, the highest in human history. Environmental experts say the world is increasingly on a path toward a climate crisis.

'Cannot Risk Putting A Climate Denier In White House,' Hillary Clinton On Donald Trump

World News | Associated Press | Wednesday October 12, 2016

Al Gore laid out the environmental stakes of the presidential race in stark terms during a campaign stop for Hillary Clinton Tuesday, arguing that electing her opponent would lead to "climate catastrophe."

PM Narendra Modi Leaves for New Delhi After Attending Paris Summit

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 1, 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday left for New Delhi after wrapping up his two-day visit here during which he attended the crucial climate change conference and launched the India-mooted International Solar Alliance.

100 Arrested at Wall Street Climate Crisis Sit-In

World News | Associated Press | Tuesday September 23, 2014

Participants encountered barricades and a heavy police presence as they tried to stream onto Wall Street, home to the New York Stock Exchange, after several hours of demonstrating by the bull statue nearby.

Canada pulls out of Kyoto Protocol

World News | Associated Press | Tuesday December 13, 2011

Canada pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change Monday, saying the accord won't help solve the climate crisis. It dealt a blow to the anti-global warming treaty, which has not been formally renounced by any other country.