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Combating climate change

Greta Thunberg and her generation might just have made enough of a difference to give the Earth a fighting chance

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Updated On : 15 Dec 2019 | 10:59 PM IST

World leaders' commitments fall short of outcome at UN climate conference

The narrow aim of the Madrid negotiations is to finalise the rulebook for the 2015 climate accord, which enjoins nations to limit global temperature rises to "well below" two degrees Celsius.

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Updated On : 14 Dec 2019 | 1:02 AM IST

Greta should 'chill', go to movies, work on anger management: Trump

US President Donald Trump slammed Times Magazine for naming Greta Thunberg as 2019 Person of the Year

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Updated On : 12 Dec 2019 | 8:32 PM IST

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg is TIME's 2019 Person of the Year

At 16, Thunberg is the youngest individual ever to be named TIME's Person of the Year

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Updated On : 11 Dec 2019 | 10:28 PM IST

Greta Thunberg accuses world leaders of 'creative PR' not leading to action

The activist cited scientific reports that have established that unchecked warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) for the planet will be catastrophic.

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Updated On : 11 Dec 2019 | 5:44 PM IST

India must start work on replacing coal plants with renewable: Rahul Munjal

Hero Future Energies' chairman and managing director Rahul Munjal speaks on on social media, sustainability and energy efficiency

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Updated On : 29 Nov 2019 | 9:11 PM IST

How aviation industry is planning to counter 'flight shaming', Greta effect

Flight shaming has dented demand in Europe, particularly in northern parts but also in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.

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Updated On : 05 Nov 2019 | 7:58 PM IST

The cult of children

At the UN Climate Action Summit, Greta Thunberg admonished the world's leaders for playing fast and loose with the futures of the young

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Updated On : 12 Oct 2019 | 2:01 AM IST

Bookies back Greta Thunberg to win Nobel Peace Prize, experts don't

In August last year, she began sitting alone in front of Sweden's parliament on Fridays with a sign reading "School Strike for the Climate"

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Updated On : 11 Oct 2019 | 1:04 PM IST

World leaders come up short at UN summit as millions demand climate action

Under the Paris Agreement, countries are expected to submit new, and ideally more ambitious, climate action plans every five years. The next presentations are due in 2020

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Updated On : 27 Sep 2019 | 12:53 PM IST

Govt to ease land acquisition, finance for renewables to meet 450 GW target

At the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on Monday, Modi vowed to double India's renewable energy target to 450 gigawatt (GW) by 2030

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Updated On : 27 Sep 2019 | 1:03 PM IST

Youth show the mirror to major nations including India at UN climate summit

16 children, including India's Ridhima Pandey, said they would petition the UN against five big carbon polluters in the world

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Updated On : 27 Sep 2019 | 1:02 PM IST

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

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Updated On : 25 Sep 2019 | 1:10 PM IST

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

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Updated On : 25 Sep 2019 | 1:13 PM IST

From India to Europe, 'global climate strike' events planned for Friday

Climate change has become an increasingly important issue for voters in recent years, particularly in Europe

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Updated On : 27 Sep 2019 | 12:59 PM IST

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

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Updated On : 25 Sep 2019 | 1:15 PM IST

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

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Updated On : 25 Sep 2019 | 1:15 PM IST