According to scientists, the world will face unseen horrors due to climate change if society does not change its way of living immediately. Based on rising global temperatures and increasing greenhouse gas emissions, over 11,000 scientists issued a warning in journal BioScience on November 5,
The threat of existential climatic crisis has become apparent over the past few years and the entire human race is trying to save the planet from certain doom in one way or the other. Planting forests has never been so important as now. In 2019,
The planet is on track of impending doom and the most affected communities are least responsible for climate change. The world is already witnessing the devastating impacts of changing climatic conditions. The flooding in India like never seen before, the water crisis in Africa, wildfires
India is one of the most affected countries by the climate change crisis. Trying to meet the demands of a huge population for food and shelter, the government has been exploiting the resources of the land. Mass tree-cutting and land degradation are already resulting in
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has taken over the entire world with her blunt attitude and powerful words. 17-year-old Greta has become the face of leading protests against the inaction on rapidly changing climatic conditions. Focusing on the risks posed by climate change, Greta urges
The rapidly changing climate has created chaos and many regions throughout the world are witnessing harsh weather conditions. Heavy rainfalls, droughts, floods, and forest fires are the major calamities that have left the world rattled over the past few years. The loss of life and
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has organized a meet of more than 200 scientists from 65 countries – to be conducted from September 30 to October 4, 2019, in New Delhi to bring out the next report on the present status of climate
Hindu Kush Himalayan region, an area that covers high mountain chains of central, south and inner Asia, is threatened by the rising temperatures, which pose a risk of losing over 60 percent of region’s glaciers by 2100. The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region spans 3,500
At the UN Climate Action Summit 2019, a new initiative was launched to help guide the world’s heaviest greenhouse gas emitting industries toward the low-carbon economy. The summit was hosted by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly,
Rising temperature and decline in rainfall during the past few years have shown variations in several crop yields. Be it vegetables, grains or fruits, there has been a significant shift in the production due to global warming. While researchers have studied the impact of global