Delegates from 178 nations spent the week narrowing down options for a rule book for the Paris accord
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
If emissions continue at the current rate, then the earth is headed for a 3 deg Celsius temperature rise
Among the 46 cities at risk due to sea level rise, two are Indian cities of Mumbai and Kolkata, which may experience severe and frequent floods
Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish school girl who is rocking the world with her protest against inaction on climate change
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
"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
It was expected to be the biggest protest ever against the threat posed to the planet by climate change
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 was a warning shot that took time to echo in policy-making corridors
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
To me, the climate change problem will be addressed with much greater resolve as this younger generation participates in politics
Amazon will buy 100,000 electric vans from a start-up and invest $100 million to restore forests and wetlands.
Guterres said he was heartened by growing societal awareness, which meant that hope was not yet lost
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
Of the countries surveyed, India has the largest share of people who think human activity is mainly responsible for climate change
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
A lot of time has been lost, but it's still possible to overcome the crisis, Singh said
The study also found that a food's country of origin can have huge consequences for its climate impact
A survey was conducted by data analytics firm Kantar on 65,000 people in 24 countries in Europe, Latin America and Asia