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If every individual in India refrained from ironing for a day, it would result in a saving of 250 million units of electricity, equivalent to preventing 250 million kilograms of CO2 emissions.

How non-ironed clothing is a game-changer for climate action

If every individual in India refrained from ironing for a day, it would result in a saving of 250 million units of electricity, equivalent to preventing 250 million kilograms of CO2 emissions.

As part of its Climate Action series, the Energy Swaraj Foundation has launched the "Wah - Wrinkles Achhe Hai!" campaign. This initiative aims to tackle the issues posed by climate change and work towards minimizing carbon emissions. By adopting easy practices like wearing unironed clothes, one can help build a greener and more sustainable tomorrow.
<h3>How wearing non-ironed clothes can help fight climate crises&nbsp;</h3>
The remarkable aspect of this unironed cotton kurta lies in its potential to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 200 grams per garment. In the context of climate change, this could mean cutting back on consumption, conserving resources, or allowing nature to thrive without human intervention.
An average electric clothes iron typically consumes between 500-2000 watts. For instance, a 2000-watt iron used for 15 minutes daily amounts to 0.5 kWh of daily usage, totaling 15 kWh per month. When we factor in the ironing time for pairs of clothes (5-7 minutes per piece), one person's ironing in a day can contribute up to 200 grams of CO2. When scaled up to a national level, this results in an astonishing 250 million grams (or 250,000 kg) of CO2 emissions every day.
By choosing to skip ironing for a day, every individual in India could collectively save 250 million units of electricity, equivalent to preventing 250 million kilograms of CO2 emissions. This underscores how small collective actions can yield a substantial environmental impact.
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According to the study, if there is an annual increase of 1 degree Celsius or higher in global temperatures due to climate change, the heat will escalate to a point that exceeds human capacity to endure.

Climate crisis: 2.2 Billion people in India and Pakistan to face deadly heatwaves, study warns

According to the study, if there is an annual increase of 1 degree Celsius or higher in global temperatures due to climate change, the heat will escalate to a point that exceeds human capacity to endure.

A recent study featured in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) delivers concerning insights on climate change. It indicates that by the close of this century, due to the effects of climate change, approximately 2.2 billion individuals residing in the Indus Valley of India and Pakistan may confront extreme heat conditions surpassing human endurance thresholds.
This research underscores that any elevation in global temperatures exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels will lead to profoundly adverse impacts on human health worldwide.
The human body has a limited capacity to withstand specific combinations of heat and humidity, making individuals susceptible to severe heat-related health issues such as heatstroke or cardiac events.
The researchers also noted that these regions are predominantly in lower-to-middle-income countries, meaning that many of the affected individuals may lack access to amenities like air conditioning or effective means to alleviate the detrimental health effects of extreme heat.
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With half of the earth's huge lakes and reservoirs drying up at a fast pace, it is time for us to listen to nature's warning. 

Study emphasises on water crisis as half of the world's lakes and reservoirs shrink

With half of the earth's huge lakes and reservoirs drying up at a fast pace, it is time for us to listen to nature's warning.&nbsp;

Climate change is one of the major concerns of the world and water crisis caused due to it is crying out for our attention. A recent report throws light on the same. &nbsp;
According to it, more than half of the world&rsquo;s large lakes and reservoirs have dried up since the early 1990s, causing serious concerns about loss of water in the world for agriculture, hydropower and other human uses.&nbsp;
The study was published in the journal Science which stated that lakes, like the Aral Sea in Central Asia and the Dead Sea in the Middle East, are shrinking gradually due to rising temperatures, increasing the danger of water loss to the environment.&nbsp;
The report which was based on satellite image data collected between 1992 and 2020, also stated that Natural lakes and dams which store about 87 percent of the Earth&rsquo;s freshwater, are just 3 percent of the planet&rsquo;s surface.&nbsp;
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Researchers looked at around 2,000 large lakes using satellite models and discovered that unsustainable human use, changes in weather conditions, deforestation, sedimentation, and lesser rainfall have caused lake levels to go down globally, with 53 percent of lakes showing a significant decline from 1992 to 2020.
Spain recently reported some reservoirs to have gone 26 percent full after months of drought, as compared to 58 percent full in 2022.&nbsp;
Experts have already warned of the catastrophe that might come upon us due to climate change and the rising temperature year by year. According to them, the earth is currently heating up at a rate of approximately 1.1 degrees Celsius (1.9F) and action must be taken before it reaches beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 F).
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As the global temperature has increased in recent years, pollen allergy season has grown more intense and will continue to do so according to research. 

Allergy season came earlier this year, thanks to climate change

As the global temperature has increased in recent years, pollen allergy season has grown more intense and will continue to do so according to research.&nbsp;

A study published in Nature Communications found that pollen allergy season could start up to 40 days earlier and last 19 days longer by the year 2100 due to climate change.
The rising global temperatures are responsible for seasonal allergies causing trees, weeds and grasses to go through early pollination. The study also states that annual pollen emissions will increase by 40% due to weather changes but will drastically rise to 250% if carbon dioxide and other harmful gases from ignition of coal, gasoline and natural gases are continued to be produced at current rates.
A recent report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration noted that countries globally experienced record-breaking warm temperatures last month as the average temperatures rose 2.7 degrees above the 20th-century standard.
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Maldives to build one of the world's first floating cities in response to climate change.

Maldives to build a floating city to tackle climate crisis, deets inside!

Maldives to build one of the world's first floating cities in response to climate change.

A Dutch multinational firm is all set to build a floating city in the Maldives. The city will be located just 10 minutes away from the capital, Mal&eacute;.
The Maldives floating city will be able to accommodate 20,000 people and residents will be allowed to shift to the completed sections by early 2024. &nbsp; As per reports, the city will hosts houses, shops and schools. And the price for a studio apartment in the luxurious floating city will be between USD 150,000 to USD 250,000 for a family home.
The city is being built to tackle the effects of climate crises and rising sea levels. Most of the islands of Maldives are less than one metre from sea level and they are expected to be under the water soon.&nbsp;
However, a floating city can manage to stay unaffected as it will rise with the rising water level.
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The report also highlighted reindeers among the severely threatened species by the cascading impacts of climate change.

Emperor penguins at risk of extinction due to climate change

The report also highlighted reindeers among the severely threatened species by the cascading impacts of climate change.

Emperor penguins are at the risk of extinction due to climate crisis, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The wildlife foundation said in a recent report that 80 per cent to 100 per cent of emperor penguin colonies may disappear owing to climate crisis by 2100.
The report also highlighted raindeers among the severly threatened species by the cascading impacts of climate change.
Currently, more than 42,100 animal and plants species are categorised as endengered in the world which is over 30 per cent of all species found on the planet.&nbsp;
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India hopes for fair negotiations as 'Loss and Damage Funding' gets included in the main agenda of COP27 for the first time
 

Explained: 'Loss and Damage funding' at COP27

India hopes for fair negotiations as 'Loss and Damage Funding' gets included in the main agenda of COP27 for the first time

India hopes for fair negotiations as 'Loss and Damage Funding' gets included in the main agenda of COP27 for the first time
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&nbsp;The United Nations&rsquo; climate change summit opened in Egypt on Sunday with the inclusion of &lsquo;loss and damage&rsquo; finance in the official agenda and India hoping that fair negotiations on it would follow.
Loss and damage is a term used to refer to the consequences of climate change that go beyond what people can adapt to, or when options exist but a community doesn&rsquo;t have the resources to access or utilise them.
Financing or a new fund for addressing loss and damage &ndash; for example money needed for relocating people displaced by floods &ndash; has been a long-pending demand of poor and developing countries, including India. But rich countries have avoided discussions on it for over a decade.
&ldquo;With the inclusion of this agenda item, India will be engaging constructively and actively on the subject during the course of discussions at COP27 and hoping that fair negotiations on loss and damage follow,&rdquo; read a blog post written by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
&ldquo;India welcomes adoption of agenda item &lsquo;Loss and Damage&rsquo; at COP27,&rdquo; the minister said.
The 27th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP) to UNFCCC will also see the country seeking clarity on the definition of climate finance.
At the talks, India will also emphasise that it is one of the few countries which has met the 2015 climate goals set in Paris, and stress on climate justice and sustainable lifestyles through Prime Minister Narendra Modi&rsquo;s &lsquo;LiFE movement&rsquo; which stands for &ldquo;Lifestyle for Environment&rdquo;. LiFE stands for &ldquo;Lifestyle for Environment&rdquo;, a pro-people and pro-planet effort that seeks to shift the world from mindless and wasteful consumption to mindful and deliberate utilization of natural resources.
Yadav said India believes that climate action starts at the individual level and that PM Modi through the &ldquo;LiFE movement&rdquo; has provided a simple solution to the complex problem of climate change.
Yadav inaugurated the India Pavilion at the 27th Session of COP of the UNFCCC in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Sunday. COP27 is scheduled to run from November 6 to 18.
At this year&rsquo;s conference, developed countries are expected to push developing nations to further intensify their climate plans.
On the other hand, the developing countries would seek commitment to finance and technology needed to address climate change and resulting disasters.
The UN climate summit this year is being held in the shadow of the Russian aggression in Ukraine and the related energy crisis which has strained the capabilities of countries to urgently tackle climate change.
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COP27 opens with inclusion of 'loss and damage' in agenda

In a first, COP27 opens with inclusion of 'loss and damage' in agenda

"India welcomes adoption of agenda item 'Loss and Damage' at COP27," the minister said.

The United Nations' climate change summit opened in Egypt on Sunday with the inclusion of 'loss and damage' finance in the official agenda and India hoping that fair negotiations on it would follow.
Loss and damage is a term used to refer to the consequences of climate change that go beyond what people can adapt to, or when options exist but a community doesn't have the resources to access or utilise them. &nbsp;Financing or a new fund for addressing loss and damage -- for example money needed for relocating people displaced by floods -- has been a long-pending demand of poor and developing countries, including India. But rich countries have avoided discussions on it for over a decade.
"With the inclusion of this agenda item, India will be engaging constructively and actively on the subject during the course of discussions at COP27 and hoping that fair negotiations on loss and damage follow," read a blog post written by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.
"India welcomes adoption of agenda item 'Loss and Damage' at COP27," the minister said.
He said financial mechanisms under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, such as Global Environment Facility, Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund, are under-funded and are not able to mobilise or deliver funds for loss and damage due to climate change.
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Activists glue themselves to museum display

WATCH: Germany activists glue themselves to 'dinosaurs' to condemn climate crisis

The women used superglue to attach themselves to poles holding up the skeleton of a large four-legged dinosaur that lived tens of millions of years ago.

The women used superglue to attach themselves to poles holding up the skeleton of a large four-legged dinosaur that lived tens of millions of years ago.

Two environmental activists glued themselves to a dinosaur display at Berlin's Natural History Museum on October 30 to protest what they said was the German government's failure to properly address the threat of climate change.
The women used superglue to attach themselves to poles holding up the skeleton of a large four-legged dinosaur that lived tens of millions of years ago.
Activist Solvig Schinkoethe, who took part in the demonstration, said that as a mother of four she feared the consequences of the climate crisis.
The museum didn't immediately comment on the protest.
The activists were part of the group Uprising of the Last Generation, which has staged numerous demonstrations in recent months, including blocking streets and throwing mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting.
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As the storm hit the Kusiong province causing panic among the villagers and so, villagers fled in the wrong direction and got buried in a boulder-laden mudslide triggered by the storm.

 Decade long disaster-preparedness drills couldn't save Kusiong natives

As the storm hit the Kusiong province causing panic among the villagers and so, villagers fled in the wrong direction. The boulder-laden mudslide, triggered by the storm buried many families.

Nearly 100 people have died in one of the most destructive storms to lash the Philippines this year with dozens more feared missing after villagers fled in the wrong direction and got buried in a boulder-laden mud slide, while more than a million others were swamped by floodwater in several provinces, officials said Monday.
At least 53 of 98 people who died &mdash; mostly in flooding and landslides &mdash; were from Maguindanao in the Bangsamoro autonomous region, which was swamped by unusually heavy rains set off by Tropical Storm Nalgae.
The storm blew out of the country and into the South China Sea on Sunday, leaving a trail of destruction in a large swath of the archipelago.
A large contingent of rescuers with bulldozers and backhoes resumed retrieval work in southern Kusiong village in the hard-hit province of Maguindanao, where as many as 80 to 100 people, including entire families, are feared to have been buried by a boulder-laden mudslide or swept away by flash floods that started overnight on Thursday, said Naguib Sinarimbo, the interior minister for a Muslim autonomous region run by former separatist guerrillas under a peace pact.
The government's main disaster-response agency also reported 69 people were injured in the onslaught and at least 63 others remain missing.
More than 1 million people were lashed by the storm, including more than 912,000 villagers who fled to evacuation centres or homes of relatives.
More than 4,100 houses and 16,260 hectares (40,180 acres) of rice and other crops were damaged by floodwaters at a time when the country was bracing for a looming food crisis because of global supply disruptions, officials said.
Sinarimbo said the official tally of missing people did not include most of those feared missing in the huge mud slide that hit Kusiong because entire families may have been buried and no member was left to provide names and details to authorities.
The catastrophe in Kusiong, populated mostly by the Teduray ethnic minority group, was particularly tragic because its more than 2,000 villagers have carried out disaster-preparedness drills every year for decades to brace for a tsunami because of a deadly history.
But they were not as prepared for the dangers that could come from Mount Minandar, where their village lies at the foothills, Sinarimbo said.
&ldquo;When the people heard the warning bells, they ran up and gathered in a church on a high ground,&rdquo; Sinarimbo told The Associated Press on Saturday, citing accounts by Kusiong villagers.
&ldquo;The problem was, it was not a tsunami that inundated them but a big volume of water and mud that came down from the mountain,&rdquo; he said.
In August 1976, an 8.1-magnitude earthquake and a tsunami in the Moro Gulf that struck around midnight left thousands of people dead and devastated coastal provinces in one of the deadliest natural disasters in Philippine history.
Lying between the Moro Gulf and 446-metre (1,464-foot) Mount Minandar, Kusiong was among the hardest hit by the 1976 catastrophe.
The village never forgot the tragedy. Elderly villagers who survived the tsunami and powerful earthquake passed on the nightmarish story to their children, warning them to be prepared.
&ldquo;Every year, they hold drills to brace for a tsunami. Somebody was assigned to bang the alarm bells and they designated high grounds where people should run to,&rdquo; Sinarimbo said. &ldquo;Villagers were even taught the sound of an approaching big wave based on the recollection of the tsunami survivors.&rdquo; &ldquo;But there wasn't as much focus on the geo-hazards on the mountainside,&rdquo; he said.
Bulldozers, backhoes and payloaders were brought to Kusiong on Saturday with more than 100 rescuers from the army, police and volunteers from other provinces, but they were unable to dig at a spot where survivors said the church lay underneath because the muddy mound was still dangerously soft, officials said.
The stormy weather in a large swath of the country hindered transportation as millions of Filipinos planned to travel over a long weekend for visits to relatives' tombs and for family reunions on All Saints' Day in the largely Roman Catholic nation.
Nearly 200 domestic and international flights were cancelled, Manila's international airport was briefly closed amid stormy weather and voyages in storm-whipped seas were prohibited by the coast guard, stranding thousands of passengers.
Floodwaters swamped many provinces and cities, trapping some people on their roofs. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr expressed disappointment over the high casualty toll in a televised meeting Saturday with disaster-mitigation officials.
&ldquo;We should have done better,&rdquo; Marcos Jr. said. &ldquo;We were not able to anticipate that the volume of water will be that much so we were not able to warn the people and then to evacuate them out of the way of the incoming flash floods.&rdquo; About 20 typhoons and storms batter the Philippine archipelago each year. It is located on the Pacific &ldquo;Ring of Fire,&rdquo; a region along most of the Pacific Ocean rim where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur, making the nation one of the world's most disaster-prone.

Scientists have discovered a large hole in ozone gas layer that can lead to skin cancer and other conditions. 

Scientists discover another hole in the ozone layer - it's 7 times bigger

Scientists have discovered a large hole in ozone gas layer that can lead to skin cancer and other conditions.&nbsp;

Scientists have found a new hole in the Earth&rsquo;s ozone gas layer that can lead to skin cancer and other conditions. As per researchers, the existence of the tropical ozone hole may cause great global concern.
As reported in the AIP Advances journal, the hole is located in the lower stratosphere and is seven times bigger than the one over Antarctica. It is believed to have been present since the 1980s, with models only recently being able to confirm its existence.
The ozone gas layer envelops the Earth and protects it from the Sun's harmful ultraviolet rays. The depletion of the ozone gas is caused by global climate change and can lead to skin cancer and cataracts in humans as well as weaken immune systems. It can also decrease agricultural productivity and negatively affect aquatic organisms and ecosystems.&nbsp;
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COP27: Rishi Sunak to skip UN's major conference on climate change

The Prime Minister's office said Sunak's absence does not reflect a downgrade in the Conservative government's commitment to combating climate change.

) British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not attend a major United Nations climate conference next month, the government said Thursday.
Sunak's office said the decision was made because of &ldquo;pressing domestic commitments&rdquo; including preparations for an emergency budget on Nov. 17 and does not reflect a downgrade in the Conservative government's commitment to combating climate change. Other senior UK government ministers are expected to attend.
Sunak took office on Tuesday, replacing Liz Truss, who stepped down after a seven-week term in which her tax-cutting plans sparked economic and political mayhem.
Officials from almost 200 countries are due to gather in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, starting Nov. 6 to discuss how to tackle global warming at the conference known as COP27. Britain hosted last year's COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland, which was attended by then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
A Sunak spokeswoman said Britain remained committed to reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, &ldquo;and to leading international and domestic action to tackle climate change.&rdquo; Opposition Labour Party spokesman Ed Miliband said Sunak had made &ldquo;a terrible decision.&rdquo; &ldquo;These summits matter,&rdquo; he told the BBC. &ldquo;They are forcing mechanisms for action on the biggest issue we face as a world.&rdquo;

Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever - and 2022 was their worst summer yet

Finally, after what was arguably the worst summer on record for glaciers, snow has begun to fall in the European Alps. It is much needed. This year Switzerland’s glaciers have lost an average of 6.2 per cent of their ice – extreme indeed.

Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever - and 2022 was their worst summer yet

From The Conversation: Finally, after what was arguably the worst summer on record for glaciers, snow has begun to fall in the European Alps. It is much needed.
This year Switzerland&rsquo;s glaciers have lost an average of 6.2 per cent of their ice &ndash; extreme indeed.
The new flurries of snow will form a protective blanket to shield and reflect 90% of the sun&rsquo;s radiation back into the atmosphere and limits the warming and melting of the ice beneath.
When snow falls over the winter, and then subsequently doesn&rsquo;t melt over the summer, it adds to the mass of a glacier. Over a few similar years, gravity would take over and glaciers would start to advance downhill.
However over the past century, that has not been the case. The protective layers of snow have not been thick enough to offset the warming summer temperatures and on average glaciers around the world have been wasting away since the end of the little ice age in the mid-late 1800s.
Saharan sand and a huge heatwave Back to this summer. Across the Alps, the preceding winter had very limited snowfall and therefore glaciers were not well insulated against the forthcoming summer melt season.
Spring was particularly harsh as natural atmospheric weather patterns carried Saharan dust to Europe and blanketed the Alpine landscape. Since dust absorbs more solar energy than snow (which is white and therefore more reflective), the now orange-tinted snow melted faster than ever.
Then a major heatwave saw temperature records smashed across Europe, with parts of the UK reaching 40&deg;C for the first time. The Alps were not spared. For instance Zermatt, a famous car-free Swiss village in the shadow of the Matterhorn, recorded temperatures up to 33&deg;C despite being 1,620 meters above sea level.
Glaciers in particular took a beating. By July, the Alps looked like they normally look in September: snow free, with snow and ice-fed rivers flowing at their peak. This was not normal.
The last time glaciers had an extreme melt season was in 2003 when, again, temperatures were very high across Europe, and a heatwave killed at least 30,000 people (more than 14,000 in France alone). That calendar year, 3.8% of glacier ice melted across Switzerland.
This year, for the first time ever, Zermatt closed its summer skiing. Guides stopped leading high mountain expeditions as permafrost &ndash; the frozen ground that binds rocks together &ndash; was thawing and causing almost constant rockfalls. Mont Blanc was closed.
50 years of data We are able to put this in historical context thanks in part to work by the charitable organisation Alpine Glacier Project which was established in 1972 and, along with the University of Salford where I work, has led scientific expeditions to glaciers near Zermatt every summer for 50 years.
Scores of students have helped to observe the effect of our warming climate through chemically monitoring changes in meltwater, topographically surveying the landscape and by taking photos from the same position over the years. Over the project&rsquo;s five decades, Gorner Glacier and Findel Glacier have retreated 1,385 metres and 1,655 metres respectively.
In Switzerland these glacial meltwaters are used for hydropower. In fact, water falling on 93% of Switzerland ultimately passes through at least one electric power plant before even leaving the country. So one consequence is that melting glaciers help to compensate for low rainfall in times of drought, filling reservoirs to supply the nations energy supply.
You could argue that not all glaciers were equally affected by this summer&rsquo;s catastrophic retreat and ice loss. In part, this is true. The extent to which a glacier has melted does depend on the altitude at which it is located, how steep the glacier tongue is, and how heavily it is covered with debris. There may too be localised climate factors.
However, research just published has shown that Austrian glaciers have also lost more glacial ice in 2022 than they have in 70 years of observations and therefore it is quite clear that severe melt has been the norm in 2022.
Visiting and viewing the geography of high mountain environments is a breathtaking experience, but my fear is that the continued ice melt and extreme temperatures seen this year are not an anomaly. Many more glaciers could be lost entirely within a generation.

Youth activists staged a coordinated "global climate strike" on Friday to highlight their fears about the effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by wild weather.
Protesters took to the streets in Berlin carrying banners and posters with slogans such as "Our future hangs by a thread" and "It's not too late."
The demonstrations were organized worldwide by the Fridays for Future youth movement that took its cue from activist Greta Thunberg, who began protesting alone outside the Swedish parliament in 2018.
Thousands of people attended the rally in Berlin, which featured calls for the German government to establish a 100-billion-euro fund for tackling climate change.
"We're striking all over the world because the governments in charge are still doing too little for climate justice," said Darya Sotoodeh, a spokesperson for the group's chapter in Germany.
"People all over the world are suffering from this crisis and it's going to get worse if we don't act on time," she said.
The protests are taking place against the backdrop of warnings from scientists that countries aren't doing enough to meet the 2015 Paris climate accord's top-line target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) this century compared to preindustrial times.

Watch: youth activists stage global climate strike in Berlin

Thousands of people attended the rally in Berlin, which featured calls for the German government to establish a 100-billion-euro fund for tackling climate change.

Youth activists staged a coordinated "global climate strike" on Friday to highlight their fears about the effects of global warming and demand more aid for poor countries hit by wild weather.
Protesters took to the streets in Berlin carrying banners and posters with slogans such as "Our future hangs by a thread" and "It's not too late."
The demonstrations were organized worldwide by the Fridays for Future youth movement that took its cue from activist Greta Thunberg, who began protesting alone outside the Swedish parliament in 2018.
Thousands of people attended the rally in Berlin, which featured calls for the German government to establish a 100-billion-euro fund for tackling climate change.
"We're striking all over the world because the governments in charge are still doing too little for climate justice," said Darya Sotoodeh, a spokesperson for the group's chapter in Germany.
"People all over the world are suffering from this crisis and it's going to get worse if we don't act on time," she said.
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The protests are taking place against the backdrop of warnings from scientists that countries aren't doing enough to meet the 2015 Paris climate accord's top-line target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) this century compared to preindustrial times.

UN Security General Antonio Gueterres on Tuesday raised concerns over a waging climate crisis calling it another battle after the ongoing war in Ukraine.
He said the  climate crisis is the defining issue of our times, and  nations must end the suicidal war against nature.
Speaking at the opening of the General Assembly's annual high-level meeting,, the UN chief assessed that  "nations are gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction" and aren't ready or willing to tackle the challenges that threaten humanity's future — and the planet's.
Besides climate emeregency, Gueterres also cited the war in Ukraine, multiple conflicts around the world and the dire financial situation of developing countries.On climate change, Guterres said the climate crisis is a case study in moral and economic injustice and the world must end “our suicidal war against nature”.
“The climate crisis is the defining issue of our time. It must be the first priority of every government and multilateral organisation. And yet climate action is being put on the back burner - despite overwhelming public support around the world,” he said.
The G20 emits 80 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions. But the poorest and most vulnerable - those who contributed least to this crisis - are bearing its most brutal impacts, the UN chief said.
His concerns over climate change have emerged after his recent visit to flood-affected Pakistan, which has blamed the first-world nations for the spirallin weather disasters. The nation also sought compensation from the developed world owing to their contribution to green house gases' emissions.
(With inputs from AP and PTI)

UN chief raps fossil fuel firms for climate emergency; seeks accountability from G-20

UN chief assessed that  "nations are gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction" and aren't ready or willing to tackle the challenges that threaten humanity's future — and the planet's.

UN chief raps 'fossil fuel firms for climate emergency; seeks accountability from G-20

UN chief assessed that "nations are gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction" and aren't ready or willing to tackle the challenges that threaten humanity's future &mdash; and the planet's.

UN Secretary General Antonio Gueterres on Tuesday raised concerns over a waging climate emergency calling it another battle after the ongoing war in Ukraine.
He said the climate crisis is the defining issue of our times, and &nbsp;nations must end the suicidal war against nature.
Speaking at the opening of the General Assembly's annual high-level meeting, the UN chief assessed that &nbsp;"nations are gridlocked in colossal global dysfunction" and aren't ready or willing to tackle the challenges that threaten humanity's future &mdash; and the planet's.
Guterres also pointed that climate change is a case study in moral and economic injustice as he urged nations to priortize it.
&ldquo;The climate crisis is the defining issue of our time. It must be the first priority of every government and multilateral organisation. And yet climate action is being put on the back burner - despite overwhelming public support around the world,&rdquo; he said.
The G20 emits 80 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions. But the poorest and most vulnerable - those who contributed least to this crisis - are bearing its most brutal impacts, the UN chief said.
His concerns over climate change have emerged after his recent visit to the flood-affected Pakistan, which has blamed the first-world nations for the spiralling weather disasters. The nation also sought compensation from the developed world owing to their contribution to green house gases' emissions.
Besides climate emergency, Gueterres also cited the war in Ukraine, multiple conflicts around the world and the dire financial situation of developing countries.
(With inputs from AP and PTI)
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Italian environmental activists glued their hands Friday to the glass protecting Sandro Botticelli's painting "Spring" in the Uffizi Galleries in Florence.
The museum said thanks to the glass, which was installed as a precaution several years ago, the masterpiece was unharmed.
Paired with the Florentine artist's other masterpiece, "Birth of Venus," the two iconic canvases, dating from the late 15th century, are among the museum's most popular artworks.
The painting is large, standing 10 feet, 6 inches by 6 feet, 9 inches (319 cm by 207 cm).
Carabinieri police said two young women and a man, all Italians who had bought entrance tickets, staged the protest in the Uffizi's room dedicated to the painter.
The activists sat on the floor and displayed a banner reading, "Last Generation No Gas No Coal."
The glue was safely removed from the glass.
The protesters were taken to a police station in Florence.
Italian media said the activists were issued official orders to stay out of the tourist-popular city for three years, using a strategy in Italy similar to that often applied to violent soccer fans.

Video: climate activists glue hands to Sandro Botticelli's 15th century masterpiece

&nbsp;The activists sat on the floor and displayed a banner reading, "Last Generation No Gas No Coal."

Italian environmental activists glued their hands Friday to the glass protecting Sandro Botticelli's painting "Spring" in the Uffizi Galleries in Florence.
The museum said thanks to the glass, which was installed as a precaution several years ago, the masterpiece was unharmed.
Paired with the Florentine artist's other masterpiece, "Birth of Venus," the two iconic canvases, dating from the late 15th century, are among the museum's most popular artworks.
The painting is large, standing 10 feet, 6 inches by 6 feet, 9 inches (319 cm by 207 cm).
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Carabinieri police said two young women and a man, all Italians who had bought entrance tickets, staged the protest in the Uffizi's room dedicated to the painter.
The activists sat on the floor and displayed a banner reading, "Last Generation No Gas No Coal."
The glue was safely removed from the glass.
The protesters were taken to a police station in Florence.
Italian media said the activists were issued official orders to stay out of the tourist-popular city for three years, using a strategy in Italy similar to that often applied to violent soccer fans.

The Great Salt Lake has hit a new historic low for the second time in less than a year as the ongoing megadrought worsened by climate change continues to shrink the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi.
Utah Department of Natural Resources said Monday in a news release the Great Salt Lake dipped Sunday to 4,190.1 feet (1,277.1 meters). That is lower than the previous historic low set in October, which at the time matched a 170-year record low.
Lake levels are expected to keep dropping until fall or winter, the agency said.
Dwindling water levels at the giant lake just west of Salt Lake City puts millions of migrating birds at risk and threatens a lake-based economy that's worth an estimated $1.3 billion in mineral extraction, brine shrimp and recreation. The expanding amount of dry lakebed could also send arsenic-laced dust into the air that millions breathe, scientists say.
The state's Republican-led Legislature is trying to find ways to reverse the trend, but it won't be easy. Water has been diverted away from the lake for years for homes and crops in the nation's fastest-growing state that is also one of the driest.
 

US megadrought: Great Salt Lake hits new historic low water level

The state's Republican-led Legislature is trying to find ways to reverse the trend, but it won't be easy.

The Great Salt Lake has hit a new historic low for the second time in less than a year as the ongoing megadrought worsened by climate change continues to shrink the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi.
Utah Department of Natural Resources said Monday in a news release the Great Salt Lake dipped Sunday to 4,190.1 feet (1,277.1 meters). That is lower than the previous historic low set in October, which at the time matched a 170-year record low.
Lake levels are expected to keep dropping until fall or winter, the agency said.
Dwindling water levels at the giant lake just west of Salt Lake City puts millions of migrating birds at risk and threatens a lake-based economy that's worth an estimated $1.3 billion in mineral extraction, brine shrimp and recreation. The expanding amount of dry lakebed could also send arsenic-laced dust into the air that millions breathe, scientists say.
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'Blockade Australia' protesters disrupted morning traffic in Sydney on Monday morning for over an hour.
According to local police, 10 people were arrested.
In a written statement, they said that one protester blocked city bound lanes of a Sydney Harbour tunnel with her car and chained herself by the neck to the car's steering wheel.
The protester's car was removed by police.
About 50 protesters marched through some of the streets in the city centre to disrupt traffic.
Blockade Australia says it's trying to raise awareness about climate change and calling for further action by leaders.

On camera: climate protesters disrupt traffic in Sydney

About 50 protesters marched through some of the streets in the city centre to disrupt traffic.

'Blockade Australia' protesters disrupted morning traffic in Sydney on Monday morning for over an hour.
According to local police, 10 people were arrested.
In a written statement, they said that one protester blocked city bound lanes of a Sydney Harbour tunnel with her car and chained herself by the neck to the car's steering wheel.
The protester's car was removed by police.
About 50 protesters marched through some of the streets in the city centre to disrupt traffic.
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Blockade Australia says it's trying to raise awareness about climate change and calling for further action by leaders.

In a bid to tackle one of the country's biggest sources of greenhouse gases, the New Zealand government has unveiled a plan to tax sheep and cattle burps. The move will make the island nation the first country to charge farmers for the methane emissions from the animals they keep. New Zealand is home to just over five million people, along with around 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep. Almost half the country's total greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, mainly methane. Under the proposal farmers will have to pay for their gas emissions from 2025. The plan also includes incentives for farmers who reduce emissions through feed additives, while planting trees on farms could be used to offset emissions. 

Bid to combat climate change: New Zealand plans to tax cow and sheep burps

New Zealand is home to just over five million people, along with around 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep.&nbsp;

In a bid to tackle one of the country's biggest sources of greenhouse gases, the New Zealand government has unveiled a plan to tax sheep and cattle burps.&nbsp; The move will make the island nation the first country to charge farmers for the methane emissions from the animals they keep.&nbsp; New Zealand is home to just over five million people, along with around 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep.&nbsp; Almost half the country's total greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, mainly methane.&nbsp;
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A new UN report on Climate Change has warned of grave, wide-ranging and in some cases "irreversible" impacts.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report released on Monday warned that the world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades with global warming of 1.5°C.
The UN report has noted that human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions around the world.
This critically important UN report has been authored by 270 scientists from 67 countries and has been approved by 195 governments. It has stated that worsening climate impacts are wreaking havoc in every part of the world and are affecting every living thing on the planet – humans, animals, plants, entire ecosystems.
The report sounded a strong warning that much bolder action is needed immediately to cut greenhouse gas emissions as well as to adapt to the increasing climate impacts and protect the most vulnerable.

Climate change: Some impacts 'irreversible', 3 billion people at risk, warns UN report

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UN report on climate change: "Some impact is irreversible"
Warns of multiple climate hazards over the next 2 decades
Human-induced climate change affecting billions globally
"Worsening climate impacts wreaking havoc on all living beings"
"Bolder action needed immediately to cut greenhouse gas emissions"

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report warned that the world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades with global warming of 1.5&deg;C

A new UN report on Climate Change has warned of grave, wide-ranging and in some cases "irreversible" impacts.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report released on Monday warned that the world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades with global warming of 1.5&deg;C.
The UN report has noted that human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions around the world.
This critically important UN report has been authored by 270 scientists from 67 countries and has been approved by 195 governments. It has stated that worsening climate impacts are wreaking havoc in every part of the world and are affecting every living thing on the planet &ndash; humans, animals, plants, entire ecosystems.
The report sounded a strong warning that much bolder action is needed immediately to cut greenhouse gas emissions as well as to adapt to the increasing climate impacts and protect the most vulnerable.

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