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Friday, August 22, 2025
TopicClimate change

Topic: Climate change

Greta Thunberg is done with making friends

Greta Thunberg had two choices — being a celebrity and making speeches or opting for increasingly radical rhetoric that will put her outside the mainstream.

The new ‘father of India’ & the difference between Greta Thunberg & Donald Trump

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Climate change threatening global financial stability is a wake-up call for central banks

From disruption to supply routes due to higher temperatures to rising sea levels, drought & land degradation increasing migration, extreme weather is causing economic shocks.

Don’t bet on the UN to fix climate change – it’s failed for 30 years

At the UN climate summit, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg told leaders 'we are watching you'. But getting 197 nations to agree on anything is a fool’s errand.   

India could soon have ‘water refugees’ migrating to other countries

'Waterman' Rajendra Singh, who won the Magsaysay award for his work in water management, says 72% of India's underground aquifers have dried up.

How oceans have helped us avoid the worst of climate change

CO2 levels in Earth’s atmosphere breached an ominous landmark in 2013, but it didn’t have the expected impact. 

Adapting to climate change now will come at a heavy cost

Humans must pay to end the burning of fossil fuels, but they must also pay to change how they live, invest & build in a climate-changed world.

At UN meet, PM Modi sets target of restoring 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030

At the end of this meet, participant nations are expected to announce the Delhi Declaration that will represent a global resolve to fight climate change.

Celebrity endorsements aren’t enough to make vacationing eco-friendly

All in, tourism’s contribution to man-made emissions could be as much as 8 per cent of the total, and is giving the hotel industry a bad name.

Surviving climate change, these super corals can handle acid, heat and suffocation

Finding out how these “super corals” can live in extreme environments may help us unlock the secret of coral resilience.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

INS Udaygiri, Himgiri: The significance of made-in-India stealth frigates to enter service together

Equipped with advanced weapons, sensors & 75% local content, the frigates will strengthen Navy’s Eastern Fleet & augment counter piracy and coercion efforts.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?