2010-2019: Ten years of heartbreak and hope, in photos
Years from now, this period will be remembered as a time when our advancements—fuelled by accelerated trends in consumerism and technology—were countered by an increasing concern for our degrading planet brought about by the consequences of these very advancements
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
2019
In one of the largest climate mobilisations in history, an international protest by young people and adults addressed the climate crisis and demanded action just before the UN Climate Summit was held in September in New York. Later, 500,000 people marched in a protest led by activist Greta Thunberg and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal. In its fi rst report since 2005, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) warned that biodiversity loss is “unprecedented”, with over a million species now threatened with extinction, largely as a result of human actions.
