As it happened | Policy makers debate solutions at first WION Climate Summit
Minister of Road Transport and Highways of India Nitin Gadkari addresses WION's climate summit Photograph: (WION)
<p>Heat waves, droughts, dwindling water supplies, lower agricultural yields, health repercussions, flooding, and coastline erosion are only a few of the negative consequences of the world's current severe climate change. </p> <p> </p> <p>But there is still time to stop our planet from warming further. <strong>WION </strong>provides a platform to discuss the solutions. Let's talk about the biggest problem of our time.</p> <p> </p> <p>Join us to take advantage of the opportunity to respond to the climate emergency.</p> <p> </p> <p>Welcome to the <strong>WION summit titled 'Climate calling: The last chance to answer climate emergency' </strong>being held in Indian capital New Delhi on Tuesday, March 15.</p>Key Updates
15 Mar 2022, 4:19 PM (IST)
Session 1 | Road to change: Understanding climate change
Moderator: Palki Sharma Upadhyay, executive editor, WION
Guests: Dr. Divya Datt; programme management officer, UNEP, Ken O'Flaherty; UK's COP26 regional ambassador for Asia-Pacific and South Asia, Erik Solheim, former minister of international development, Norway
15 Mar 2022, 10:39 AM (IST)
15 Mar 2022, 10:35 AM (IST)
WION is at the frontline of unbiased coverage of the global climate crisis.
We show in this video how various countries experienced unprecedented wildfires.
The majority of the deaths were caused by the region's long period of high and often record-breaking heat, as well as the drought that accompanied it.
Watch | WION Climate Tracker: Wildfires across the world