India, Sept. 30 -- Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate change activist from Sweden, sailed for 13 days and 18 hours across the Atlantic Ocean on a sailboat powered by wind and solar energy to reach the United Nations Climate Summit in New York. She declined to fly because of the levels of carbon emissions during air travel. On the other extreme is the US President, Donald Trump, who takes a dig at the warriors of climate change saying he does not believe in reports that global warming would wreak havoc. His administration continues to pursue a pro-fossil fuel agenda. Both are extreme positions. A more feasible path lies somewhere in the middle.
One cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that oceans are under severe strain from climate change ...