The Buddhist leader praises Greta Thunberg and urges followers to act for the good of the planet in new book
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The Dalai Lama has made an appeal to the world to do more
to tackle the climate crisis in a new book published today.
The Buddhist leader, who has more than 500 million followers across the world, praised Greta Thunberg and other young climate strikers for leading the charge in calling for tougher measures to tackle global heating.
In his book, he also writes that “Buddha would be green” and he would “certainly be connected to the campaign to protect the environment”.
“Speaking for myself, I have no hesitation in supporting initiatives related to environmental protection, because threats to our environment imperil our very survival,” he writes.
“This beautiful blue planet is our only home. It provides a habitat for unique and [...]
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Climate change includes both the global warming driven by human emissions of greenhouse gases, and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns. Though there have been previous periods of climatic change, since the mid-20th century the rate of human impact on Earth's climate system and the
global scale of that impact have been unprecedented.