They were protesting against their government’s lacklustre response to climate change. It specifically refers to the dangers of global warming and the impending disasters associated with climate change. As for the threat of climate change, these leaders deny it and blame activist scientists for creating and spreading a myth. Concept formationWhy people think that climate change is a myth is easy to explain. It is intellectually challenging for many people to reconcile this notion of climate with the idea of climate change that the UN is using to warn people against terrible environmental disasters.

Source: The Hindu December 12, 2018 18:22 UTC