This book attempts to address the movement of the Young Indians who want fight against the environment crisis facing the global world, who have ideas and solutions.

2. Indian Youth
and
Climate Change
Edited by
Vikram Aditya and Anugraha John

3. Published by
Global Citizens for Sustainable Development, Bangalore, India.
October, 2008
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4. CONTENT
Preface
Section I 1
- Youth Declaration
- Report of the Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change
- Summit Programme Schedule
- Profile of all Organizations/Sponsors/
Supporting Partners/Speakers/Youth Organizers of IYSoCC
- Participants List
Section II - Appendices
- Report of the workshop on ‘Intergenerational Partnerships
on Climate Change’
- Charter of Human Responsibilities
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6. Preface
The most recent assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
observed that changes in atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases and aerosols,
land cover and solar radiation alter the energy balance of the climate system, and
concluded that increases in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations are very likely
to have caused most of the increases in global average temperatures since the mid-20th
century. It is also an accepted fact today that human activities have increased the
concentration of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Climate change has emerged as the most threatening issue for the 21st century not just
for India but for the entire world. We shouldn’t be wasting any more time playing blame
games and pointing fingers at each other as to who is responsible for the present
circumstances. Developed and industrialized countries should henceforth responsibly
take the lead, towards mitigation and adaptation of the same and support the least
developed countries facing the brunt of global warming. It is high time that we reflect
and act in order to proceed with sustainable development process for a safer environment
and a better future.
I would’nt want to get into the debate as to whether India has or has not done much in
contributing to the global carbon emissions; but the fact that it now remains under the
scanner by both, the critics and the global citizens due to its current status of being
world’s fifth largest emitter of greenhouse gases. We have to seriously do something
about it.
India signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on
10th June 1992 and ratified the same on 1st November 1993. The Kyoto Protocol to the
UNFCCC was adopted in 1997 which was also ratified by India in August 2002. India is
now among the 185 countries that is committed to the Kyoto protocol.
India, the second largest population in the world is not far behind China to become the
number one and this could possibly happen by 2030 if the current trend continues. At
one end, India is still dealing with issues such as poverty, illiteracy and others and at the
other end to have global recognition, India’s development and economic growth has
become fundamental. There is a constant pressure for India by other competitive countries
like China, Philippines and others in Asia to not only maintain their present GDP but to
also increase it swiftly. In the next couple of decade, the transition from a developing
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7. country to a developed country with the increase in population will only demand greater
energy requirements for India. As it is today, most of India’s present energy demand is
met through burning of fossil fuels, most prominently coal. And nuclear energy is no
good too.
In India, the Ministry of Environment is the nodal agency since 1999 for climate change
related activities. The Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy was renamed as the Ministry
of New and Renewable Energy in 2006 which now has a target of 10% allotment of the
country’s energy requirements to be met by alternative energy by the year 2012.
With this background we realized that the role of young Indians (under the age of 35 -
almost 60% of the total population) is very vital. It is the youth of the country that will
bring innovative and creative ideas into the forefront for an alternative development
paradigm. The X-generation here in India is confident to bring the change they want to
see in India. With the exposure to vast knowledge and new technologies on their side
they have the ability to mobilize the Indian citizens for action.
In November 2007 at the fourth International Conference on Environmental Education
(ICEE) the youth at the workshop in order to fight climate change felt the need to sustain
the effort to integrate education into sustainable development. Participants acknowledged
the need to create convergence amongst networks especially youth network into an
Asian Citizens Alliance through steadfast and resolute action, in order to fight against
many challenges faced by this gigantic and most populous continent. For issues such as
climate change it was felt necessary to propagate the values and principles of sustainable
development.
Taking inspiration from this common aspiration, Vikram Aditya and myself (facilitators
for the Youth and ESD workshop) at ICEE as a follow up, coordinated and brought together
both youth and adults at a common platform in Bangalore, India for a workshop on
‘Intergenerational Partnerships for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation’, in April
2008. It was at this workshop, one of the participants, Kartikeya Singh introduced his
ideas and vision of the Indian Youth Climate Network. As joint-coordinators of the
workshop both Vikram and myself agreed to support and strengthen this network and
work towards an Asian Citizens Alliance by including many such networks in the alliance.
This understanding was well received by both the participants and IYCN founder, Kartikeya
Singh.
At the conclusion of the April 2008 workshop it was decided that we need to mobilize
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8. more young people to unite and work together for this cause. This led us to organize
the first Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change in Hyderabad from 7th – 10th August
2008.
This publication, Indian Youth and Climate Change is not only the documented report of
these two programmes but more an effort to document the several discussions which
took place over a period of almost one year among young and energetic Indians.
We are thankful to Mr. Ram Esteeves (ADATS), Mr. Gopal Jain (SAYEN), Mr. Narayan Murthy
(Infosys), Ms. Nisha Agarwal (Oxfam India), Dr. M. Prakamma (Friendship Foundation),
Dr. Vandana Shiva (Navdanya), Dr. A.K. Pachauri (TERI), Mr. Nitin Desai (LEAD India), Mr.
Gustavo Marin (Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation), Ms. Malini Mehra (Center for Social
Markets), Mr. K. Pushpanath (Oxfam International) and many others who have supported
and guided us in our journey both individually and through their respective organisations.
We also recognize the leadership and support of Rohan Parikh, Priya Pillai, Govind Singh,
Kartikeya Singh, Deepa Gupta, Sumedha Malaviya, Sreepriya, Sonali, Caroline Howe,
Alexis Ringwald, Bhavana Kaveti, Rabindra Biswas, Raji Nair, Digu Aruchamy, Will Bates
and Vidya Subramanian in our journey to strengthen a youth movement in India on climate
change.
We hope that as many participants from this Summit represent the young voice of India
at the upcoming Conference of Parties (CoP14) to be held in Poznan, Poland in December
2008.
Anugraha John
Director, Global Citizens for Sustainable Development
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9. ACRONYMS
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
CoP Conference of Parties
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
GHG Green House Gases
SEZ Special Economic Zones
GIS Geographic Information Systems
CFL Compact Fluorescent Lamp
LED Light Emitting Diode
GDP Gross Domestic Product
ESD Education for Sustainable Development
R&D Research and Development
ADATS Agriculture Development and Training Society
SAYEN South Asian Youth Environment Network
GCSD Global Citizens for Sustainable Development
IYCN Indian Youth Climate Network
IYSoCC Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change
TERI The Education Resources Institute
WWF World Wide Fund
CSM Center for Social Markets
HCA Hyderabad Climate Alliance
NBSS Nature and Biological Sciences Society
KREDL Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited
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10. Organisers
CAMPAIGNS
® GALORE
Sponsors
Supporting Partners
Asian Citizens
Alliance
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11. Mr. Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor of Infosys, addressing the gathering
Participants in front of historic Charminar in Hyderabad's famed old city
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12. Youth Declaration at the Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change
Youth
10 August 2008
th
Climate change is the biggest threat to our generation’s future, and urgent action is required.
I commit to working towards an India that:
1. Mitigates greenhouse gas emissions to protect India and the world from climate
change impacts; specifically protecting existing natural ecosystems, old growth
forests, wetlands and coastal vegetation.
2. Puts emphasis on human health, coastal and vulnerable communities, climate-induced
displaced persons and biodiversity conservation.
3. Makes a swift transition from a carbon intensive economy to a green economy, alleviating
poverty, increasing employment in sustainable sectors, and thus sustaining India’s rapid
economic growth.
4. Is driven on a low carbon pathway to sustainable development by an ultimate
atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration of 350ppm, and an India that is calling for
international action on emission reduction.
5. Meets energy security through a clean, renewable, and low-carbon energy supply,
with sustainable and efficient consumption of energy across sectors and uses.
6. Provides every Indian with access to fundamental services, including energy, clean
air and water, and healthy food.
7. Increases awareness and provides education to every Indian on climate impacts,
adaptation and mitigation across all disciplines, at every level, both in rural and urban
India.
8. Provides strong incentives for Research and Development (R&D) and innovation in
green technologies including building upon the strong indigenous knowledge
traditions.
9. Includes youth representation at a local, state, national and international policy
level on climate change.
10. Imposes a strong polluter pays principle both domestically and at an international
level to ensure appropriate climate equity. Receipts from such a policy are to be directed
towards funding clean development for the poorest in society.
11. Has a clean, enriched, peaceful, and sustainable future.
I commit to:
1. Advocating this declaration
2. Engaging my friends, family and community members on this issue
3. Building a culture of sustainability
4. Taking action on climate change to the best of my ability, be it through individual
change, community action, voting and consumer choice.
5. Leading India towards sustainability
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13. Youth
Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change (IYSoCC)
The Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change, held at the Infosys Technologies Hyderabad
Development Center, Gachibowli, Hyderabad from the 7th to the 10th of August, 2008.
The summit was organized by the Friendship Foundation (Hyderabad), Nature and
Biological Sciences Society (Hyderabad), Global Citizens for Sustainable Development
(Bangalore), Campaigns Galore (Hyderabad), and the Indian Youth Climate Network.
Altogether, 139 delegates from fifteen different states, including delegates from Jammu
and Kashmir and Meghalaya, attended the summit in Hyderabad. The list of delegates is
furnished at the end of the summit report.
Sponsors: The chief sponsors of the summit were Infosys Technologies Limited, who
kindly provided their Gachibowli Development Center as the venue for the summit and
also provided accommodation and food for all participants and organizers. They also
supported logistical arrangements for the summit, including delegate security, VIP travel
and accommodation, and local travel for delegates.
Satyam Technologies Limited, Hyderabad, and Tetra Pak Limited also provided valuable
financial support for the summit.
Blue Cross of Hyderabad, an animal rescue and rehabilitation organization also came
forward with valuable financial contributions for the summit initially, and therefore enabled
the organizers to coordinate arrangements.
Supporters:
The supporting partners of the event were Lead India, a Delhi based center of
environmental research excellence and leadership, and the Oxfam India Trust, an affiliate
of Oxfam International, the international humanitarian agency working on climate change
adaptation, sustainable development, trade justice and social equity globally. The
representatives of the supporters provided valuable inputs and advise throughout the
summit, and helped coordinate events throughout the programme.
Objectives of the Summit:
The expected outcomes of the summit were –
1. A national youth charter on climate change in the form of a declaration, reflecting
the voices and opinions of Indian youth on effective climate change mitigation and
sustainable development
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14. 2. A national youth action plan on climate change, which demonstrated the actions
that young people wished to take and desired the government and industry to take
in order to effectively mitigate climate change.
3. To provide a platform for young people interested in climate change from across
the country to interact, exchange ideas, views and experiences from each other.
Report of P roceedings:
Proceedings:
DAY 1:
The Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change commenced with an opening inaugural
session. Mr. Vikram Aditya, Programme Coordinator of Friendship Foundation and
National Coordinator of the summit began by delivering a welcome address to the
gathering, where he explained how the idea of the summit initially came up and what
the summit sought to achieve.
Mr. Anugraha John introduced the two keynote speakers: Dr. Vandana Shiva and
Mr. Nitin Desai were speaking live with the kind support of video conferencing facilities
from the TERI office in Delhi. Unfortunately, Dr. A.K. Pachauri couldn’t join them to address
the youth participants.
Mr. Nitin Desai, former Under Secretary
General of the United Nations, spoke She said that after her generation, she was
about the importance of youth coming wondering where the youth were for climate
together to discuss and address climate action, and said that the summit and IYCN
change. He emphasized that there was a had been her Prozac – had given her new
complete scientific consensus on the hope – that youth really do care and are
issue of climate change being caused by committed to climate action.
human activities, and that we all needed Vandana Shiva: (adapted quote)
to unite to address the issue.
Dr. Vandana Shiva, an eminent physicist, environmental activist, author and the founder
of the Navdanya Institute, who spoke spoke about the three crises that are currently
coinciding: the environmental crisis, the energy crisis and the global food crisis. She
emphasized that by addressing agriculture and turning towards organic farming, India
could address all three of these crises. Organic agriculture is more adaptive towards
climatic changes while also using less fossil fuels for fertilizer and pesticide production.
Together they emphasized the need for young people to take leadership in environmental
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15. campaigning and decision-making, since young people were going to be most unfavorably
impacted by climate change.
Their presentations were followed by Q & A. During this session, Dr. Vandana Shiva said
that after her generation, she was wondering where the youth were for climate action,
and said that the summit and IYCN had been her Prozac – had given her new hope – that
youth really do care and are committed to climate action.
After this the floor was taken over by the three founders of the Indian Youth Climate
Network, Deepa Gupta, Kartikeya Singh and Govind Singh, who spoke about the
beginnings of the organization, the projects that IYCN is pursuing, and the vision for a
united Indian youth voice on climate change. In the past four months, the organization
has grown from a reach of three people to reaching 2 lakh individuals. The founders
agreed that this is proof that the young India wants to see change and are willing to take
action to make that change.
Ms. Deepa Gupta, a climate activist working in Australia and in India said, “There are so
many young people working on this issue, and we won’t be listened to as individuals or
as a small group of people, but mass united as the Youth of India, we cannot be ignored.
India has about 700 million under the age of 35. How can they not be represented in the
decisions, when they are the ones that will be impacted the most by climate change?”
The evening also saw the launch of the Hyderabad Climate Alliance, a youth movement
to bring together local efforts of individuals, organizations and institutions with the
aim of mitigating climate change and helping the people of Hyderabad and Andhra
Pradesh adapt to its impacts. The launch included all 50 delegates from Hyderabad and
AP signing on to the Hyderabad Climate Alliance Pledge, agreeing that they “understand
that climate change is an impending global catastrophe… and believe that Hyderabad
and Andhra Pradesh will be particularly susceptible… and commit to contribute in earnest
to mitigating climate change and helping the people and natural environment of
Hyderabad to adapt.”
Mr. Rabindra Biswas, co-founder of the Hyderabad Climate Alliance, introduced the idea
of the Alliance and explained about its purpose as a network for those interested in
climate issues in the city, its intended objectives, ways of working and expectations
from the Alliance to the participants. He elicited support and future participation from
the delegates present, particularly delegates from Hyderabad and the region, and spoke
about different activities which the Alliance could undertake together with everyone
involved. Ms. Amala Akkinani, film star and founder of the Blue Cross of Hyderabad,
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16. spoke about the different actions necessary for the people of Hyderabad to commit to
in order to address climate change. She emphasized the need for lifestyle changes and
how that would translate to changes on a larger city-wide level as well. She said, “I may
not be a climate expert, but I am a concerned citizen. I love my planet; it is my only
home.” Akkinani had participated in The Climate Project: India’s training program with
Al Gore in February, and is very active with the Blue Cross to work for the welfare of
animals in Hyderabad.
DAY 2:
DAY
The morning session began by a presentation by Mr. Bittu Sehgal, founder of Sanctuary
Magazine, renowned author, and environmentalist, spoke about the importance of the
Summit and the IYCN in India. “Young people have power,” he said, “and it is time to use
it to your advantage.” One of his major messages was that we all need to take action in
our own lives, actions small and large, to make a difference. He said, “If a lot do a little,
a lot gets done.”
He also discussed climate equity, the sense that those who are most responsible for the
emissions leading to climate change are not the ones who will be feeling the most of the
impacts of the changes. He said that climate equity is not only true between nations but
within the nation itself. However, he encouraged that we get past the debate on climate
equity to the discussion of unified action. He said,
“If your house is on fire, you can’t go downstairs “Genetic diversity in our food crops,”
and have a debate on who started the fire and
“means that we will be protected
who is responsible to put it out. You need to get
from a single climatic disaster.”
some water and put it out.” While the West may
not be taking action fast enough to mitigate climate Ms. Farida Tampal
impacts, this is not a reason for India to be
hesitating on climate action as well.
Next, Ms. Farida Tampal, State Director of WWF-India in Andhra Pradesh, spoke about
the impacts on biodiversity from climate changes. In particular, she described the
importance of protecting biodiversity in order to protect ourselves from climatic changes.
“Genetic diversity in our food crops,” she said, “means that we will be protected from a
single climatic disaster.” While individual crops might succumb to an extreme drought or
flood, certain species would have greater capacity to survive one or the other, reducing
the threat of a massive food crisis. She encouraged the youth to question the
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17. city’s tendency to cut down old grown trees in Hyderabad in order to expand the roads.
Ms. Alexis Ringwald, former Fulbright Scholar from the United States, spoke about the
key energy trends in India, and the need for a renewable energy strategy to guarantee
the energy security of India. She emphasized that IT solutions can help solve climate
change, by measuring energy consumption and allowing individuals, cities and companies
to better manage and reduce their energy usage.
Mr. Vikram Aditya, programme coordinator, Friendship Foundation and co-founder of
Hyderabad Climate Alliance, presented on the sensitivity of ecosystems to climatic
changes, and shed light on the role of ecosystem based feedback effects on increasing
emissions and how micro climatic shifts caused by global warming could impact ecological
integrity. He also spoke about how each type of ecosystem, such as tropical forests,
high altitude ecosystem, coastal and island ecosystems and marine ecosystems would
respond to rising temperatures, with the example of ecosystems from India.
Mr. Kartikeya Singh, executive director, IYCN, spoke about the Climate Solutions Road
Tour that the Indian Youth Climate Network was planning on battery powered solar
charged Reva cars from Kanyakumari to New Delhi, crossing several Indian cities and
states along the way. The Road Tour hoped to disseminate the youth charter and national
action plan that were produced at the summit, and also highlight positive climate
solutions in each city, while spreading awareness on climate change.
Presentations throughout the day were from youth across India and the world, including
presentations on biodiversity challenges in Rajasthan, urban transport solutions in Indian
metros, energy production from waste projects in Coimbatore, and climate change’s
impact on the food crisis.
The rest of the day was spent in discussions on specific issues related to climate impacts,
adaptation and mitigation of climate change. Youth gathered in heated debates to create
a vision for their future and a strategy to reach that vision. In particular, today’s discussions
included energy efficiency and renewable energy as paths towards mitigation; the impacts
of climate change on biodiversity and water resources; and adaptation to climate change
in the agricultural sector.
The youth talked about committing to an international target for emissions, including
an absolute emissions reduction target for India. While there is a lot of debate around
the world and within India on whether there should be a target for emissions reductions,
but nobody is discussing what those targets should be. Hence participants felt the
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18. preparing to work against climate change
Relaxing during a tea break
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19. Working on solutions during a working group session
Some intense deliberations
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20. responsibility to spark a national debate on what targets India needs to commit to.
Participants agreed that India needs to commit to emissions reduction targets and
renewable energy targets, and that needs to be based on a 350ppm target of carbon
dioxide emissions in the atmosphere. The reason for this being, an IPCC estimate, a
450ppm scenario gives us a 50% chance of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.
50% chance isn’t good enough. You wouldn’t board on a plane if you knew it had a 50%
chance of crashing. Similarly we need to have a carbon dioxide concentration target that
is far more secure, which is 350ppm in the atmosphere. James Hansen, climate scientist
from NASA in the United States has agreed that 350 is the highest target that will allow us
for a stable climate – a climate in which we will still have glaciers in the Himalayas and still
have coastal cities like Kolkata and Dhaka.
Joint Sitting of Youth: In the last session of the first day of the summit, a plenary style
joint sitting of youth was organized where young delegates were invited to present
about their experiences with climate change and their ideas for mitigation. Presentations
ranged from medical treatment of livestock to arrest methane production in the digestive
system, in order to prevent methane emissions from the agricultural sector, to the efficacy
of CDM and market based mechanisms as a mitigation tool, and their impacts on
communities and their livelihoods.
DAY 3:
The day began by Mr. Gaurav Gupta of The Climate Project – India, which called for the
youth to evaluate some of the hardest moral issues with regards to who should be
bearing the costs of climate change adaptation and mitigation in countries like India.
While India is suffering the largest impacts of climate change and is one of the world’s
largest emitters, it has one of the lowest per capita levels of greenhouse gas emissions
and must be allowed to develop to a higher level of per capita emissions, as developed
nations must decrease their per capita and cumulative emissions drastically. He also said
that just as industrialized nations should be taxed based on their carbon emissions today,
they should also be taxed for historical emissions, as the wealth of Europe and the United
States is built on years of carbon emissions for which they were not charged.
The morning’s presentations also included presentations by Ms. Tapati Ghosh of Center
for Social Markets and Mr. Brikesh Singh from Greenpeace India. Ms. Ghosh spoke about
CSM’s projects to raise awareness about climate change, including the City Dialogues
on Climate Change and Climate Challenge India, which received an award at the United
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21. Nations Climate Conference in Bali in 2007 as one of the world’s top five climate programs.
Ms. Ghosh said, “Climate Challenge India seeks to build a new climate of hope and
opportunity on climate change.”
Ms. Natasha Chandy of Greenpeace India, spoke about Greenpeace’s initiatives for
grassroots action on climate change. She discussed Greenpeace’s experience in fighting
against climate change, particularly as a watchdog and activist organization practicing
non violent direct action. She said, “If we need to fight climate change, we – tomorrow’s
future – need to create a revolution today. IYSoCC is just the beginning.”
Mr. Anugraha John, spoke about his experiences in advocating water issues and
articulating them with climate change. He said that to deal with climate change and water
issues it is our attitude and behaviour that has to change first. An integrated approach
for water resource management is very vital. Mr. Digu Arachamy later spoke about climate
change and impacts on agriculture. He also described the possible agriculture impacts in
the future, particularly in southern India and the need for the agricultural sector to take
adaptive measures in anticipation which would help the sector survive the impacts of
climate change.
Mr. Narayan Murthy, co-founder, non-executive
“We have a population of 650 to 700 Chairman and Chief Mentor of Infosys
million people under the age of 30. Technologies Limited, spoke to the Indian
If we can mobilize this force, we will Youth Summit on Climate Change delegates
have enormous power for change in the afternoon about climate change and the
to address climate change.” power of youth to make a change. He
Narayana Murthy encouraged all of the delegates to lead
through their own examples, to walk the talk
with regards to conservation of resources. “I have always believed that the most powerful
instrument that a leader has is leadership by example.” He was very supportive of the
motives and actions of the Indian Youth Climate Network, and said, “We have a population
of 650 to 700 million people under the age of 30. If we can mobilize this force, we will
have enormous power for change to address climate change.”
In the next session, a youth exchange was organized, where youth from around the country
discussed impacts of climate change in their own states, ranging from loss of glaciers
and decreased tourism due to decreased snowfall in Himachal Pradesh, reduction in
fruit production in Kashmir, to droughts and farmer suicides in Andhra Pradesh and
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22. Tamil Nadu. They also spoke about their solutions for their regions, including statewide
support for subsidies on renewables, mandatory solar water heating and rainwater
harvesting, and better educational campaigns on climate solutions. The most exciting
part, of course, was the commitment made by individuals and by groups to take action
when they do return home – to turn the words of the week into actions. The team from
Delhi each committed to speak at five schools or colleges to spread the message, and to
meet in two weeks to discuss how to move the Delhi Charter on Climate Change into
action. Representatives from Bangalore agreed to compile a database of all organizations
working on climate and environment in Karnataka and have a meeting on August 23 to
unite them. In Hyderabad, groups committed to tree plantations. Many agreed to pass
along information regarding Project 350, an international grassroots movement to raise
the number of 350 ppm as the international target for emissions. This has been identified
as the only safe level of carbon emissions that will allow for a stable future climate, and
is the base of international actions leading up to an international agreement for climate
policy in Copenhagen at the United Nations climate negotiations in 2009.
In the afternoon, a group of international youth organizers spoke about their experiences
internationally. Ms. Deepa Gupta told of direct actions that were organized in Australia,
including chaining activists to trees to prevent being cut down and the Youth Climate
Action Camp which included hundreds of youth lying on railway tracks to prevent coal
trains from reaching a new coal plant. Two students from Nepal spoke about the impacts
of climate change in Nepal and the international youth movement’s actions there.
Representatives from the United States spoke about the shift from fear-based to hope-
based climate action and the campus based movements that spread across the country,
including Nathan Wyeth from Sierra Student Coalition and Will Bates from Project 350.
In particular, Mr. Bates highlighted the effectiveness of national days of actions, including
Step it Up 2007, in which 1400 communities and campuses across the country in all 50
states held events to call for 80 percent reductions in carbon emissions by 2050.
Global Citizens’ Climate Change and Water Film Festival engaged the participants in
understanding the present scenario in visual medium and encouraged dialogue after
the screening in order to generate awareness amongst delegates on the multifaceted
impacts of climate change and its interrelationships with water issues.
The day ended with a painting session, with delegates painting canvases depicting their
thoughts on climate change, impacts and solution. This was part of the Oxfam India
campaign which will be bringing to this year’s international climate negotiations.
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23. Mr. Manu Sharma gave a presentation on how serious the issue of Climate Change was
and challenged the role of Indian Youth Climate Network through constructive criticism.
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The final day was more of a consolidation of all the heated debates and discussions in
each of the working groups.
The following outcomes resulted in each working groups:
I. Agriculture
Agriculture: Challenges:
The challenges facing agriculture are water availability, soil fertility, food security and
sovereignty. Land use change (urbanization and SEZs) and limited land availability and
variability in the patterns of precipitation and most importantly intensive farming are
other crucial issues.
Agriculture: Impacts:
1. Reduction in yield in tropical areas and a slight increase in the temperate areas.
2. Increased incidence of pest attacks and animal diseases.
3. Rapid loss of nutrients from the soil due to increased temperature which in turn
causes more usage of fertilizers aggravating the climate crisis.
4. Economic insecurity for the farming community (migration of more people into
the cities:- more stress on the urban communities)
5. Reduced water availability for crops in turn affecting yield.
6. Loss of pasture lands.
Adaptive Measures:
1. Adapting to challenges of climate change will involve incorporating farming
practices like co-op farming, organic farming and precision farming.
2. Agriculture should be given an industrial status and farmers the right to fix the
prices for their produce.
3. Integrated watershed development to deal with stress on water resources.
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24. 4. Early warning systems using GIS and remote sensing
5. Diversification of food crops to ensure food security.
6. Reducing post harvest losses by improving management practices in storage
and distribution.
7. Weather based crop insurance schemes to protect farmers from climate variability.
8. Incentivized crop rotation and mixed cropping.
9. Marketing of organic produce.
10. Imposing taxes on water and electricity used in farming based on economic status
and regional disparities to prevent its misuse.
11. Value addition to indigenous variety of crops. Eg:- Millets
Youth Initiative/Action:
1. Increased funding for R&D in agriculture which will motivate youth to take up
agricultural research.
2. Young people can bridge the gaps between technology and the farming
community.
3. Documenting success stories in agricultural practices and promoting it through
the media.
4. Promoting consumption of locally grown food.
5. Taking up social auditing of schemes like NREGA, PDS etc.
6. Enforcing localized/regionalized solutions to climate change in the field of
agriculture.
II. Biodiversity
Direct Impacts of Climate Change:
1. Macro and micro climatic changes affecting the flora and fauna
2. Disappearance of highly sensitive species like amphibians
3. Increase in the population of invasive species like mosquitoes which will have
direct consequences on health of people.
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25. 4. Shifting of species to higher altitudes following the isotherm.
5. Desertification leading to species loss.
6. Melting of the icecaps in the polar regions - causing biodiversity loss.
7. Migration of species to higher latitudes.
Indirect Impacts/Human Induced:
1. Change in land use pattern leading to habitat loss and destruction.
2. Use of pesticides affecting species and genetic diversity.
3. Mining activities and industrial pollution.
Challenges:
1. Lack of scientific data and evidences of loss of the existing biodiversity
2. Improper bio diversity assessment techniques.
3. Finding a balance between development and biodiversity conservation.
4. Not recognizing traditional knowledge in conservation practices.
5. Neglecting biodiversity aspect in development projects.
6. Lack of perception of biodiversity among common people.
Youth Actions/Solutions:
1. Promoting biodiversity education at every level ( From schools to Universities)
2. Taking initiatives towards local solutions.
3. Setting up a Helpline/Rapid action Biodiversity force (RABF).
4. Lead by example, plant trees on a regular basis and take care of them.
Youth Influence:
1. Better youth representation at policy levels.
2. Biodiversity conservation at local levels.
3. Learning and documenting traditional knowledge
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26. On the road to 350
Discussing climate solutions
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27. Climate artwork
Getting creative for the climate
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28. 4. Realizing the full potential of existing national biodiversity
Governmental Actions:
1. Giving economic value to biodiversity which helps in its preservation
2. Substantiating available information on impacts to influence government action
3. Climate and biodiversity curriculum in mainstream education
4. Reorienting formal education to incorporate adaptation in the area of biodiversity
conservation
5. Implementing technological solutions like GIS and remote sensing to preserve
and protect forest
6. Promoting vertical expansion of cities which will decrease the stress on forest
lands
7. Decentralized approach to Natural Resource management
8. Government should invest more funds towards R & D in conservation of Natural
resources
III. Communities
WG (Settlement, society, communities)
Impacts:
- Floods in low lying areas due to sea level rise
- Resource based conflicts as a result of climate change
- Livelihood and social insecurity of fishermen communities
- Inability to protect livestock during floods
- Absence of functional sewage and waste management infrastructure
- Displacement of communities due to large scale development projects, which is
further compounded by climate change impacts
- Torrential rains causing landslides in hilly areas
- Recognition of land rights
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29. - Urbanization, caused by unregulated migration because of climate change, is
further aggravating space crunch
- Increased incidences of natural disasters
- Climate refugees, also lead to human trafficking
- Impact on health care, food security and education infrastructure
Adaptation:
- Spreading awareness through rapid responses specially in cases of disasters
through internet, TV, mobiles, both about forecasting disasters and also about
potential adaptation measures
- Communication in different regional languages on disaster planning and
adaptation
- Financing education programmes on disaster management and adaptation, and
having more such courses in formal education curricula
- Enabling continuity of occupation for displaced communities
- Micro financing through self help groups for adaptation planning
- Establish disaster management committees for designing community specific
adaptation plans with community participation
- Creating employment for vulnerable communities in emerging sectors like
renewable power
- Establishing emergency response infrastructure all over India, in rural as well as
urban areas
- Making primary and high end health care services, both for consultation and for
treatment accessible
- Improved connectivity between rural and urban areas
- Conservation of natural resources through rainwater harvesting, and waste and
sewage management, in both rural and urban areas
- Accessibility to public food distribution systems
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30. - Preventing human inhabitation in areas which are vulnerable to disasters, and
incorporating similar measures in urban planning
- Encourage youth involvement in comprehensive adaptation planning
- Prioritize marginalized communities, particularly women, when planning
adaptation responses
IV. Energy
IV. “If we need to fight climate change,
Technologies and Legal Policies we – tomorrow’s future – need to
create a revolution today. IYSoCC is
No new coal just the beginning.”
- No new thermal power plant without Natasha Chandy of
carbon capturing system Greenpeace India
- Coke used in steel plants as an energy
source; but the extra heat from the furnace can be channelized for power
generation
- Major subsidies for renewable energy sources and increasing price of non-
renewable energies
- Extension of subsidy time
- Recycling; such as scrap steel used as raw material
- Privatisation of electricity distribution and production systems (eg. Reliance)
- Renewable energy privatisation
- Subsidy for solar R&D
Phasing out Incandescent bulbs by 2012
- Double the taxes for IBs; cross subsiding CFLs and LEDs
- Encourage manufacture of energy saving technologies
All street lighting to be solar powered by 2011
- Housing welfare associations can be promoted to change the street lightings to
be solar powered and added to their maintenance charge
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31. - Banning light hoardings
30% energy within commercial and cooperative buildings to come from renewable sources
- Enact legislation
- Power rationing
- Cap the power per capita dist system depending on the occupancy/size of the
building
- Ridding double taxation for companies using renewable energy sources
Rural homes (90%) not covered in the electrification scheme should be provided with
decentralised renewable energy systems by 2012 to meet the 11th plan objective
- More funds to micro finance NGOs to facilitate the above
- Decentralising the manufacturing and maintenance supply chain
- Addressing power for irrigation needs
GDP % to be assigned for R&D for indigenous renewable technologies
V. HEALTH
HEALTH
Impacts:
1. Malaria outbreak will rise with a temperature increase of 0.1C to 0.2C. Range
increase + increase in cases
2. Increase in heat strokes
3. Increase in vector transmitted diseases
4. Today, 48% children (India) are malnourished— this will result in an enervated
work force.
5. Increase in old peoples’ vulnerabilities
6. Women
a. Increase in malnutrition
b. Water shortage- increasing population and existent water stress in slums
7. More pressure on current health care system
8. Increase in disease outbreaks, epidemics
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32. 9. Combined effects of CFCs and GHGs causes increase in skin disorders
10. Respiratory illness on the rise
11. Climate refugees + health care
12. Increased acidity in fresh water resources
13. Loss of production work hours
14. Education of children affected
Adaptation:
1. Disaster education and plans to be localized
2. Storage of food grains, not impacted by natural disasters
3. Proper water treatment (vector control)
4. Enhance access to sanitation in urban slums and rural areas
5. Cultivation of crops to address malnutrition
6. Emergency first aid kits/response systems (primary) at village levels (including
doctor availability)
7. Waste treatment at point sources (vector control)
8. Incentive based sanitation facilities for electricity generation
9. Preventive vaccinations
10. Health camps and surveys to assess diseases in communities (region specific
sensitivity to disease type)
11. Minimize synthetic chemical use locally to prevent leeching into the local
environment during natural disasters (sustainable agriculture will check rural-
urban migration)
a. Encourage bio-fertilizers
b. Organic seeds
12. Adapting diets to changing productivity and availability of food stuff
13. Air filters for public transport
14. Public-private partnerships to bring health professionals to rural areas
15. Local governance over-seeing organized waste disposal in villages
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33. 16. Disaster warnings not accessed by coastal villages to be conveyed through effective
media usage
17. Water management plan in urban areas
18. Water shed management development by consensus of residents in each village
19. Incorporation/engagement of pharmaceutical industry and international
organizations to address medical supply shortages driven by climate refugees
20. Management and treatment of bio medical wastes
21. Channelize CSR funds directly to adapt to climate change
22. Rain water harvesting—going back to traditional basics in rural areas, making it
mandatory for new constructions in urban areas
23. Urban planning to be revisited- ventilation, waste disposal, etc.
INDUSTRY
VI. INDUSTRY
Establish the Ministry of Climate Change:
- CO2 Regulatory Authority
- To check environmental and carbon footprinting of each industry
- Have a tribunal (jurisdiction)
- Set standards for emissions and other environmental parameters
- A strong independent policing and regulatory body such as the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India in the Dept. of Telecom, like a Climate Commission
- Penalising/ incentives to companies staying within the mandatory set standards
- Triple bottom line to be required
- Ministry, in collaboration with the Ministry of HRD, to set standards for
educational and vocational training for green entrepreneurs; including modules
on green buildings in architecture and engineering courses; holistic climate change
degrees at the masters level.
CO2 credit trading:
- Need for clarity/ simplifying the process and understanding of CDM
- Transparent criteria for identifying a CDM project— make sure there’s no double
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34. accounting. Heavy penalty for double accounting.
- Stronger certifying bodies to maintain and strengthen the voluntary carbon
market.
- Through voluntary carbon offsets, grassroot projects should be financed and
sustained (through the profits that follow from that investment)
- Ensure international structure to support Indian industries to reduce emissions
Green jobs:
- Energy auditors
“Young people have power”, “and
- Solar panel manufacturers
it is time to use it to your
- Engineers for renewable energies and advantage.”
technologies
“If a lot do a little, a lot gets done.”
- Micro finance projects within the SMEs:
green entrepreneurs “If your house is on fire, you can’t
go downstairs and have a debate
- Decentralised for rural areas
on who started the fire and who is
● Entrepreneurs responsible to put it out. You need
● Manufacturers to get some water and put it out.”
● Maintenance Bittu Sehgal
● Other servicing jobs (recycling
batteries etc)
Tools to green existing jobs:
- Encourage virtualisation communication in IT
- Engage media in highlighting oppurtunities/ environmental issues
- Encourage R&D (mark of a % of the GDP)
Transportation:
- Within 5 years no car in cities like Delhi (2012-2015), phasing out all private
vehicles, develop public vehicles and substantial taxies
- Impose high tax on private cars
- To take efforts so that buses can move easily (widening of roads) linking bus
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35. stops to railway stations
- Introduce metros (support such projects)
- Public transport to be more safe for passengers
- Impose taxes for having more than 1 car (encourage 1 car per family)
- Capacity of the roads has to be improved to hold more vehicles; parking should
be highly taxed
- Increasing research to have non-pollution, sulphur free fuels
- Encourage car pooling
- Attaching electric motor to the car tyres so that the conversion of cars can be
done quickly
- Roads should be made from good concrete material, so that they don’t get
damaged easily.
- Promote Bicycling in integrated transport systems (e-card system to pick up and
drop off public shared cycles from mass transit stops).
- Integrating residential quarters to offices to encourage people to live close to
places of work.
- Dedicating separate lanes for bicycles—must be strictly implemented
- Increase minimum miles per gallon/liter standard for auto industry to boost fuel
efficiency
- Increasing interest rates for car loans to discourage purchase of private vehicles.
It can be done progressively to discourage large car purchases.
- Instead of fines ask the accused to do some public service for some time.
- Better follow up of bills (the Pollution Acts)
- Traffic police should have database of fines (“challans”)
- Education and awareness programs on traffic guidelines and public transport
use
Buildings
- Prevent encroachment of wetlands, lakes and other green spaces
- Urban farming, hydroponics, roof-top gardens, promote local goods and local
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36. foods to minimize carbon footprint
- Community power back up from renewable energy (and community based
renewable energy generation capacity at large)
Individual buildings
- Energy Conservation Building Codes mandatory for large & small buildings
- A building should be able to generate 10-20% of its energy needs from renewable
energy
- Involve Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) in this dialog
- Communal investment in green technologies and other sustainable practices
- Build up (tall) rather than out (reducing space required for office buildings and
IT Parks)
- Education program on green buildings
- Rainwater harvesting must be mandatory before giving license to build
- Tax breaks for active communities
- Solar water heaters must become mandatory before giving license to build
- Incentives for waste recycling within colonies (zero-waste colonies should be
encouraged)
- Support green design for low-income housing (perhaps begin with solar water
heater or rain water harvesting)
- Allow greater time for implementation of all green housing codes for low income
housing
- Effective enforcement of codes on required green space on plots
Power
- Street lighting efficiency standards must be set and enforced
- Mandate for solar street lights (and efficiency lighting and other measures)
Roads
- Use of recycled plastic, longer lasting sustainable materials (including permeable
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37. surfaces) in the making of roads
- Uniform urban regulation and proper feasibility studies needed before beginning
construction of roads
Youth Action
- Collaborating with municipal corporation. Encourage plantation drives in schools
and in residential colonies.
- Engage in projects to prevent excessive wastage in malls
- Education: give projects to students in higher education pertaining to green
building concepts
- Popularize the findings of such summits and publish them
WA
VII WATER
1. Ocean Acidification
Increase of carbon dioxide in the ocean acidifies the water. This contributes to coral
bleaching. Fisheries, aquatic organisms and algae are directly impacted by the increase
in the acidic value of the water. Destruction of the coral reefs impact fishermen and their
livelihood directly in addition to the loss of biodiversity and the coral reefs. Coral reefs
are also the first line of defense against severe tidal waves or cyclones.
Action:
Coral reef restoration programs should be carried out through artificial means.
2. Cyclones and Floods
Because of climate change, we are seeing an increased intensity and frequency of cyclones
and floods. The coastal areas are specially vulnerable. El Nino and La Nina can also cause
destruction of infrastructure and other losses.
Possible Solutions:
- Installation of early warning and monitoring systems in vulnerable areas
- Capacity building for risk management
- Cyclone shelters reduce the speed of tidal waves
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38. - Casuarina sp. help to reduce the severity of floods
- Implementation of laws with respect to settlements around the coastal areas
within specified limits
Actions:
- Construction of stone embankments
- Relocations of threatened buildings
- Make vulnerability maps
- Resettlement maps
- Retrofitting of vulnerable structures
3. Glacial Melting
Glacial melting poses immediate threat to infrastructure in the mountain regions through
GLOFs, flashfloods and so on. Human settlements are in danger of avalanches, floods
and increased water stress.
Possible Solutions:
- Creation of water storage facilities to regulate the stream flow
- Adaptable micro hydro facilities that can withstand the variability of river flow
that comes with climate change induced glacial melting
- Afforestation programs to protect the glaciers from the heat coming from the
plains that help to accelerate melting
Action:
Recognizing and implementing indigenous adaptation strategies to changing glacial melting
and increasing awareness of the impact on the livelihoods of the mountain people and
how they can adapt their lifestyles to changing conditions
4. Salt Water Intrusion
Increasing sea level causes salt water intrusion. This increase in salinity of the rivers
harming the ecosystem. Because of excessive water pumping, seawater can be drawn
inland causing contamination of ground water table making water unfit for domestic
purposes.
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39. Possible Solution:
Stop pumping the ground water near coastal areas. This will help to reduce the flow of
seawater inwards.
Action:
Protection and regeneration of mangrove forests
5. Rainfall Pattern
Irregular rainfall pattern, such as drought in one place with heavy rainfall some distances
away, is a direct consequence of climate change. Agricultural productivity is severely
impacted by such irregularities. As most of the rural Indians are farmers, the impact of
irregular rainfall is severe.
Possible Solution:
For droughts we need to construct and maintain reservoirs. Floods can be controlled by
check dams.
Drought resistant crops:
Better watershed management to maximize efficient water use. This may also be in the
form of inter linking rivers, drip irrigation techniques, change of farm practices, precision
farming and so on can be carried out.
Actions:
- Roof top harvesting to be made compulsory.
- Ground water recharge.
- To monitor and lobby with the government for the existing laws to be
implemented.
- Offer subsidies and incentives to get people to use rainwater harvesting
- Implementation of green building codes so that rainwater harvesting becomes
an essential component of modern building design.
6. Pollution
Though water pollution may not be directly linked to climate change, we still recognize
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40. the need to abate pollution of water resources. Protection of water is crucial in maintaining
a healthy ecosystem.
Possible Solution:
Waste water treatment plants in urban and industrial complexes should be made
mandatory at least for industrial users.
Actions:
- Advocacy campaigns through letters to companies pressing for waste water
treatment
- Addressing and engaging the Pollution Control Board.
- Using Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and Right to Information (RTI) as tools to
investigate and combat water pollution issues.
“I may not be a climate expert,
- Water metering, taxation and other demand
but I am a concerned citizen. I
management strategies need to be
love my planet; it is my only
implemented so that more efficient use of
home.”
water is done
Amala Akkinani
- Water credits can be implemented for certain
industrial sectors (similar to carbon credits)
- Based on water audits annually have Green Corporations Award / Green Building
Award.
7. Acid Rain
Because of emissions from industries and transportation, atmospheric levels of NOx and
SOx increase thereby causing the precipitation to be acidic. This harms ecosystems,
buildings and structures.
Possible Solutions:
- Use of renewable energy sources for transportation
- Flue gas desulphurization, high temperature selective catalytic reduction,
regenerative capture of gases from flue gas
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41. Actions
- Plantations of trees that absorb the gases that lead to acid rain
- Put hard caps on industrial emissions similar to SOx
- PILs against companies that heavily pollute
Water is an important source of life. And its adaptation that is more of concern with
regard to water. The youth strongly felt the need to see REVALUE as one of the principles
in addition to the 3Rs: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
- Subsidies and technology help need to be provided to encourage and enforce
installation of waste water treatment facilities by all large industrial complexes
- Conservation and regeneration of existing mangrove forests and coral reefs to
protect coastal areas and the people directly depending on them for their
livelihoods
- Integrated water resource management to promote efficient water usage and
conservation making use of strategies like water metering, taxing, credits, and
auditing.
Valedictory and Conclusion
Mr. Rajamani, former Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Enivronment and Forests,
Government of India, was the chief guest of the valedictory session of the Indian Youth
Summit on Climate Change. Mr. Rajamani delivered the valedictory address to the
gathering. He spoke about the importance of what
“In your own group wherever youth can achieve as a result of living sustainably
you live, make the change” and leading an example that others could
voluntarily emulate. He also spoke about his
“I think you’re on the ball, on
experiences in the environment department that
the move, all the best”
he had the pleasure of heading, and his role in
Dr Rajamani managing and conserving India’s natural resources.
He encouraged all the participants to create
change that they desired by being the change themselves.
At the end of the programme each participants were given certificates. This was a symbolic
expression of having successfully trained to be Climate Leaders.
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42. The organizers : (clockwise) Rabindranath Biswas, Raji Nair, Digu Arachamy, Kartikeya
Singh, Caroline Howe, Rohan Parikh, Govind Singh, Vikram Aditya, Anugraha John and
Deepa Gupta
Discussing state specific climate issues during a joint sitting of youth
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43. Participants in a human art formation of 350
Participants during a pleasant Hyderabad evening
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44. Mr. Murthy joins hands with young Indians on climate change
A post session informal discussion during lunch
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45. Priya, from Oxfam India presents on Oxfam's campaign on climate change in India
Young citizens without borders working against climate change
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46. Appendix 1
Summit Programme Schedule:
Session Programme
7th August 2008
4.00 – 4.30 pm Registration
4.30 – 6.00 pm Inaugural followed by tea
Anchoring : Charu Shah
Welcome address : Vikram Aditya (10 min)
Recorded Speech : Dr. R K Pachauri (15 min)
Recorded Speech : Dr. Vandana Shiva (15 min)
Recorded Speech : Dr. Sunita Narain (15 min)
Recorded Chief Guest Speech : Mr. Nitin Desai (10 min)
Opening declaration of IYSoCC by IYSoCC team
Welcome song : Students of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans (5 min)
6.00 – 6.30 pm Introducing the IYCN and discussion : Kartikeya Singh
6.30 – 8.00 pm Launch of Hyderabad Climate Alliance
(Side event for Hyderabad participants)
Opening remarks : Rabindranath Biswas (15 min)
Climate change documentary from Hyderabad (15 min )
Presentation by Mr. Jayesh Ranjan (10 min)
Group session on objectives, expectations and
vision of HCA (20 min)
Reporting back – all groups (20 min)
Concluding remarks – Vikram Aditya (10 min)
8th August 2008
8.30 – 9.30 am Breakfast
9.30 – 11.00 am Plenary: Moderated by Kartikeya Singh
Mr. Bittu Sehgal – Impacts of climate change on
biodiversity (15 min)
Ms. Farida Tampal – Biodiversity and climate change (15 min )
Vikram Aditya – Sensitivity of ecosystems to climate change
and the tipping point (15 min)
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47. Anugraha John – Water and climate change in India (15 min )
Discussion (30 min)
11.00 – 11.30 am Morning tea
11.30 – 1.00 pm Working Groups (Impacts and challenges, mitigation,
policy aspects)
WG 1 – Biodiversity : Caroline Howe
WG 2 – Biodiversity : Vikram Aditya
WG 3 – Energy : Kartikeya Singh
1.00 – 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 – 3.30 pm Working Groups (Impacts and challenges,
adaptation, mitigation)
WG 1 – Water : Anugraha John
WG 2 – Agriculture : Digu Arachamy
WG 3 – Industry : Vikram Aditya
3.30 – 4.00 pm Working groups wind up followed by tea
4.00 – 5.30 pm Joint sitting of youth (youth presentations):
Reporting back from working groups (30 min)
Youth presentations (45 min)
Discussion (15 min)
6.00 – 7.00 pm Global Citizens’ Climate Change and Water Film Festival
9th August 2008
8.30 – 9.30 am Breakfast
9.30 – 11.00 am Plenary - Moderated by Anugraha John
The Climate Project India (15 min )
Center for Social Markets (15 min)
Greenpeace Campaign on Climate Change (15 min)
Kartikeya Singh – Energy sector and climate change (15 min)
Digu Arachamy – Climate change and agriculture (15 min)
Discussion (30 min)
11.00 – 11.30 am Morning tea
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48. 11.30 – 1.00 pm Youth exchange on climate change impacts and mitigation
ideas from different states
This is an open session, where youth may discuss things that
are important to their regions or their communities – either in
group work according to states/regions or as a facilitated whole
group discussion
1.00 – 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 – 3.30 pm Working Groups (Impacts and challenges,
adaptation, mitigation)
WG 1 – Agriculture : Digu Arachamy
WG 2 – Water : Anugraha John
WG 3 – Agriculture and forestry : Vikram Aditya
3.30 – 4.00 pm Working groups report back followed by tea
4.00 – 5.00 pm International Youth Climate Change Panel - Moderated by
Deepa Gupta
5.00 – 8.00 pm Presentation by Ms. Priya Pillai on Oxfam Campaign on Climate
Change followed by Global Citizens’ Climate Change and Water
Film Festival
10th August 2008
8.30 – 9.30 am Breakfast
9.30 – 11.00 am Working Groups (Impacts and challenges,
adaptation, mitigation)
WG 1 – Human health : Kartikeya Singh
WG 2 – Human health : Vikram Aditya
WG 3 – Transport and building : Caroline Howe
11.00 – 11.30 am Morning tea
11.30 – 1.00 pm Working Groups conclude their work and submit their
recommendations
WG 1 – Industry, settlement and society : Caroline Howe
WG 2 – Communities and society : Vikram Aditya
WG 3 – Waste : Kartikeya Singh
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49. 1.00 – 2.00 pm Lunch
2.00 – 3.30 pm Plenary (Draft Indian youth charter on climate change,
and youth vision for the post 2012 regime is presented
and discussed) - Moderated by Deepa Gupta
3.30 – 4.00 pm Evening tea
4.00 – 5.00 pm Final plenary (revised draft of charter and youth vision
presented and voted upon by youth) Moderated
by Vikram Aditya
5.00 – 6.00 pm Valedictory (final charter and youth vision is declared,
followed by closing)
Anchoring : Charu Shah
Special dignitary : Mr. Rajamani, Former Chief Secretary,
MoEF (15 min)
Speech : Satyam representative (10 min)
Speech : Infosys representative (10 min)
Vote of Thanks : Rabindranath Biswas – 5 min
Release of youth charter, youth protocol and
youth plan of action (read out) – 15 min
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50. Organization Profile
1. Global Citizens for Sustainable Development:
Global Citizens for Sustainable Development (GCSD) is registered not-for-profit and
non-governmental-organization with its registered office in Bangalore, India. The mission
of GCSD is to engage and empower children, youth, men and women to sustain
communities, cultures and societies while promoting improvement in their social,
economic and environmental conditions through the notion of human responsibilities.
GCSD is a platform for children, youth, men and women motivated to bring a positive
change at a personal, social and ecological level in their individual environment and
their respective society for the progress of humanity. GCSD currently works on issues
related to Cross-Cultural Dialogue and Inter-religious dialogue for Peace, Health - HIV/
AIDS, Education, Children and Environment issues especially Climate Change and Water.
Most of the grassroot level work is Bangalore based in slum communities, rural and
semi-urban areas. We work nationally and internationally with other partners.
GCSD website links:
GCSD: www.globalcitizens.org.in
World Youth Water Alliance - www.wateralliance.org
China-India Forum: www.chinaindiaforum.org.in
Japan-India Forum: www.japanindiaforum.org.in
Asian Citizens Assembly 2010: www.asianassembly2010.org.in
2. Nature and Biological Sciences Society:
The Nature and Biological Sciences Society is an independent student run organization,
founded in the year 2004 by a group of youngsters pursuing scientific streams in
Hyderabad. Subsequently, these founding students joined hands with students from non
science streams and built up the organization through various activities.
The mission of the NBSS is to make people aware of different streams in the living
sciences, and to promote academic and active interest in studying the life sciences in the
through conducting various events, workshops, projects and undertaking research
initiatives. The organization also regularly undertakes health awareness programmes for
children and students.
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51. The objectives of the Society are:
To generate interest in LIVING SCIENCES among all the age groups
To highlight the importance of NATURE and its biological importance
To provide a platform for the students to implement their innovative ideas and to explore
themselves
To impart knowledge regarding the various measures of conservation, working with
well-reputed organizations
To take up various upcoming research challenges
To spread awareness among rural and urban population
3. Indian Youth Climate Network:
The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) was founded in March 2008 by Govind Singh,
Kartikeya Singh and Deepa Gupta. Since its inception the network has seen massive
growth, starting from 3 people and spanning out to thousands of youth and young
professionals in India as well as Indians overseas. The mission of the IYCN is to unite
Indian youth to ensure a clean, bright future, to generate awareness and to empower a
generation of young people to take effective action against climate change, at a local,
state, national and international level.
IYCN works on three levels:
1. As a network of individuals allowing people to come together and interact at a
grassroots level, form friendships and support each other
2. As a coalition of member and supporter groups who come under the umbrella
group of IYCN, however maintain their autonomy, yet leverage off a national
network of young people passionate about the environment and development.
3. As a centralized organization that runs its own programs and projects, accepts
sponsorship and donations and forms partnerships and runs media campaigns.
IYCN has also initiated and completed many projects in its short span of existence: The
first success story being the Delhi Youth Summit on Climate. It has also successfully initiated
many Campus Climate Challenger groups in schools and colleges (particularly the IITs)
around the country and has launched the IYCN Climate Leadership training in Delhi. In
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52. the pipeline are other projects including:
1. The Climate Solutions Road Tour from Chennai to Delhi,
2. Climate Leadership Program in Chennai, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh
3. A Rural Energy Project
4. A nation wide Climate Action Bill,
5. The Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change
6. Agents of Change program: which aims to send an Indian Youth Delegation to
the UN Climate Conference in Poland. Website: www.iycn.in
4. Friendship Foundation:
The Friendship Foundation is a youth led, grassroots, registered trust based in Hyderabad
working on environment and sustainable development related issues since 2002. The
organization was registered in February 2002 in Hyderabad. The Foundation believes in
fostering greater amity between humans and nature through involving young people
and children in positive environmental actions.
The areas of work include environmental education, sustainable development, pollution
control, youth empowerment and participation in environmental initiatives. Climate
change is a major area of interest of the organization. The Foundation has been involved
in climate change education since the past two years, and has been undertaking public
outreach programmes and awareness generation campaigns in schools and institutions
for the past two years, often in partnership with other organizations. The organization
has also undertaken projects on community forest management and trade justice in
villages close to Hyderabad. The Friendship Foundation was involved in an awareness
programme for Vana Samrakshana Samithi (VSS) committee members of several villages
in Vikarabad forest range, educating them on the importance of planting native plant
species over alien species. More recently, the organization also associated with a massive
clean up drive of the Bellal Cheruvu Lake in Bodhan, Nizamabad district, Andhra Pradesh,
and provided the necessary technical and manpower support in lake restoration drive
which was primarily undertaken by school students of Holy Mary High School, Bodhan.
The Foundation regularly organizes clean up programmes of wetlands and lakes in and
around Hyderabad, tree plantation programmes, awareness campaigns and presentations
and lectures in schools and colleges of Hyderabad, and is part of various youth and
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53. environmental networks globally, such as SAYEN.
5. Campaigns Galore:
Campaigns Galore! Is a communication resource group that specializes in social, and
cause related marketing. With a focus to communicate creatively social issues through
innovative engagement campaigns, the organization aims to connect the cause to the
right audience effectively.
Some of its projects include:
1. Heart 2 Heart carnival, a fundraising campaign for Save A Child’s Heart (SACH),
an initiative of Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad
2. Eco kids carnival - an entertainment and an informative show for Planet3,
3. Idea 2 Reality - an idea generation environmental campaign for Planet3
4. October Storm: A games village organized for WWF–Bangalore during the
Wildlife celebrations
The organization is currently working on Catch Every Drop, a campaign that aims to work
on rainwater harvesting at the grassroots level.
Sponsor Profiles:
1. Satyam:
Satyam is a leading global business and information technology company, delivering
consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing solutions to clients in over 20 industries.
Satyam Computer Services Ltd. was founded by B.Ramalinga Raju in 1987; Satyam means
“truth” in Sanskrit. The company offers a variety of information technology (IT) services
spanning various industry sectors, and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Satyam’s
network spans across 63 countries in 6 continents. In India, in addition to Hyderabad, it
has development centers at Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, Nagpur, Delhi, Kolkata,
Bhubaneswar, and Visakhapatnam.
Satyam has been ranked consistently in the top Employers list released by surveys done
by leading media groups such as Business India, Economic Times etc.
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54. 2. Infosys:
Infosys Technologies Limited, is a technology services company headquartered in
Bengaluru, India. It is one of India’s largest IT companies with over 94,379 professionals
(including subsideries) as of June 30, 2008. It has nine development centers in India and
over 30 offices worldwide.
Infosys was founded on July 2, 1981 in Pune by N. R. Narayana Murthy and six others:
Nandan Nilekani, N. S. Raghavan, Kris Gopalakrishnan, S. D. Shibulal, K. Dinesh and
Ashok Arora.
Infosys is also heavily involved in social responsibility, and has created the Infosys
Foundation in the state of Karnataka, operating in the areas of health care, social
rehabilitation and rural uplift, education, arts and culture. Since then, the Infosys
Foundation has spread to other states including Tamil Nadu, Andhra Prdesh, Maharashtra,
Orissa and Punjab.
3. Tetra Pak:
Tetra Pak is a multinational food processing and packaging company of Swedish origin.
It was founded in 1951 in Lund, Sweden by Ruben Rausing. It was Erik Wallenberg who
invented the tetrahedral package, today known as Tetra Classic. The company is part of
the Tetra Laval group, and is currently headquartered in Switzerland. Tetra Pak’s innovation
is in the area of aseptic processing liquid food packaging which, when combined with
Ultra-high-temperature processing (UHT), allows liquid food to be packaged and stored
under room temperature conditions for up to a year.
This allows for perishable goods to be saved and distributed over greater distances
without the need for a cool chain.
4. Blue Cross of Hyderabad:
Blue Cross of Hyderabad is a voluntary organisation that works for the welfare of animals
in Hyderabad, India. Founded in 1992 by film stars Nagarjuna & Amala Akkineni and
supported by like minded animal lovers, Blue Cross has extended help to over 300,000
sick, injured and abused animals and birds till date. Blue Cross of Hyderabad presently
runs a 2 acre animal shelter from where 9 projects for the welfare of animals are conducted
all year round.
The organization rescues sick and injured animals, prevents cruelty to animals, relieves
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55. animal suffering through a Veterinary Hospital and Animal Shelter, conducts an adoption
programme for homeless animals, ensuring that the animals get to good homes, promotes
sustainable animal welfare through a Mobile Veterinary Care Unit for working Equines
belonging to very poor communities in four districts of A.P, educates animal owners,
children and citizens groups on animal welfare, interacts with the Government, Media
and Citizen’s groups to resolve animal related issues in a humane manner, and gives
presentations on Animal Welfare, Environmental awareness & Climate Change.
5. Oxfam India:
A new, Indian Oxfam was established by Oxfam International as India has the development
experience and growing economy to solve its own development problems in India as
well as other parts of the world. Oxfam Trust will define and articulate Indian perspectives
on poverty and development. Oxfam India Trust, following the vision of Oxfam
International, works with others in fighting poverty and injustice around the world,
through effective, appropriate and enduring solutions.
Oxfam Trust was set up to support initiatives in advocacy and provide a platform for
grassroots Indian NGOs to bring the grassroots issues to the national and international
level. This would counterbalance the international development scene, which is currently
dominated by Northern NGOs.
Oxfam India aims to tackle the root causes of poverty and develop lasting solutions to
poverty, hunger, and social injustice.
Oxfam India Trust currently supports work in Delhi, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and
Uttaranchal. In the future it will also support projects in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, North Bengal,
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa and seven states in North East India.
6. LEAD India:
LEAD India is registered as an NGO under the Societies Act and has a membership of 146
Fellows strategically and geographically located across the length and breadth of the
country. At present, many Indian LEAD Fellows hold senior positions in Government,
Non-Government, Donor agencies, Industry, Media, PSU’s and Academia. Others work
at grassroots level with communities and some provide support services, urban and
rural, aimed at building capacity for sustainable development. This multi-sector
composition places LEAD India in a unique position, not only to deliver quality training,
but training that has been validated through a process of cross-sector insights across the
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56. entire spectrum and strata of society.
Speaker Profile:
Dr. Vandana Shiva:
Vandana Shiva is an eminent physicist, environmental activist and author, currently based
in New Delhi. She has authored over 300 papers, published in leading scientific and
technical journals. Shiva was trained as a physicist and received her Ph.D in physics at the
University of Western Ontario in 1978. Subsequently, she pursued interdisciplinary
research in science, technology and environmental policy at the Indian Institute of Science
and the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore.
Shiva has fought for changes in the practice and paradigms of agriculture and food.
Intellectual property rights, biodiversity, biotechnology, bioethics and genetic engineering
are among the fields where Shiva has contributed intellectually and through activist
campaigns. She has assisted grassroots organizations of the Green movement in Africa,
Asia, Latin America, Ireland, Switzerland and Austria with campaigns against genetic
engineering. In 1982, she founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and
Ecology, which led to the creation of Navdanya.
Mr. Bittu Sahgal:
Bittu Sahgal’s innate affinity for nature, borne of frequent treks and camping trips to the
Indian wilderness, has propelled his career in both publishing and on-the-ground activism
for nature conservation. He publishes Cub Magazine, and The Ecologist Asia, plus an
environmental features syndication service. He is founder and editor of Sanctuary Magazine
and has produced over thirty conservation-oriented documentary films seen by millions
of Indians over the national television Network, Doordarshan, in the 1980s.
His eloquent outspokenness against destructive development projects, the use of toxic
chemicals, government usurpation of natural resources belonging to communities at
large, and much more, has put him in high profile struggles too numerous to record. His
ability to influence government policy through his enlightened activism is well known.
Bittu has in the past held several honorary positions on government and non-government
committees including the Indian Board for Wildlife, Project Tiger, Environment Expert
Committee, Animal Welfare Board, and the Maharashtra Advisory Board. In 2004, Sahgal
received the Society for Conservation Biology, Distinguished Service Award (Education
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57. and Journalism). He also founded the highly successful Kids for Tigers, an all-India initiative
in which kids lobby to save the Bengal tiger.
Ms. Farida Tampal:
Ms. Farida Tampal is the State Director of WF-India Andhra Pradesh State Office (APSO).
She is also the Coordinator of WWF-India’s Education Programme Coordination Group
(EPCG). She is also in charge of WWF-India’s Young Climate Savers programme, the
country’s first student level education programme on Climate Change and Energy
Education in Schools in 10 cities in India called Young Climate Savers programme.
Ms Tampal has had immense experience in the field of biodiversity and wildlife research,
and particularly in the area of herpetology. She has worked on biodiversity and
environment related issues at various stations around the country, including Maharashtra,
Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. She has completed her Masters in Ecology
and Wildlife Biology background at Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. Ms.Tampal is
currently involved in research on the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. She has
also designed a programme called VOICE (Volunteers Organized for Initiating
Conservation & Education) for both the Urban and Rural youth with the aim of attracting
young graduates and post graduates to the field of conservation.
Mr. Nitin Desai
Nitin Desai is one of the foremost figures in the environment movement in India. Nitin
Desai is associated with many academic organizations and NGOs dealing with economic,
social and environmental issues as also security and foreign policy. He has published
several articles and papers on development planning, regional economics, industry,
energy and international economic relations. He began his career on the Planning
Comission of India in 1973, and subsequently was involved in energy policy work and
served as the Secretary of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India.
He was also the Senior Econonomic Advisor on the Brundtland Comission where he
introduced the concept of sustainable development and was responsible for drafting
the key chapters dealing with this aspect in the report of the Commission "Our Common
Future". He was closely involved in the UN since the 1990's, and held important capacities
in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, and the
World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002.
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58. Team Profiles:
Organizing Team P rofiles:
Anugraha John:
Anugraha John is a young social activist working on issues such as environment, education,
culture, cross-cultural dialogue, inter-religious dialogue and other social and sustainable
development programmes both nationally and internationally. He loves teaching rather
facilitating thematic sessions for children and youth and teaches at few schools, colleges
and university both in India and abroad. He is currently heading a non-profit organization,
Global Citizens for Sustainable Development based in Bangalore, India. He is one of the
Principal Organizers working towards an Asian Citizens Assembly to be held in India in
2010 which has established cross-cultural dialogue programmes along with partners in
China and Japan since February 2007 such as China-India Forum, Japan-India Forum and
China-India-Japan Forum.
Bhavna Kaveti:
Bhavna Kaveti is a final year undergraduate student pursuing her graduation in Aurora’s
Degree College, Hyderabad. Becoming aware of environmental degradation through
her involvement with WWF-India as a volunteer and a member of the NBSS, she started
contributing her time and effort with various organizations to work against climate change
and to protect the environment. She regularly participates in workshops, seminars &
other activities and events related to the environment, and thus hopes to play a vital role
in spreading awareness amongst youth and children. Climate change being a keystone
for its diversified effect on mankind and the biodiversity around him, she would like to
make herself to be a part and contribute towards mitigation of climate change and
adaptation to its effects.
Caroline Howe:
Caroline Howe has worked around the world on climate education, renewable energy
and the international youth climate change movement and graduated from Yale University
in May 2007 in Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, and has spent the past year in
India on a public service fellowship from Yale working on climate solutions and climate
education, with a particular focus on sustainable urban development. While in India, she
has worked with The Energy and Resources Institute in Delhi on their green building
programs and their internal carbon footprint assessment; written a song for the World
Health Organization on climate change and health; aided IYCN and TERI on climate
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59. education programs; and is advising the Green Initiatives program at Infosys. With IYCN,
Caroline is organizing the Climate Solutions Tour of India, with a goal of raising awareness
about existing solutions and the need for even more solutions!
Deepanjali Gupta:
Deepa is a co-founder of the Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN), a movement aimed to
mobilize youth across India into taking action against climate change. IYCN has seen
growth from reaching out to 3 to over 205,000 people within 4 months of its initiation.
Her other work has involved being the Indian Coordinator for the Australian Youth Climate
Coalition (AYCC), the peak youth body on climate change in Australia, and also drove
AYCC’s faith climate campaign, strongly engaging youth from Hindu, Christian and Islamic
backgrounds. Deepa has previously worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers in their Climate
Change team. She also was the key driver for the cleanenergy campaign at her university,
and has represented the youth perspective on climate change to peak tertiary institutions
in Australia.
Digu Aruchamy:
Digu Aruchamy is a final year undergraduate student in Energy and Environmental
Engineering from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore and has a great passion
towards protecting the environment and climate change. He is the rural coordinator
and active member of the Indian Youth Climate Network since its beginning and is involved
with the rural energy project. His area of interest is sustainable development and how
climate change mitigation strategies can be coupled to sustainable development in
developing countries like India. He likes to interact with young people and motivate
them to contribute positively to the environment and is currently involved with the
creation of a green network in Coimbatore which will take up environmental issues in his
city. He has a wide technical knowledge in the area of renewable energy and climate
change policy.
Kartikeya Singh:
Kartikeya spent the last year studying the efficacy of renewable energy as a decentralized
energy solution for rural India while based out of the Centre for Science & Environment
(New Delhi). He was specifically analyzing barriers to successful management of rural
renewable energy systems throughout the country – including solar, wind, micro-hydro,
bio-gas, biomass gasification, and bio-diesel systems. His larger field of study is energy
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60. Women at the forefront of the battle against climate change
Using creativity to create change
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61. Expressing hope for a sustainable society through art
Affirming commitment in support of the declaration
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62. policy and climate change. In 2007, he received a bachelor’s degree in ecology and
sustainable development from Furman University (USA). Despite being an Indian citizen,
he was also one of the 22-member US youth delegates to the 2007 UN Climate Change
Conference in Bali, Indonesia. This experience led him to be one of the co-founders of
the Indian Youth Climate Network.
Rabindranath Biswas:
Rabindranath Biswas is an avid nature lover, environmentalist and student activist based
in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. He is currently pursuing his Masters in Medical Technology
in Manipal University, Mangalore. Along with his friends, he has founded a student
organization dedicated to the pursuit and continued interest in the pure sciences and in
nature conservation. He is a long time volunteer with the World Wide Fund for Nature -
India, with whom he has visited most of the important natural habitats and wilderness
areas in Andhra Pradesh, both on research and on education and on nature camps. In his
spare time, he also volunteers with other nature conservations organizations and groups
in Hyderabad. He is keenly interested in climate change and energy related issues, and is
the founding member of the Hyderabad Climate Alliance, a youth led coalition of
individuals and organizations based in Hyderabad, interested in climate change and energy
related issues. Rabindranath Biswas is one of the coordinators of the Indian Youth Summit
on Climate Change.
Raji Nair:
Raji Nair, Creative Head, Campaigns Galore is a social entrepreneur who designs campaigns
that aims to connect the social issues to their right audience. A management graduate
and an alumni of the Centre for Social Initiative and Management, she believes that
development projects can sustain if successful business practices are applied to them
while retaining their service mission. The power of individuals as advocates of change
has always fascinated her. Apart from being in the organizing team of IYSoCC, she is also
working on a campaign on rainwater harvesting ‘Catch Every drop’ and a communications
workshop for children called ‘EARTHWORKS’.
Vikram Aditya:
Vikram aditya is currently working as a Consultant at WWF-India and Oxfam International
Youth Partnerships. He has finished his Masters in Zoology, and is involved in grassroots
environmental initiatives in Hyderabad with his organization, Friendship Foundation.
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63. Vikram Aditya writes regularly on climate change and sustainable development related
issues, and is involved in a school climate change education project with WWF-India in
Hyderabad. His main areas of interest include climate change and energy, biodiversity
and conservation, sustainable development, trade justice, global environmental policies
and participation of youth in environmental movements. He has finished his Masters in
Zoology in 2006, and has worked earlier with the UNEP and the Sanctuary Asia Tiger
Programme. He is closely associated with the UNEP’s South Asian youth programme,
South Asia Youth Environmental Network, the Oxfam International Youth Parternships
and Solar Generation, among other youth environmental initiatives.
YOUTH Participants List
Name of the Delegates
1. Ms. R. S. Lekshmy leksh1989@yahoo.co.in
2. Ms. Priya Dharshini vicuna19@gmail.com
3. Mr. P. Anand Babup. anandbabu@cgiar.org
4. Ms. Mithika D Cruz mithika@gmail.com
5. Ms. Nidhi Nair catchnidhi@gmail.com
6. Ms. Ritu Singh ritzcool100@gmail.com
7. Ms. Avipsa Mahapatra avipsam@gmail.com
8. Ms. Saritab Mehra greenmunia@yahoo.co.in
9. Mr. Deepak Saini dsainiknp@gmail.com
10. Mr. Jaikant Saini jayknp@yahoo.co.in
11. Mr. Dhavan Saini sainidhavan@gmail.com
12. Mr. Praveen Mehra pmehra27@yahoo.com
13. Ms. Sonali Singh singh_sonali2007@yahoo.com
14. Mr. Prashant Verma prashant.m.verma@gmail.com
15. Ms. Shakuntala Verma sonu_sept29@yahoo.co.in
16. Mr. Chaitanya Kotikalapudi chaitanya.kumarkc@gmail.com
17. Ms. Ruchi Choudhary ruchi.choudhary08@gmail.com
18. Mr. Upmanyu Patil upmanyupatil@gmail.com
19. Ms. Suparana Katyaini suparna.kat@gmail.com
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64. 20. Mr. Faraz Ahmed faraz1186@gmail.com
21. Mr. Nathaniel Dkhar ksuidheh@gmail.com
22. Ms. Saumya mathur mathursaumya@yahoo.com
23. Ms. Amrita Sinha amrita.sinha12@gmail.com
24. Mr. Will Bates will@350.org
25. Mr. Lingaraj GJ gjlraj@gmail.com
26. Ms. Urvashi Devidayal udevidayal@theclimategroup.org
27. Ms. Sonia Mishra mishrasonia3@gmail.com
28. Mr. Digu Aruchamy
29. Mr. Francis Suresh Balan francisenergy@gmail.com
30. Ms. Nivedita Shridhar
31. Ms. Ruqaya Jabeen raqayajabeen@gmail.com
32. Ms. Anne Jayanthi annejayanthi@gmail.com
33. Ms. Divya Sharma divyas@teri.resi.in
34. Ms. Harini Bhuvaneshwari harinibhuvaneshwari@gmail.com
35. Ms. K. Elackiya elackiya.eee@gmail.com
36. Mr. R. Suba suba1988@gmail.com
37. Ms. E. Deepa Kumari deepakumar8863@gmail.com
38. Mr. Wafa Singh wafasingh86@gmail.com
39. Ms. J. Jaya Bharathi jayabharthijayapal@gmail.com
40. Ms. Prachi Khanna khanna.prachi1206@gmail.com
41. Ms. Smita Bhodhankar smitabodhankar@gmail.com
42. Ms. Aditi Malhotra malhotraaditi@yahoo.com
43. Ms. Aishwarya Dhilip aishwaryadhilip@gmail.com
44. Mr. Alberto Galante alberto.galante@garrigues.com
45. Ms. Alekhya Banerji alekhya_banerji@yahoo.com
46. Mr. Apoorv Vishnoi undefined.196@gmail.com
47. Ms. Ashita Anandi ashitaanandi@yahoo.com
48. Ms. Radha Kamat radhakamat@gmail.com
49. Ms. Choitali Roselin Dey roselindey@gmail.com
50. Mr. Faraz Ahmed faraz1186@gmail.com
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