We are a young nation: Almost 50% of India’s population is below the age of 20, and 70% below the age of 35. Yet we, the youth had no say about our very own future that according to some has already been burned away by the generations preceding us. We must have our voices heard by our parents, teachers, politicians, business leaders & religious figures: all who mould our very future. We need to secure our own future.
Our nation is at the crossroads, while we must demand climate equity at an international level, we cannot go down the pathway of the industrialized nations who have created this climate calamity.
We already see the impact climate change is having on India. Go to the rural areas and ask the struggling farmers whether they have noticed a change in the weather patterns within the past 10 or more years and the answer is always yes. Look to our cities, they too are choked with fumes from the growing number of cars in the back drop of a rapidly expanding concrete jungle and a decreasing green cover. In the past 10 years we have seen increasingly recurring extreme weather events that have impacted tens of thousands.
The lives of hundreds and millions depend on an increasingly erratic monsoon and on waters sourced from the retreating glaciers of the Himalayas, we must arise to address this looming crisis of global proportions and unimaginable local implications. Its ecological implications are so far reaching that it is a problem that will cross-cut generations and be magnified for our generation.
Some will argue of poverty and education being bigger priorities for our growing nation. Others will point at the US and the industrialized nations claiming they should take action, not us. This is true, but won’t our abject poverty make us even more vulnerable to the changing climate? Shouldn’t we as Indians redefine the concept of “development” which we always associate with the West? Where do we begin?
Lets begin here.
As youth from India, we will make our presence felt. Climate change is the biggest challenge any generation has had to face in the history of the planet. We have a right, along with all species, to a sustainable future and a liveable planet. This right carries on to our children and grandchildren.
Are you ready to take up this climate challenge?
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5 comments:
its great effort to aware pepole {specially youth}about climate .............rohin
hi was trying to have a look at your website, and was hoping to get in touch with someone, we could do some interesting work together, of course we are older but not less passionate!!
harmann writing from jaydeep's account
Hi I am a renewable energy professional, running a solar energy company in New Delhi.
End of the day what actually matters is the amount of awareness among people and the kind of initiative they would take to invest in Green technology.
I am completely in tune with the consumer perception and I will be much interested in sharing the same. Rahul Malik @ Scone Solar
Summers have set in early this year, and it is going to be dry. It is all because of the effect of global warming, and if no serious action is taken, the years to come are going to be tough.. The past monsoon was pretty dry.
Work from home
hi, i am Naman, a partner at My Chlorophyll
http://www.mychlorophyll.com
your initiative is very interesting, and i believe we can work together.
I have mailed you through 'contact us'link on the deltaclimate website,
either ways contact me on
sanghvi.naman1@gmail.com
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