Final conclave of ‘YUVA (Young Unheard Voices for Action) on Climate Change’ held USA Pavilion, International Kolkata Book Fair in Kolkata on January 30.
Kolkata, January 30 (MExN): The final conclave of ‘YUVA (Young Unheard Voices for Action) on Climate Change’ was held USA Pavilion, International Kolkata Book Fair in Kolkata on January 30.
US Consulate General, Kolkata in collaboration with Prodigal’s Home, Dimapur, Nagaland partnered with BRIDGE, Bhutan Ecological Society (BES), Bangladesh Youth Environment Initiative (BYEI), and PlaceMaking Foundation, Manipur hosted a conclave as the final event under a project titled ‘YUVA on Climate Change.’
An update received here stated that the event started with welcome and introductory notes given by Juan Clar, Deputy Director American Center in Kolkata; Imliben Lemtur, Project Director Yuva; and Prithviraj Nath, Director, Bridge.
Mentor Urmi Buragohain, Founding Director at PlaceMaking Foundation, Manipur was present at the event.
Selected youth from India, Bangladesh, and Bhutan, pitched their ideas on climate action, to a panel jury-mentors comprising of experts, climate activists, development partners, and private sector entities. The aim is to help them connect with other like-minded youth for coalition building, get support and further mentorship opportunities for their ideas, to ultimately lead to concrete on-grounds implementation and scaling-up of these climate action ideas, the press release stated.
Ideas include those on e-waste recycling, plastics management & recycling, developing plastics alternatives at the local levels, water conservation & management, sustainable agri-horticulture, ecotourism, and the likes.
The jury-mentors included Amrita Basu – Educator, and President, Rotary Club of Calcutta Metro City; Ochintya Sharma - Co-Founder of Oxome Consulting, and Chevening Rolls-Royce Science and Innovation Leadership Fellow, University of Oxford; Rakhi Das Sinha – Climate Activist, and Member, Warrior Moms; Sahana Ghosh - Associate Editor, Nature India; Saikat Biswas - Associate Director, Cognizant Technology Solutions; Koushik Chattaopadhyay - Associate Director, Cognizant Technology Solutions; and Quazi Rumman Dastgir - Consul for Political and Economic Affairs at the US Consulate General in Kolkata.
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