Sunita Narain
Sunita Narain was invited by the Sambad media group of Odisha as the Chief Guest at its Earth Again (Punascha Pruthibi) Conference in Bhubaneswar, the group’s flagship climate action initiative. The initiative is citizen-driven, and includes the ‘Climate Panchayat’ which spans all 147 assembly constituencies of Odisha to foster dialogue between citizens and elected representatives on local climate challenges and sustainable solutions.
Climate
The Climate team’s Avantika will be in Berlin to speak at a conference by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and Germanwatch, on ‘Shaping the Future of Indo-German Cooperation: A true partnership for Green and Just Industrial Transformation’. Kartik and Trishant will be speaking virtually at a Brussels-based private roundtable being organised by the Center for American Progress and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung on 'Designing a New Green Trade Pact'.
Climate
Last week, the Climate team’s Sehr spoke on a panel organised by RIS, the Ministry of External Affairs' think tank, titled ‘Connecting Nature and Climate: India’s Preparatory Dialogue for CBD COP17 and UNFCCC COP31’, alongside representatives from MOEFCC and the WTO.
Water
Water team’s Sushmita was a panelist at a round table organised by HCL Foundation and the Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group, speaking on ‘wetlands, livelihoods and climate resilience’.