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PACCIFY workshop
on climate change
15 December 2005
Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi
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TERI organized a workshop on climate change on 15 December 2005 at Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi. About 100 students and lecturers attended the workshop from 15 colleges across Delhi.
Dr Vivek Kumar, Associate Fellow, TERI, delivered a talk on climate change during the concept-building session. In this session, he discussed the various factors causing climate change, impacts of climate change on different sectors, and ways to mitigate these impacts. During the session, students asked various questions related to the issue, making it an interactive session.
Group discussions and presentations were organized that added a high spirit and enthusiasm on the one hand, and reinforced the learning on the other hand. Various topics were discussed within the groups formed related to the issue. The group representative through presentation later put the group ideas forward.
Students also participated in logo designing and painting competitions with zest.
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PACCIFY workshop
on climate change
7- 8 December 2005
Maharashtra Nature Park Society, Mumbai
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TERI organized a two-day workshop on climate change on 7 and 8 October 2005 at Maharashtra Nature Park Society, Mumbai. About 115 students and 20 teachers attended the workshop from 16 schools, and junior and senior colleges across Mumbai.
The concept-building session was held in which talks were delivered by TERI researchers, Ms Neha and Ms Swati Kwatra, to introduce the concept of climate change and clarify student’s doubts about the issue. During this session, students raised various questions related to the issue, such as how a rise in the sea level leads to salination of freshwater resources, causes coral bleaching, natural causes of climate change, etc. This was followed by screening of a documentary film: Global Warning that focused on challenges and threats of climate change.
The second session was on group discussion and presentations to give them a chance to interact with each other on various issues related to climate change. This also reinforced the learning during the workshop. The topics of discussion were agriculture, forestry and wildlife, coastal zones and marine life, water resources, and health. At the end of the discussion, the group leaders made small presentations and put forward ideas of the group.
At the end, various competitions were organized, which included essay writing, logo designing, and painting. The institutes displayed the selected models at the workshop, topics for which were provided to them in advance. The models highlighted issues like the harm caused to the environment due to industrialization and less use of non- renewable energy resources.
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Interactive
workshop at Chandigarh on climate change
2 December 2005
St. Kabir Public School, Sector 26, Chandigarh
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Climate change is one of the most serious global threats to our environment, our economies, and our lives. But why is the Earth's climate changing? Why is it heating up? Is it natural or human-induced? What should be done? To answer these questions, under this project, a one-day workshop was organized on 2 December with schools at St. Kabir Public School, Chandigarh, where 120 students and 20 teachers from 15 schools across Chandigarh participated in the workshop.
Various activities were organized for students. These included presentations on climate change, screening of a documentary film, ‘Global Warning’ that focused on challenges and threats of climate change. Group discussion and presentations were organized for students to reinforce the learning during the workshop. Topics of discussion were given on the spot, based on the presentation made by experts. Also, logo designing, painting, and essay-writing competitions were organized.
Each activity that is conducted in our daily lives has a relevance to change and impact on climate. People need to be aware of their consumer choices and how their choice impacts the environment. It is hard to change people's habits once they are older hence, eco-friendly behavior must be formed at an early age. Ms Swati Kwatra, researcher at TERI, through her presentation, conveyed this to students. The presentation highlighted the causes and impacts of climate change on different sectors. Also, ways to mitigate climate change were discussed. Ms Roma Marwah, Planning Officer, Department of Urban Planning, talked about urbanization and climate change. She emphasized that urban planning plays a major role and also discussed how the urban planners had been taking the environment sustainability into account while planning the city of Chandigarh.
The workshop closed with the pledge that students will take simple but concrete actions in their daily lives to mitigate climate change.
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Interactive
workshop at Jaipur on climate change
8 November 2005
Maharaja Sawai Mansingh Vidyalaya, Sawai Ram Singh Road, Jaipur
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The workshop was divided into three sessions. First session was the concept-building session where Ms Swati Kwatra, Research Associate, TERI, discussed the concepts of climate change, the causes and their impacts on different sectors through a presentation. Also, ways to mitigate climate change were highlighted. Prof. A L Bhatia, Convener, Institute of Informatics of Instrumentation; and Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Rajasthan, also discussed about the various studies being conducted in the same field and the need for youth mobilization for a better environment. A documentary film titled ‘Global Warning’ was also screened focusing upon the challenges and threats of climate change. Students asked various queries relating to the issue during the presentation, thus making it an interactive session.
The second session was of group discussion and presentations. It was organized for students to reinforce the learnings during the workshop. Students were divided into five groups to discuss the impact/effect of climate change on agriculture, forestry and wildlife, coastal zones and marine life, water resources, and health, respectively. Along with this, they also discussed mitigating steps that can be adopted at the community and individual levels. Finally, group leaders made small presentations at the end of the session. In the third session, different competitions were also organized that included logo designing, painting, and essay-writing.
The workshop closed with the pledge taken by students ‘to spread the knowledge gained in the workshop across their institutions and will follow steps at individual level to mitigate climate change’.
Kids urged to spread Enivironment Awareness
Hindustan Times
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Youth Conference
on CoP 11
16 November 2005
New Delhi
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Climate change has become one of the most important and sensitive environmental issues facing the world today, and the need of the hour is to make people aware of the latest developments related to it. Each activity in our daily life has a relevance and impact on the climate. One of the key focus areas to combat this pressing problem is to lay emphasis on education, training, and awareness building among all segments in society. The future of the society lies in the hands of youth. It is an important step to apprise them about what is actually happening at a global scenario on policy issues related to climate change. With this as a primary motive, a Youth CoP (Conference of Parties) 11 was ozrganized in Delhi by TERI, with support from the Canadian High Commission on 16 November 2005.
The conference commenced with the introductory remarks from Dr Leena Srivastava, Executive Director, TERI. She said, ‘The Indian youth in particular have enormous responsibility not just to India, but also to the world. Because its Indian youth that are going to contribute significantly to a global workforce.’
In her opening remarks, HE Ms Lucie Edwards, High Commissioner, High Commission of Canada, said, ‘The future of the society lies in the hands of its youth. They will see the effects of climate change in their own lifetimes, and that of their children. We need their voices in the debate on climate change.’
The college students from University of Delhi represented the youth session. This event gave an opportunity to the young leaders to put forward their concern on climate-related issues. Youth groups from 15 colleges of University of Delhi presented the progress made by different country groups with respect to their commitments in the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change). A series of sensitization and awareness programmes were organized for this group. As a preparation to Youth CoP 11, meetings of students with different country embassies and high commissions were also organized to provide the students with open and unbiased information about issues of immediate concern on policy-level climate concerns.
The session was chaired by Mr C Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, TERI. In his opening statement, he said, ‘The future of the society lies in the hands of its youth. They will see the effects of climate change in their own lifetimes, and that of their children. We need their voices in the debate on climate change.’
At the end of the youth session, the youth were allowed to debate on pressing issues related to climate change in the open house, which lasted for more than an hour.
Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, and Chairman, Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change, in his special address said, ‘I believe the only way you could bring about change in the world is by reaching out to the youth. It is very potent and potentially a very powerful force for bringing about action globally.’
A signature campaign marked the closure of this programme. It forwarded the youth’s message to Montreal, Canada, that ‘The Indian youth does care about what is happening to the environment and will do as much as possible to fight this problem of climate change’.
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PACCIFY workshop
on Climate Change
5 October 2005
Happy Home English School, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
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TERI organized a workshop on Climate Change on 5 October 2005 at Happy Home English School, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. About 100 students attended the workshop from 20 schools and colleges across Varanasi. The event commenced with a prayer and the inaugural lamp lighting ceremony by the Chairman of the school, Mr V K Agarwal and the principal, Mrs S Agarwal. The communication executive of the school delivered the inaugural address where she emphasized the importance of such environmental programmes and the impact they have on students.
Human activities such as the increasing use of energy resources, increase in the number of industries, rise in consumerism have all had an impact on the earth’s environment and thereby on the climate. The need of the hour is to make people aware of these impacts and sensitize them to these issues. Each activity that is conducted in our daily lives has an impact on the climate. This was conveyed to students by Ms Swati Kwatra, TERI researcher, through a presentation, which highlighted the causes and impacts of Climate Change on different sectors. Ways to mitigate climate change were also discussed. Students asked questions related to the issue during the presentation, making it an interactive session. A documentary film, Global Warning was also screened that focused on the challenges and threats of climate change
Professor V B Mishra, (Retd.) of Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, talked about the effects of Climate Change related to its impact on water resources in India.
A group discussion was organized for students to reinforce the learning during the workshop. Students were divided in five groups to discuss on impact/effect of climate change on agriculture, forestry and wildlife, coastal zones and marine life, water resources and health. Along with this, they also discussed mitigating steps that could be adopted at community and individual levels. The group leaders made small presentations at the end of the session.
Competitions were also organized that included logo-designing, painting and essay-writing. The topic for logo-designing was Climate Change, and for the essay-writing competition, it was, “Climate Change–cause for concern”; for painting, the students were to choose from among ten options. The topics were volcanoes, forest fires, industrialization, urbanization, ocean currents, coral bleaching, desertification, floods, landslides and melting of ice.
In today’s fast-changing world, ethics and respect for nature have both taken a back seat in our day-to-day actions and activities. TERI, through its project YEARN (Youth for Ethical Action and Respect for Nature) dedicated itselfto the task of creating an informed group of young citizens who will become the leaders of tomorrow and for whom environmental issues related to respect for nature and the world around them will become a part of life. TERI researcher, Neha introduced this project to the students, informing them about the various activities envisaged under the project.
The workshop closed with the vote of thanks given by the Principal, Happy Home English School, Varanasi. She appreciated the TERI effort in guiding the students on Climate Change issues and requested the students to seriously work towards improvement of the environment through their respective Climate Clubs.
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Climate Change
workshop in Shillong
4 October 2005
Shillong, Meghalaya
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TERI organized a Climate Change workshop in Shillong on 4 October 2005. It was attended by about 150 school students and 15 teachers from 15 schools in the Shillong and Barapani area. The students wrote essays, designed logos, painted, and participtated in group discussions with great enthusiasm. There were many questions from the students on climate change, deforestation, environmental problems, etc., at the workshop. In spite of examinations just around the corner in most of the colleges in Guwahati, the conference hall of the new TERI building was full of participants from eight institutions. Apart from the TERI faculty, Dr Pradip Sarma, Senior faculty of Cotton College and Head of Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre was also invited to talk on environmental issues in NE India.
Workshop on climate changes
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TERI ecology programme for youth
The Assam Tribune
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PACCIFY workshop
on climate change
25 August 2005
St Bede’s College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
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TERI organized a workshop
on climate change on 25 August 2005 at St Bede’s College, Shimla.
Nearly 150 students attended the workshop from schools and colleges across
Shimla. The event commenced with a welcome address and a brief introduction
to the project, PACCIFY, followed by the screening of TERI multimedia.
TERI researcher, Ms Neha made a presentation on the causes and impact
of climate change with a special focus on the Indian scenario.
Mr R K Lakhanpal, Assistant Meteorologist, State Meteorological Department,
Himachal Pradesh. Talked about the effects of climate change in the Himalayan
region.
Students selected from around 18 educational institutions in the city,
which included two colleges, discussed some sensitive issues like:
- What is climate change
- Factors contributing to climate change
- Its impacts
- And solutions
The group discussions were followed by presentations by the group leader.
A logo and painting competition was also organized for the participants. The topic for both the competitions was ‘Climate change’.
TERI researcher, Ms Swati Kwatra talked about the new project, YEARN to the students guiding them about the various activities envisaged under the project.
The workshop closed with a pledge by all the participants to seriously work towards improvement of the environment at both the institutional and community level through the nature club activities.
Youth
need be involved in the environmental issues
The Hindustan Times, 25 August 2005
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PACCIFY
workshop on
climate change
8 July 2005
Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara, Kochi, Kerala, India
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TERI organized a workshop on climate change on 8 July 2005 at Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Kochi. The workshop was attended by 200 students from schools and colleges across Kochi. The event commenced with a prayer and the inaugural lamp lighting ceremony by the principal, TERI researchers, and Dr Rajan, Scientist and Climatologist from the University of Kochi. The former principal of the school, Ms Meena Vishwanathan delivered the inaugural address where she emphasized the importance of such environmental programmes and the impact they have on the students.
Dr Rajan talked about the effects of climate change related to the changing rainfall patterns on the coastal regions of India.
TERI researcher, Ms Suruchi Bhadwal made a presentation on the causes and impact of climate change with a special focus on the regional concerns.
Students selected from around 16 educational institutions in the city, which included four colleges, discussed some sensitive issues like threats to coral reefs, deforestation, urbanization, impact of increasing industrialization, threats to agriculture, and relevance of using carpools. The discussions were held in groups followed by presentations by the group leader to the audience. This triggered another round of questions addressed to the experts at the workshop.
A brief introduction to the project, PACCIFY was also made guiding the students to the various activities envisaged under the project.
A short film, Global
Warning was also screened at the workshop.
Young minds air doubts on climate change
The New Indian Express, 9 July 2005
The workshop on climate change - PACCIFY (The programme for awareness
on climate change issues featuring the youth) - was organized by TERI
in Kochi aiming at involving students and teachers in an awareness campaign
on climate change and sensitizing them on many topics.
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Earth Day
2005
21 April 2005
| Releasing of'Terrapin' by Dr Prodipto Ghosh, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India and the launch of PACCIFY web site by Hon’ble Chief Minister Smt Sheila Dikshit. |
Around
1000 students participated in an inter school painting and skit competition
at National Bal Bhavan on 20 April 2005.
The
Hon’ble Chief Minister Smt Sheila Dikshit felicitated winners at
a special ceremony at the India International Centre on 21 April 2005.