Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College aims for Carbon Neutrality
On August 6th, the Climate Change Group (CCG) of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, in association with Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) organized a plantation activity in collaboration with the District Forest Office, Ludhiana. 585 students planted saplings individually in the campus of Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College with the message, “Plant a [...]
Who will Win the Great Power Race?
IYCN Hyderabad Turns One
his June, the IYCN chapter in Hyderabad turned one! One year of climate campaigns and workshops and an immense amount of learning for any and every member of IYCN in the city! Hyderabad is labelled a lazy city for many reasons but when the need arises to address an issue that is close to [...]
Great Power Race: Race for the future
The world has witnessed another earth day go by and another environment day breeze past us with little or no difference to the day next. Symbolic actions for environment and climate have come a long way in the world with increasing participation from public and more pressure on the leaders, but Govt.’s across the world [...]
Narmada Indefinite Fast!
Whenever the name of River Narmada comes to one’s mind, a beautiful river rising from Amarkantak passing through western ghats, emptying itself in Arabian Sea delight the eyes. The river has been a symbol of struggle from last 25 years. The struggle between “modern development” & “ecological harmony”. The construction of Sardar Sarovar dam “resurgent [...]
IYCN is Hiring!
The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) is a network uniting Indian youth and youth oriented organisations who are concerned about climate change & environment issues. IYCN works to generate awareness about and establish consensus on what role India should play in the global debate of climate change, and how it should address its domestic issues. [...]
India expects negotiations to be extended
Cross posted from CSM Equitywatch
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declares that a fair deal can only be reached through further talks
In a speech immediately following President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stated unequivocally that negotiations would need to continue until 2010, to strike any kind of agreement that would enhance global action on climate change.
“To [...]
Chinese Premier`s Wen Jibao Statement at COP15
The national statement made by Wen Jibao, Chinese Premier spoke at the plenary of the conference of parties in Copenhagen today and his statement came after China was turning into the scapegoat at the negotiations with developed nations blaming it for not taking emission targets. In his long speech, he gave the world 3 reasons [...]
Hot Seat on December 17th
Hey all. This is Mahats and, in addition to being IYCN in Delhi’s current token American, I will be your blogger for the day. Hope you are all doing well, are awake, haven’t succumbed completely to cynicism and are ready to begin.
In summary: I am Mahats, not Kabir and I will be blogging from New [...]
Do we need more proof?
It is ironical to see that on one hand, where around 20,000 delegates and observers have gatherred from around the world for the climate talks in Copenhagen, there are still questions around “whether global warming is real”. A report released by the World Meteorological Organization today says that the 2009 is one of the [...]
Winners of the Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition Announced
In a superb conflation of technological brilliance and management excellence, Brand IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) and IIM (Indian Institute of Management) shone at the 2009 Al Gore Sustainable Technology Venture Competition™ India, Asia’s first and most prestigious sustainable/clean technology venture competition, founded in 2007, and hosted by the legendary IIT Kharagpur November 6-7, 2009. [...]
Developing Sustainable Businesses for Social Change
Think about the last time you had an idea about solving a community issue in your area! A thousand questions might have hit you – Whether the problem is real? Is the idea feasible? Will people buy it? Who will support me to implement this idea? Where will I get funding and mentorship from? Is [...]
After Earth Hour, Vote Earth Now!!
WWF’s New Campaign to put pressure on world leaders to sign the effective deal in Copenhagen.
WHY VOTE EARTH?
Put simply, because our future depends on it! It only takes a few minutes to vote, but it could help protect our planet forever. It’s your chance to tell world leaders what kind of deal you want them [...]
A Letter to our Leaders
Dear Leader,
Namaste. We are the Indian Youth Delegation representing the concerns of Indian Youth and many more to the United Nations COP-15 in December. Our group, selected from all over India by the Indian Youth Climate Network consists of a 20 members team. We come to you in the interests of over 1.3 billion people [...]
Press Release: NAAM Oppose Nuclear developments in the Country
October 19, 2009
National Alliance of Anti-nuclear Movements (NAAM)
42/27 Esankai Mani Veethy
Parakkai Road Junction
Nagercoil 629 002, Tamil Nadu, India
Email: koodankulam@yahoo.com
The Manmohan Singh government’s recent allocation of a number of sites for setting up of nuclear power plants with imported reactors from the United States, France and Russia without any kind [...]
