Youth Climate Conclave, New Delhi
A Youth Climate Conclave, an initiative under the Strategic Partnership for Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPIPA) project, was organized during the World Sustainable Development Summit, 2020(WSBS) by the Delegation of the European Union to India, together with GIZ, TERI, and CEEW. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), from the 29th to the 31st of January at New Delhi. One of our class XII student Asees Sandhu’s photograph was amongst the 12 best pictures out of 200, selected to be printed in the annual calendar of 2020. Along with this she also won a chance to attend the Youth Climate Conclave scheduled from the 29th to the 31st of January, 2020 where participants role-played as representatives of different countries to strive for a consensus on global climate action. The outcome was a Youth Declaration on Climate Action. The conclave included training and capacity building of the youth participants. It has been an enriching experience and once in a lifetime opportunity for her.