About 15% of the world's population lives with some form of disability, and due to the environmental crisis, the divide between disabled person and abled person have increased. In this episode of the Climate Stand, join us in a conversation with Professor Sneha Krishnan, an associate Professor at Jindal school of Environment and sustainability, wherein she discusses how important it is to include disabled people in the climate change movement.
Why should we care about animal rights? How can we make our cities more animal friendly? Do you also sometimes ask these questions to yourself? In this podcast Professor Siddhanth Prasad answers all these and more. Tune in to listen!
In this episode, the former and current TFS Presidents, Isha Ahlawat and Shalini Prem discuss climate activism, climate legislations, and their journeys with The Final Stand.
Join us in conversation with Akhilesh Anilkumar, a 21-year old youth climate activist and the Managing Director of Bring Back Green Foundation. He walks us through his journey into climate activism and what motivates him to keep working towards the cause. Having also recently started a sustainable and gender neutral brand called Prolove Fashion, he also sheds light on the importance of sustainable fashion and how it may appeal to the youth in our fast fashion and consumerist world. He also gives a realistic view of how one can enter into the field of youth activism and manage to successfully manage your extra-curricular commitments with your academic ones.
Join us in conversation with Professor Amit Lahiri. Professor Lahiri is the Chief Sustainability Officer (“CSO”) at O.P. Jindal Global University. He is also an Associate Professor at International Institute for Higher Education Research & Capacity Building. In this episode, Professor Lahiri explains the role of a CSO, both inside and outside of university spaces, especially in the context of the climate crisis. Prof. Lahiri shares valuable insight for students who want to build a career in the field of environment and sustainability, and sheds light on the importance of taking individual initiatives. Sit tight, because he also discusses his must-reads!
Join us in conversation with Mr. Joydeep Gupta, adjunct faculty at the Jindal School of Journalism and Communication and South Asia Director of the Third Pole, a multilingual platform dedicated to promoting information and discussion about the Himalayan watershed and the rivers that originate there. Mr. Gupta explains the concept and scope of environmental news reporting and addresses the term 'environmental journalist'. He also walks us through his journey as a journalist and his motivation to cover environmental news. He discusses how journalism can be reimagined through the lens of sustainability and climate change and how journalists overcome challenges such as misinformation and covering news about complex scientific phenomena, especially with the advent of the internet.
Join us in conversation with Professor Abhiroop Chowdhury, associate professor and assistant dean at the Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability, at the Jindal Global University, to delve into the fascinating world of mangroves. Professor Chowdhury, a renowned expert on the topic, explains the unique ecology of mangroves and their significant contribution to biodiversity and shoreline communities. He also conveys the less known direct relation between mangroves and climate change wherein mangroves are severely threatened by climate change but at the same time they also have the ecological capability to mitigate the effects of it. In light of the mass deforestation of Mangroves around the country, we also broach the age-old question of sustainability versus development and Professor Chowdhury informs us on what is being done in real-time to bridge this gap. Professor also shares his thoughts on whether he believes the potential of mangroves to mitigate climate change is fully recognised and how he believes people can educate themselves on this topic.
Join us in conversation with Ujjwal Sharma, a third year law student at Jindal Global Law School who has not only argued before the honourable National Green Tribunal (NGT) but has won his first case at the young age of 19. He has made headlines for petitioning the NGT to stay the felling of 2.15 lakh trees without prior permission in the Buxwaha Bunder Diamond Mine case and he also filed an original application against the rising pollution of Motia lake, situated adjacent to the grand Taj-ul-Masjid and the heritage Taj Mahal Palace in Bhopal. Ujjwal walks us through his journey from his motivation to file the petition to his experience arguing before the NGT. He also highlights the rules and limitations of the law which permit us as young students to argue before the Tribunal and he explains how these very legal tools are key in climate activism. He goes on to share his views on the importance of youth effort in climate activism and finally he shares his thoughts on how we as the youth can create tangible change in the Climate Change movement.
Join us in conversation with Professor Chhaya Bhardwaj, Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School and a United Nations trained international lawyer, to discuss the subject and nature of climate financing and its intersection with human rights. Professor Bhardwaj explains the term and its facets in a simple manner and speaks to its conjunction with human rights. We discuss the nature of climate finance vis-a-vis India and the realm of international law, further contextualizing its relevance during and after COP 26, the latest ‘Conference of Parties’. Given the pertinent role played by monetary pledges in this regard, we further discuss the efforts made towards the 100 billion dollar commitment with regard to climate finance and explore its implications. Additionally, Professor Bhardwaj provides insight into the challenges of local climate financing and how to ensure large-scale impact and accountability. Lastly, Professor Bhardwaj lists a recommendation of sources for those who wish to know more about climate financing.
Here are some key timestamps to help you navigate the episode:
1. What is climate financing? (2:08)
2. How is it related to human rights? (4:50)
3. Why is a rights-based approach towards climate financing the most appropriate way in initiating policymaking? (9:57)
4. To what extent is it crystallized under international law? In what contexts and specific legal instruments has it been engaged with in the past? (12:43)
5. To further explore India in particular, with regard to recent developments in COP26, what is the current status quo with regard to climate financing in India? How was this reflected in COP 26? (18:00)
6. Twelve years ago at the climate summit in Copenhagen, countries made a 100 bn dollar commitment towards climate financing by 2020. Has this been met? What are the structural issues that are inhibiting actual transfer to the poorest and most underdeveloped countries in the world? The context being the parallel 2 trillion dollar expenditure on military in 2020, and what this says about the value of climate change as seen by such allocation of financing? (22:59)
7. What are the biggest hindrances in local climate financing? How do you think that this affects any large-scale impact? How can we ensure accountability in climate financing at various levels? (27:38)
8. What sources would you recommend for anyone who wants to read more about climate financing? (35:27)
Join us in conversation with Prof. Cosmin Corendea, Vice Dean and professor at Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability and professor at Jindal Global Law School, to unravel the crisis of climate displacement and hear him briefly cover the role of the Conference of Parties (COP) and his association with it over the years, particularly at COP26. Professor Corendea explains the term climate displacement in simple terms and tells us why we are going to be hearing more about it in the coming years. We discuss the relevance of terminology in the discourse of climate displacement and deliberate the stakeholders or sectors that would constitute an ideal group to address the issue. We also discuss whether a criteria can be developed for climate refugees or climate displacement given the transboundary nature of migration and finally, Prof. Corendea shares his message to the youth in the context of our work towards climate change mitigation.
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In conversation with Dr Tatjana Kochetkova, assistant professor at Jindal Global Law School and author of several books and a series of articles on applied ethics, and the philosophy of man and technology, we discuss the role of Geopolitics and Geoengineering in climate change mitigation. Find out about the different geoengineering initiatives being undertaken across the world and the geopolitical challenge to their implementation. We question the sustainability and efficiency of geoengineering as a tool for climate-change mitigation and we encourage you to form your own opinion on the same.
In conversation with Professor Eeshan Chaturvedi, Assistant Dean of Jindal School of Environment and Sustainability, we discuss the definitions of 'environment' and other related terms such as 'ecosystem' and their historical development. We explore the impact of the multiplicity of these definitions on creating policy and legislature and how some policies that may seem unrelated to the environment may have a tangible impact on sustainability. Professor Chaturvedi also touches upon the importance of being curious in the field of Climate Science and Sustainability and using curiosity as a tool to develop you own stand on climate.
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