The Embassy of Sweden has partnered with a top private school in Gurugram to engage youth in the dialogue on climate change, ahead of Stockholm+50, an international meeting on climate change and environmental protection. To highlight the youth perspective, Heritage International Experiential Learning School invites selected students to participate in an interactive panel discussion focused on the well-being of present and future generations.
Stockholm+50 is an important international environmental conference, scheduled to be held on 2 and 3 June in Stockholm, Sweden. This year’s high-level global meeting will launch climate talks under the theme “A Healthy Planet for the Prosperity of All Our Responsibility”. our opportunity. The international discourse will follow months of consultation and discussions with individuals, communities, organizations and governments around the world, ensuring the well-being of present and future generations.
“Every morning when I wake up, I say a few words, taught by my elders as a tribute to this land, Mother Earth, to ask for forgiveness for walking on it. Words always remind me of this fact That we are part of this world and not its masters, whose resources are to be shared and in no way taken lightly. I wish the younger generation to find a new way of living that is better and older Get away from the practices because there was so much wrong with them, which is more beneficial and healthier for all life, including animals and plants living on the planet,” said Gautam Bhattacharya, deputy head of mission of the Swedish embassy.
“Fifty years ago, in 1972, during the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi along with other leaders took some initiatives which became a global environmental movement. Today if we look back and analyze that What have we done. We have really gone down the wrong path. I think we also need to practice what we discussed today, starting with the seven-day challenge.”
In addition to the interactive session, a seven-day challenge was also launched by the Embassy of Sweden and Swedish alumni from June 1, 2022. The seven-day challenge was launched to encourage students to create a #MyClimateCommitment plan, which creates a more sustainable approach. To eat, walk and live for seven days.
“It is an absolute necessity for us as adults to provide our children with a planet in which they can live and be valued. It is the younger generation that is going to achieve this, because our generation and the previous generation has not paid enough attention to this issue, perhaps due to selfishness or simply a lack of foresight,” said Spokey Wheeler, Director and Head, Heritage International Experimental School.
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