Badlaav 2009
Badlaav 2009 – Be the Change!
Badlaav 2009 was a youth summit on climate change organized by the Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) from July 18 to July 23, 2009 in New Delhi, India. Held at the American Embassy School in Chanakyapuri, approximately 200 individuals from across India attended Badlaav through the 6 day youth summit. The major components of the summit included morning plenary sessions, knowledge and skills based workshops, creative workshops and lots of other fun activities.
IYSOCC 2008
Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change - Hyderabad '08
The Indian Youth Summit on Climate Change held from 7th to 10th of August 2008 was a milestone for India’s youth movement on climate change. From debate paralleling UN climate negotiations to addresses by eminent people to the youth and discussions of India’s emission targets to staying up till 3am discussing the future youth want to build.
The aim of the summit was to come out with a youth declaration on climate change to unite the individuals and organizations that have a stake in climate change – which includes everyone! It also aimed to create the framework that would then move on to produce the India’s Youth Action Plan on Climate Change, climate policy that will be proposed to the government over the next 6-8 months. The summit was organized by the Friendship Foundation, Global Citizens for Sustainable Development, Nature & Biological Sciences Society, the Indian Youth Climate Network, and hosted by Infosys Technologies Limited at their Gachibowli campus.