KARNATAKA, BENGALURU, 29/04/24- Panel discussions from the third Annual Climate Conference
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Themed “Accelerating Climate Action: Bridging the Gap from Dialogue to Action,” the third Annual Climate Asia Conference that occurred in town lately, noticed leaders and consultants from various sectors talking on our planet’s pressing challenges. Spread throughout two days, members engaged in thought-provoking discussions spanning essential subjects, together with the feminist perspective on local weather, psychological well being, capability constructing in agriculture and plenty of extra. From entry to signal language interpreters to serving organically sourced delicacies, the convention launched revolutionary initiatives.
Feminist perspective
The opening panel, ‘Climate Action is at Crossroads: Why Does it Need a Feminist Approach,’ highlighted the pressing want for a feminist perspective in local weather discourse. The panel featured insights from leaders comparable to Anjalli Ravi Kumar of Zomato Limited, Neha Saigal from Asar Social Impact Advisors, Uthara Narayanan of Buzz Women, and Aiswarya Ananthapadmanabhan of EquiLead, Climate Asia. They collectively underscored the disproportionate results of local weather change on ladies and marginalized teams and the need of together with these communities in decision-making processes.
The second panel, ‘Climate Change and Mental Health in Marginalised Communities,’ co-hosted by Mariwala Health Initiative had audio system like Pranav Sethi from Geohazards Society, Ishwar Singh from Ek Potlee Ret Ki, Kalki Subramaniam from Sahodari Foundation, and Ruby Hembrom from Adivaani, revealed how local weather change deeply impacts marginalized teams, displaying how lack of readiness, financial gaps, and exclusion compound their vulnerabilities.
The panel on ‘Bridging Climate Science and Action: The Essential Role of Capacity Building in Climate Adaptation,’ co-hosted by the Center for Study of Science, Technology, and Policy, targeted on the pressing capacity-building wants amongst India’s small and marginal farmers. The audio system for this panel have been Pramel Kumar Gupta from the National Coalition for Natural Farming, Dr. Indu Okay Murthy from CSTEP, and Koushik Yanamandram from Climate Asia. Pramel Kumar Gupta, stated, “In India, 86% of the 15 crore farmers are small or marginal, and half of these farm mainly for their own consumption. This highlights the urgent need for CSOs to help bridge the gaps in livelihood and consumption.”
Green Skills
Day two kicked off with the panel ‘Empowering the Green Workforce: Cultivating Sustainable Skills for Impact,’ co-hosted by EY Global Delivery Services. The dialogue, that includes Rumi Mallick Mitra from EY GDS, Dr. Mukund Raj from NABARD Consultancy Services, Dr. Gayathri Vasudevan from Sambhav Foundation & Labour Net, and Satyam Vyas from Climate Asia, highlighted the important position of inexperienced abilities in at this time’s job market. They emphasised reskilling by way of expertise, sustainable practices for organizations, and the help of local weather finance like inexperienced bonds. Satyam Vyas underlined the combination of local weather consciousness in each position.
The panel ‘Scaling Up Climate-Smart Agriculture in India: Opportunities for Entrepreneurs across the Value Chain,’ co-hosted by NSRCEL, featured insights from Archana Stalin of myHarvest Farms, Binu Cherian from HarvestPlus, Abhilash Sethi from Omnivore, and Vijaylaxmi Patil from NSRCEL. They explored sustainable agricultural practices, emphasizing the necessity for bio-fortification, lowering post-harvest losses, and bettering expertise adoption amongst smallholder farmers. Archana Stalin shared, “We support smallholder farmers by revitalizing their farming methods. Initially, we transitioned them from monocropping to a diverse ‘food forest’ model and introduced integrated livestock practices, natural pest controls, and improved water management.”
Apart from the panel dialogue there was additionally an interactive workshop, which handled themes like local weather motion. From discussions on expertise growth in direction of local weather future to exploring the numerous position of digital options in agriculture, every workshop offered invaluable views and actionable methods for driving optimistic change in the face of local weather challenges..