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Child Activist Licypriya Kangujam Leads India’s Movement Against Climate Change
The 9-year-old promotes climate consciousness and environmental accountability
Two days before she turned nine, climate crusader Licypriya Kangujam who has more than 93.4K followers on Twitter, over 20K followers on Facebook, and 18.6K-plus subscribers to her YouTube channel tweeted:
Kangujam uses these popular social media channels to champion the cause of climate justice not just in India, where she is from, but across the world. The response to her call is testimony to the support she has garnered online for her cause:
Mass Global Movement Rapidly Scaling Towards Compulsory Climate Literacy Adoption at Next Year s COP26
Over 350 Organizations, Representing Hundreds of Millions of People in More Than 100 Countries on Board and Counting
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Since its launch just two months ago, the international campaign to secure stepped up ambition on climate education and support the growth of the green economy is attracting rapid backing from a growing range of diverse organizations in more than 100 countries. From international labor unions representing over 200 million members and teachers unions covering 178 countries, to environmental groups, NGOs, and Mayors around the world, supporters strongly believe adding climate literacy to school curricula is a long overdue key to solving the climate crisis facing humanity.
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In November 2016, India s capital New Delhi declared its pollution levels an emergency situation , prompting environmental agencies to call it the most polluted city on Earth.
Toxic smog enveloped the city, shuttering schools and limiting traffic flow for three days. Construction and demolition activities were ordered to halt for five days, and coal-fired power stations closed for 10 days.
That was the year climate activist Licypriya Kangujam moved to Delhi to begin her schooling. In 2018, a deadly cyclone ravaged the east Indian state of Odisha, where some of her family lived. That same year, Licypriya accompanied her father to a United Nations disaster conference in Mongolia. Then, only 6 years old, Licypriya decided enough was enough.