24 SANCTUARY ASIA, 2017 MAYThe impacts of climate change harm
everybody, and children are especially
vulnerable. Write to Justice Swatanter
Kumar, Chairperson of the National Green
Tribunal, expressing your support for
Ridhima’s petition. Here are some points
you can make:- Children are very vulnerable to the
impacts of climate change. According to
the World Health Organisation, children
suffer over 80 per cent of the diseases
attributed to climate change! - It is the duty of the government to
protect natural resources and ensure a
healthy environment for its citizens. - You support your friend Ridhima
Pandey, and want the government to act
on climate change issues urgently.
•The NGT should take your concerns
seriously as you are citizens of the
country and the leaders of tomorrow.
Send your letters to:
Justice Swatanter Kumar
National Green Tribunal,
Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg,
New Delhi 11001.
or send your email to:
[email protected] - with a copy to:
[email protected]
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COURTESY:DINESH PANDEYCub kids, at Sanctuary we often say
that there are only two parties in
the world. The Buddha Party, whose
members have grey hair, and the
Bachcha Party, whose members are too
young to vote. Each one of you, below
the age of 18, is a member of the
Bachcha Party. Unfortunately, though
the Bachcha Party usually cares more
for the environment and others than
the Buddha Party, it is the Buddha Party
that takes important decisions that
impact everyone!
Well, nine-year-old Ridhima Pandey
from Uttarakhand is very unhappy with
how the Indian government has failed
to take firm action against climate
change. In fact, the young activist has,
with the help of her guardians, filed a
petition in the National Green Tribunal
demanding that the government take
climate change seriously!
“My government has failed to
take steps to regulate and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions, which arecausing extreme climate conditions.
This will impact both me and future
generations,” says Ridhima. In her
petition, she has asked the court to
order the government to take steps to
reduce carbon emissions and protect
forests, amongst other measures. The
National Green Tribunal has taken
Ridhima’s appeal very seriously, and
has issued notices to the Ministry
of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change and the Central Pollution
Control Board to respond to the issue.
This is the power of your party – the
Bachcha Party!
Cub kids, Ridhima told an interviewer
that “Children and future generations
have the right to a healthy environment.
But they are also the most vulnerable to
climate change...” And she’s right! You
have a right to a healthy environment,
and it is the duty of the Buddha Party
to ensure this. Ridhima has taken a
bold step against climate change and
government inaction, and we stand by
her every step of the way.Pandey filed a
petition in the NGT
demanding that
the government
take climate
change seriously!
Support nine-year-old Ridhima Pandey’s
petition to take climate change seriously!
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