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Ridhima Pandey / India  In 2013 that Ridhima Pandey, one of India’s young environmental activists, saw the devastating effect of climate change in India in the form of the Kedarnath flood, the equivalent of a Himalayan tsunami. The event galvanized her resolve to do something. Ridhima filed a petition in 2017 at India’s National Green Tribunal, which…

Luisa Neubauer / Germany “How can we turn this anxiety into something constructive?” says 24-year-old climate activist, Luisa Neubauer, who many people refer to as the “German Greta.” Born in Hamburg and now living in Berlin, she studies geography at the University of Göttingen. She says a sense of loss led to her involvement in climate…

In case you missed it… It’s us against greenhouse gases In an interview with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes last night, Bill Gates, who was once a youth activist with a vision to change the world, laid it out there.”Without innovation, we will not solve climate change. We won’t even come close.” He also said, “We have more educated…

American Poet and Activist, Amanda Gorman​ 22-year-old poet Amanda Gorman “stole the show” for her dramatic reading of her six-minute “The Hill We Climb” poem on January 20 before a global TV and online inauguration day audience. The poem celebrates the U.S. not as a “perfect union,” but as a country that has the grit…

Swedish Environmental Activist, Greta Thunberg  “The climate and ecological crisis can unfortunately no longer be solved within today’s systems,” said Greta Thunberg to the Davos Group in January. Thunberg, a Swedish teen and worldwide phenomenon, is now 18 years old and has become internationally known for challenging world leaders to take immediate action against climate change….

Greenpeace Executive Director, Jennifer Morgan Greenpeace’s Jennifer Morgan has said that “multilateralism can make a real difference in finding solutions. And these are valuable lessons as we turn to the bigger crisis upon us, the climate crisis.” In just five years, Morgan has been promoted from head of regulated businesses at SAP to overseeing all of…