Ridhima Pandey, now 11, filed a petition in 2017 at India’s National Green Tribunal, which oversees environmental concerns, for not taking serious enough steps to combat climate change. Pandey is from Haridwar, a holy city on the Ganges River, which has been extremely polluted her entire life. Pandey’s interest in the climate started in 2013 when huge floods devastated Uttarakhand state in northern India. “We (adults) just talk a lot,” said Dinesh Pandey, who accompanied his daughter to New York. Pandey is starting her own nonprofit group for climate advocacy.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 27, 2019 05:15 UTC