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. “If you want to help, I would say first of all support (our movement), and second of all stop using plastic products,” she said.

Source: thestar September 27, 2019 04:54 UTC