more-inAddressing a packed audience comprising mostly college students, Dr. P.J. Dilipkumar, former Director General, Forests, Government of India, made a rather grim observation: "Your generation is poised on the cusp of crisis. Our generation made the mistakes, now your generation bears the burden to set things right." Leslie Moras started the curtain raiser to the conference by observing a two-minute silence to pray for the Earth. "As 'city'zens of the city, if we become carbon neutral human beings, the city would manifest our dream of having an environmentally sustainable world," he said, pointing out that Goal 11 of the SDGs pertained to sustainable cities.

Source: The Hindu November 16, 2017 16:30 UTC