HARITHKRAM MODEL UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY (HM-UNEA) 2014
HARITHKRAM – Environment Society of Shaheed Bhagat Singh College organized a two day National Youth Conference, India’s first M-UNEA on CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT CONFLICTS on 26th and 27th September 2014 at S.P. Auditorium, University of Delhi South Campus.
The Conference was inaugurated by Honourable Vice Chancellor Professor Dinesh Singh who addressed the gathering with his message saying that “wisdom based on the Gandhian ecological thoughts together with the will to change should start from one’s own self. He said that environmental stewardship and gratitude towards nature is a prerequisite to reach a steady state from climate change related development conflicts”. Prof. Dinesh Singh launched the Delhi University Sustainable Forum (DUSF) and Harithkram School Outreach Programme in the event and opened the two exhibitions one on Sustainable Practices and the other on National Photography Exhibition.
Among the main dignitaries who graced this occasion were Dr. Mitrasen Bhikajee, Senior Program Specialist, UNESCO, Dr. B. C Sabata, Senior Scientific Officer, Department of Environment and Forest, Government of NCT of Delhi, Dr. G. Areendran, Director, Remote Sensing and GIS, Indira Gandhi Conservation and Monitoring Centre, World Wide Fund for Nature-India, Mrs. Krishna Bharali, Fellow and Area Convener, Educating Youth for Sustainable Development, The Energy and Resources Institute, New Delhi who enlightened the gathering with their Keynote presentations and suggested many remedial measures for reducing and coping with climate change and development issues. The discussion on the focal theme “Climate Change and Development Conflicts” in the Plenary Session brought out several new ideas to reduce human’s footprint on the environment and regulate waste by recycling.
Kamla Nehru College became the first partner under Delhi University Sustainable Forum (DUSF) which is a knowledge sharing network involving stakeholders of environment from the fields of corporate, government, NGOs, academicians and most importantly students and shall formulate concrete solutions to issues pertaining to environment.
Under the Harithkram School Outreach Programme the Faith Academy School became the first partner that shall conduct similar events in their premises under the aegis of Harithkram: Environment Society and help young ignited minds know about the different crosscutting issues affecting environment.
This Conference was successfully conducted under the guidance of Patron Dr. P.K. Khurana, Principal, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College and Dr. V.A.V. Raman, Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Convenor Dr. Amit Kumar Singh, Department of Commerce in which students from all around the country participated. In the two technical sessions of the Model United Nations Environment Assembly (H-MUNEA) held in the span of two days,
the student delegates and participants had debates and discussions on Economic Growth vs. Climate Change (Can we promote economic growth by halting climate change?) and Realising the Realities: Examining the Pre- 2015 Agendas and culminated in drafting a strong resolution passed and voted by this Model Assembly.
- Urges developed countries to provide technical and financial aids to the developing nations in exchange of vast manpower to remove environmental hurdles;
- Recommends re-location strategies for inhabitancies of vulnerable countries;
- Proposes to spread awareness through workshops and seminars by environmentalists to the industrial sector;
- Wasteland management techniques should be put to use to convert wasteland into habitable areas.
- Calls for voter education to women in political parties and legislations to promote better involvement in decision making and more political awareness and participation;
- Requests countries for improvement of access of micro and small enterprises to productive resources by the People’s small Enterprises Credit Programme;
- Urges to ensure education financing mechanisms;
- Advises all the countries to formulate a straight law to reduce discrimination against people suffering from HIV/AIDS;
- Empowering the infrastructure in a more practical approach so that youth can contribute at global level in large extent;
- Request nations to fight maternal mortality caused by avoidable reasons by creating awareness and expansion of counselling among the masses;
- Improving the quality of human and capital resources available is critical to attracting the FDI that is needed to contribute to development.
The main outcome of the various discussions came out with the inferences that the Climate change together with the nature of development brings in a new challenge, not only because of the expected rise or fall in temperature and sea-levels, but also due to the current context of failure to address the causes of development conflicts as the resources are limited and the resource users are rapidly increasing. To cope and maintain a steady state between nature and culture has become a major challenge and this is the role that humanity has to play by debating the discourses on adaptation to climate change and the meaning of adaptation to climate change in the context of development. Hence, the current debate of climate change and development conflicts must go beyond a simple discussion of recent environment and development trends and seek to analyze and introspect their implications for the future of humanity. Ultimately, the issue is whether mankind can continue pursuing its current mode of development indefinitely in this finite system.
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