IIM Lucknow Organizes "Road to Copenhagen" - Spread the Message of Fight Climate Change

IIM Lucknow Organizes "Road to Copenhagen" - Spread the Message of Fight Climate Change

Interest Group in Food and Agri Business, IIM Lucknow in association with Greenpeace organised an event to spread the message of 'fight climate change' in light of the United Nations Copenhagen Summit to be held from 7th to 18th of December 2009.

The event was aimed at sending the message of IIM Lucknow community to join hands to fight climate change.

Never in the 17 years of climate change negotiations, have so many different nations made so many firm pledges together. Almost every day countries announce new targets or plans of action to cut emissions in recent weeks, China, India, Indonesia, South Africa and many other countries have announced commitments to reduce emissions, raising hopes of success in Copenhagen. The closing stages of the UN conference will be attended by 105 world leaders who will try to seal a deal after years of bitter debates over how to divide up the burden of emissions curbs and who should pay. Along with the world leaders thousands of activists belonging to different organizations are also moving to Copenhagen to express their concerns and views in this regard, Greenpeace being a pioneer among them.

Students during "Road to Copenhagen" at IIM, Lucknow

IGFAB, which functions with the core themes of 'Food, Environment and Agriculture' has always took the lead in issues related to them, 'Road to Copenhagen' being the latest in the list. The event consisted of a poster designing and message framing competition on the subject of climate change. The competition was open for the entire IIML community including the faculty, students and staff. There was an overwhelming response showing that as responsible citizens of the country, we also were feeling the strong urge to spread the message of fight climate change. The screening of a documentary prepared by Greenpeace on 'the effects of global warming on river Ganga' was also conducted on the occasion.

The winners of the event were decided based on the performance in the two rounds of the competition and they were given certificates by Greenpeace. But beyond that, selected messages will be send to the Prime Minister via Greenpeace as IIM Lucknow's message so that our voice will be heard at a world forum. But the best part of the event was that it served as a means to reinstate a sense of moral responsibility in the minds of the participants to be aware of the consequences of climate change, to respond to the causes that lead to this deadly issue and to fight back to ensure that they are not repeated so as save our planet.

Definitely, the event proved to be a grand success in making a small step towards a great cause.to makes the world a better place to live in.not only for us; but for the future generations also.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
Siddharth Jindal,
Spokesperson,
Media Relations,
IIM, Lucknow.

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