LUCKNOW: After three years of hard work, it's time to reap the harvest. A team of three class XI students comprising Tathagat Bhatia, Kanishk Singh and Shikhar Vaish of Seth M R Jaipuria School in the city, will be the only ones from India to present a project 'But Will The Planet Notice' at the crucial climate summit, COP21 in Paris, via video conferencing, on November 30. The project will be streamed live online on the US State Department's website on November 30.
Team leader Tathagat said, "The project is about the power of individual action in saving the planet and showing how even our bare minimum effort is sufficient to fight climate change.'' During the span of three years, Tathagat and his team reached out to around 150 families in various parts of Lucknow and managed to reduce their carbon footprints significantly by giving them simple suggestions and reinforcing them periodically.
The selection process was in three stages—regional round in Lucknow, zonal round in Delhi and national round in Kolkata where they bested zonal winners from Bhubaneswar, Mumbai and Tirupati.
Once the project is uploaded on the US State Department's website, online viewers will be able to submit questions. The bigger event, says Tathagat is on December 3, when there will be a live video presentation with experts at Cite des sciences, Paris. "COP21 negotiators will critique our project and ask us questions,'' says Tathagat.
His team members, Kanishk and Shikhar said, "We will do our best to communicate the concern of the Indian youth for environment at the international forum.''
