MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD AT THE G20'S SUMMIT
Sustainable & Resilient Communities:
Climate, Environment, & Net Zero Targets
Working Group Themes
The Sustainability & Resilient Communities working group aims to bring out the voice of civil societies focusing on the following sub-themes:
Climate Resilience & Social Justice
There is a dire need for an all-inclusive approach to addressing climate change, prioritizing vulnerable populations, including women, migrants, indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and youth. The importance of an all-inclusive approach is to understand the interlinkage between social justice and climate resilience.We must address the importance of implementing policies and actions that promote a just and equitable transition based on climate commitments and financing.
Coordinator
Dr. Sudha Arlikatti
Research Head, School for Sustainable Development, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Team Members
Dr. Rekha P
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Dr. Hemalatha
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Environmental Sustainability
Key aspects of Environmental Sustainability encompass a range of practices and behaviours that are essential for preserving the health and well-being of the planet and its inhabitants. These include promoting responsible consumption and production through extended producer and consumer responsibilities. The benefits of environmental sustainability include, safeguarding and restoring ecosystems, preserving endangered species, and sustaining biodiversity, and mitigating the impacts of global warming and climate change. Environmental sustainability can be achieved only with equal participation from all sectors of society.
Coordinator
Dr. Sudesh Kumar Wadhawan
Adjunct Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham; Former Director General, Geological Survey of India
Team Members
Dr. B Soundharajan
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Dr. Viswanathan PK
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Net-zero Emission Management
The term “net zero” refers to a point in time at which carbon emissions caused by human activity will have reduced to zero globally. The planet’s mission is to achieve net zero by 2050, to stabilize Earth’s climate system at no more than 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels by 2100. This group is working towards this future, to ensure Earth’s temperatures are liveable and the threats of storms, droughts, and heat waves are minimized. Achieving net zero emissions globally requires diverse solutions across various sectors.
Coordinator
Dr. Sasangan Ramanathan
Dean-Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Campus
Team Members
Dr. Murali Rangarajan
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Dr. Muraleekrishnan
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Dr. Kanakasabapathy
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Collaborators
Compassion Driven Approaches
Nature and all of its creatures exist based on principles of peace and harmony. But humans have a unique tendency of creating differences through power, religion, caste, race, and wealth, and it is pushing humanity faster towards its extinction. There is an urgent need to put an end to this tendency by instilling a vision of unity, which can only be done by restoring the compassion that we are capable of. We need to bring out the voice of civil societies in Compassion Driven Approaches for Sustainable & Resilient Communities.
Coordinator
Dr. Balakrishnan Sankar
Dean-Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus
Team Members
Dr. Sriram Devanathan
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Mr. Gopal
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
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Acts Of Compassion
Extraordinary Stories about Acts of Compassion from CSOs & Individuals
C-CHAUPAL
Compassion Driven Chaupal
C20 India 2023 Working Group on Sustainable and Resilient Communities has been spearheading Compassion Driven Chaupals (C-Chaupal) initiatives across rural India. The concept of C-Chaupal was launched to organize inclusive and participatory meetings of all sections of rural communities without discrimination of age, gender, caste, class, and income levels in several communities across India to bring out the voices and concerns of the villagers to the C20 and G20 leadership.
Udhaharans
AYUDH – Global Youth Wing
Vidyamritam – Children scholarships
Technology enhanced Learning: AmritaRITE, OLabs, MedSIM, AyurSIM, AVIEW, VLab
Online Education – African batch of fully funded students in Amrita’s BCA degree
AmritaJSS – Skill Development and Adult Literacy
AmritaServe – Education, Skill Development, Learning Technologies
Inclusive Education: Amrita Orphanage, Amrita Institute for Differently Abled, Amrita Speech and Hearing Improvement School (ASHIS), Village Education Centers
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Message from the Chair, C20 India 2023
Our Inspiration
Nature is so out of balance these days,” Amma said. “We see very clearly how the climate is changing. In the non-rainy season, it often rains very heavily. The summers are getting hotter and longer. In some places where it has never snowed before, suddenly snow is falling. Crops are failing. Trees do not bear fruit. We need to proceed carefully with the awareness that each of us has a responsibility to protect Mother Nature. From planting trees and recycling to carpooling to not using wasteful plastic—each of us must do our part and pray for God’s grace. These days it seems everyone is aware of their rights, but no one is aware of their responsibilities.”
Amma,
Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi ❤️
Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi ❤️
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