New Delhi: From 1 June, the Swedish Embassy in Delhi and the Swedish alumni will launch a “Seven Day Challenge” to encourage students to design a #MyClimateCommitment plan, which creates a more sustainable way to eat, move and live for the next seven days. . to the important Stockholm + 50 event.

Stockholm + 50 is an international meeting convened by the UN General Assembly to be held in Stockholm, Sweden on 2-3 June to celebrate the UN Conference on the Human Environment in 1972 and to celebrate 50 years of global environmental action.

The ‘Seven Day Challenge’, whose last submission date is June 10, will be evaluated by embassy staff. This initiative is being taken through a partnership with Heritage International Xperiential School, Gurugram, to engage young people in dialogue on climate change and raise awareness of environmental issues in South Asia. The purpose is ultimately to inspire young people to take action in their local communities for environmental protection.

During the launch of the program on Thursday, the school invited selected students to participate in an interactive panel discussion – “South Asian youth perspective before Stockholm + 50” – focused on current and future generations’ well-being to highlight the youth perspective.

The crucial global meeting Stockholm + 50 will start climate talks under the theme “A healthy planet for everyone’s prosperity – our responsibility, our opportunity”. The international discourse will follow months of consultation and discussions with individuals, communities, organizations and governments around the world, to ensure the welfare of current and future generations.

Gautam Bhattacharyya, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden, said: “I wish the younger generation will be able to find a new way of life that is better and away from the old customs because much was wrong with them; methods that are more beneficial and healthy for all life, including animals and plants living on the planet. “

Speaking on climate change and environmental protection, Spokey Wheeler, principal and principal of Heritage International Xperiential School, said: “There is a desperate need for us as adults to give our children a planet they can inhabit and value. It is the younger generation that will achieve it, because our generation and the past have not paid enough attention to this issue, perhaps because of self-interest or simply because of a lack of foresight. “

(IANS)