Ridhima Pandey

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Ridhima Pandey ( Hindi रिद्धिमा पांडे; * 2008 ) is an Indian environmental and climate protection activist . Pandey became known through petitions she initiated to the Indian government and the United Nations.

Life

In 2013, Ridhima Pandey witnessed the flooding of Haridwar in the state of Uttarakhand , which started her interest in climate protection.

At the age of nine, Ridhima Pandey filed a lawsuit with the National Green Tribunal in India demanding measures to reduce CO 2 emissions.

On September 23, 2019, Ridhima Pandey and 15 other young people between the ages of 8 and 17 from different countries, including Greta Thunberg , filed a complaint with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child . They accuse the states of Argentina , Brazil , France , Germany and Turkey of violating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child because they are not paying enough attention to reducing greenhouse gas emissions . The children call on the committee to view the climate crisis as a children's rights crisis and to call on states to adhere to the Paris Agreement . It is currently being examined whether the complaint is admissible.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Roshni Chakrabarty New DelhiDecember 16, 2019UPDATED: December 16, 2019 6:32 PM Is: 11-year-old climate activist Ridhima Pandey on fighting climate change and why India is vulnerable. Retrieved April 26, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ a b #ChildrenVsClimateCrisis. Retrieved April 25, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Reuters: Nine-year-old sues Indian government over climate change inaction . In: The Guardian . April 7, 2017, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed April 26, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Pandey v. India. Retrieved April 26, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ Sacchi et al. v. Argentina et al. Retrieved April 25, 2020 (American English).
  6. ↑ FAQ. ChildrenVsClimateCrisis, accessed April 25, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Pandey, Ridhima
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian climate and environmental activist
DATE OF BIRTH 2008