Licypriya Kangujam addressed at the United Nations ECOSOC Youth Forum 2021
- 8th April, 2021 - UN Economic and Social Council, New York

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In the ongoing United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN ECOSOC) Youth Forum 2021 at United Nations Headquarter, New York, Nine Years old Manipuri origin Indian Climate and Environmental Activist Miss Licypriya Kangujam addressed to protect the rights of the indigenous people. She highlighted that Climate Change is directly impacting the mental health and well being of the indigenous people.

Over 10,000 young people gathered this year for the 10th Anniversary of the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum 2021 including world leaders, scientist, experts and academics.

Today is the last day of the event. She addressed the gathering via video conference that “It’s time for both indigenous rights activists and climate activists to work together because we have same common goals. It will strengthen our global climate movement and will help to protect our forest, can safeguard our rights and can fight together to solve the global climate crisis”.

“The air quality in Delhi is the worst in the world. Air pollution in India kills about 2 million people every year; it is the fifth largest killer in India. In Delhi, poor quality air damages the lungs of 2.2 million or 50 percent of all children. Sacrificing the lives of the millions of innocent children for the failures of our leaders is unacceptable at any cost. Asking clean air to breath, clean water to drink, clean planet to live is our basic rights. But all these rights are snatched away from us”, she added.

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