Two GITAM students to attend COP27 in Egypt to raise key climate change issues

NEW DELHI: Two international students from GITAM (Deemed to be University) will be attending the 27th Conference of parties (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt from November 6 to 18, 2022.

The gathering will include heads of state, ministers, negotiators, climate activists, mayors, civil society representatives and CEOs. The Students, Njili Ireline Mercy Mbinoh- a second-year student of BCom (Hons), at the GITAM School of Business and Fokou Ngoumo Hilux - a second-year student of BCA at the GITAM School of Science will attending the gathering. Both international students are from Cameroon, Africa, and have been actively pursuing their interests in the development space.

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Mbinoh and Hilux were chosen by the United Nations to represent different organisations including MIFALI, an adolescent-led movement in Cameroon with the support of Women for a Change, Cameroon and GenEgaliteECCAS. These two students work with young people in themes like adolescent leadership, gender equality and climate change actions in local communities.

During COP27, both students will be participating in the youth pavilion along with various sessions including one on how the younger generation can use technology to reduce negative effects of climate change,

“I am passionate about quality education, gender equality, affordable and clean energy, and climate action. I realized my passion after seeing all the challenges faced by my community due to this. No matter our field, origin, or age, we must all be concerned about climate change. We, young people, contribute very little to the rising climatic crisis but we are disproportionately more affected. If the voices and ideas of young people are taken into consideration to solve the global issues of climate change, we will go a long way to achieve a clean and sustainable planet,” said Hilux, who is currently working in a project developing a self-powered treadmill that is capable of producing its own energy.

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“Young people are critical and essential to this fight against climate change. I feel excited to attend this conference because it is a safe space for me to speak for myself and my peers. I come from a community where parents will send the boy child to school and the girls will either get married or start selling on the street to support family finances. With my education at GITAM, I am striving to make a difference and do my bit to alleviate gender discrimination,” says Mbinoh.