Singh on NPR discussing complexities of climate change, India, and more
Interview Highlights: Kartikeya Singh
On why he is going to the “People’s March” in New York
“I want to go primarily because many social movements have big moments of gathering, of turning points. You know, recently the Yale Project on Climate Communication released a survey of registered voters in the United States about how many of them would be voting for candidates that support climate change legislation, given that we have elections coming up in this country. The importance of such gatherings in sending a signal to politicians that we are watching.”
On representing the India Youth Climate Network
“Well India is — according to certain vulnerability indexes that are coming out — one of the most vulnerable. The monsoon which India relies so heavily on is becoming increasingly erratic and the entire nation and the region’s water supply depends on this annual event, and with it becoming threatened, the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people are on the line. And at the same time India struggles because it does not have energy access. 400 million people do not have electricity access in India. So how India chooses to bring power to these people will not only have implications domestically, but globally.”
On the importance of future Climate Summits
“I think we need to keep the momentum going. That’s the primary purpose of this summit. Unless we build that momentum, we may not arrive in Paris by 2015 with a workable document that negotiators can get to work on and finalize.”
Read Kartikeya's and other Fellows' impressions of the People's Climate March in New York
