An Appeal from a 9YearOld
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hi
everyone my name is lisa priyakan woojam
9 years old i’m an indian climate
activist
and the founder of the town movement
thank you so much hans raj college for
inviting me here
to speak in this tedx program
when i was just around four years old i
accompanied my
dad for rising funds for the big teams
of the deadly
massive nepal earthquake of 2015
where more than 10 000 people died and
lots of people got
injured we went to nepal all the way
from india by the road to drop the
fooster
medicine clothes etc for the big team
children and families
i get scared when i see on television
people suffering and dying due to lack
of everness
i cry when i see children losing their
parents or people becoming homeless due
to danger of disasters
my country has many disasters like
earthquake flood
landslide etc that was the first time
where i learned the words climate change
and natural disasters but i couldn’t
realize what exactly it is
as i was a small baby that time now i
realize that this could be the main
reason why i’m concerned about the
planet and
our future we don’t treat our planet
with love and respect
it deserves in july 2018
when i was just six years old i
i get a chance to attend one united
nation
disaster conference in mongolia it was
my life
changing event after return back from
mongolia in july 2018
i started my organization called the
child
movement to call the world leaders to
take immediate time and
action to save our planet and our
future i also met united nations
secretary john drew
and rita book during that program and i
have met many world leaders
in there i’ve also heard many speeches
from our leaders that they would
this will do that will tell them not to
do we’ll hear all your voice
we’re vulnerable but at the end
cop25 was filled just waste of time and
money spending for two weeks in the one
of the most
expensive city of the world in the world
economic forum 2020
we told our leaders uh to abandon the
fossil fuel economy
let’s stop doing something and doing
something children
are more smart and more concerned than
our leaders we want climate action now
without wasting any more time
and greater tumble greatly influenced me
in february 2019
since then at parliament house of india
i’m standing and i’m telling to our
honor friends of
india mr narendra modi and
our mps to pass the climate change slow
as soon as possible from the paper to
become action
if the past is climate change slow then
we can control the carbon ignition
and greenhouse gases and
you can just see in delhi how air
pollution is so dangerous
and even children can move out of the
home
i am worried about the health of the
school children and small small babies
announced that there would be holidays
for three days second
five days ten days but this is not
solution
our leaders are just busy blaming each
other
instead of finding a long-term solution
they are just staying the speech they’re
not doing any action
i want our world leaders to do more
action otherwise a future and our planet
would be dying soon
they must act now to save a planet and
have a
you can just see in arctic and himalayas
how alphas are melting twice as fast
than ever before
enough sea level is increasing and the
earth is becoming very hot
and worried about the future of a planet
and many bird divers to hotspots become
climate hotspots now
i think you all heard in the news about
australia perspire
more than billions of animals just died
millions of trees has gone and really
very sad
i couldn’t sleep i couldn’t even take my
food
many children lost their homes but this
is the real
effect of climate change and leaders
don’t have time to listen us why they
don’t hear
all our voice but this is a real crime
emergency
they must act now to save our planet and
our future
and uh i have three main demands to our
leaders and the government to
change the system number first is uh
to pass this climate change law if they
pass this climate change
slow then we can control the copying
nation and renault’s justice
and also it will give the climate
justice to the poor vulnerable people
who are victims of climate change
number second is to include climate
change as a compulsive subject in a
school
education curricula if they included
climate change as a compulsive subject
in a school education
curriculum then we can fight the climate
change from the grassroots
and it will also help us to teach our
world leaders by their own children
and grandchildren because they can’t
believe in science and climate change is
true
number two is a children must plan
million
10 trees every year to pass their final
examination
and in india there are 250 million
stands
if 250 million students plan
million ten trees every year
uh in india there are 250 million states
if 250 million students plan minimum 10
trees
every year then we would plan 3.5
billion
trees trust me india will be green and
after
5 years today i want to share something
with everyone
living in this world from from my little
heart
we all know we are facing a pandemic on
one side
and flood jumped heatwave cyclones etc
on another site
now this is the time to wake up this is
the time to open up our eyes
this is the time to send your children
and grandchildren
to fight for the survival and for their
own future
the best gift parents can give to their
children
it’s not beautiful house expensive cars
lots of money
the best gift you can give to your
children
is a beautiful plant to give this planet
you have to empower yourself if you can
empower yourself then it can empower
your
family if you can empower your family
then you can empower your neighborhood
if you can empower your neighborhood
then you can empower your community
if you can empower your community then
you can empower your state
if you can empower your state then you
can empower your country
if you can empower your country then you
can empower the whole
world empowerment means independent
independent means freedom freedom
is when you can protect your land and
environment
freedom is when you can protect your
children’s future culture and health
freedom is when no one can discriminate
you on the basis of class creed color
sex or any other differences freedom is
when you can read and write
freedom is when you you are out of
hunger
freedom is when we are all together in
this fight
fight for your freedom and today i have
a small message
to all the children of the world
children must tell the parents
that this that that they should not cut
trees if they got one
one tree then plant mainly 10 or 20
trees
don’t use car or bikes every time and
children must tell the parents that they
should walk if it’s nearby
or they can use the bicycle please do
not use single-use plastic at your home
and then please don’t throw garbage or
plastic on streets
ocean river seas or any other places
yeah thank you
thank you once again