POP FESTIVAL 2024
Human Fraternity For Youth-Led Climate Action
41 Countries
75 Delegates
14 SCHOOLS
39 Art Exhibits
41 Partners
56 Youth Delegates
700 ATTENDEES
SUSTAINABLE FASHION SHOW
28 Projects
Speakers
Rakesh Khatri, a.k.a the “Nest Man of India”
Founder of Eco Roots Foundation, India
Prof. Dr Negoslav P. Ostojić
Executive Director of the European Center for Peace and Development (ECPD) at the University for Peace,Serbia
Mama Shamsa Abubakar Fadhil
Peace Mediator and Community Mobilizer , Kenya
H.E. José Ramos-Horta
Nobel Peace Laureate (1996) and President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Kailash Satyarthi
Nobel Peace Laureate (2014) and Indian Social Reformer, India
H.E. Judge Mohamed Abdelsalam
Secretary-General of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity and the Muslim Council of Elders, Egypt
Dr. Ruth Mitchell
Pediatric and Adult Neurosurgeon at Sydney Children’s Hospital and Nobel Peace Laureate (2017), Australia
Garry Jacobs
President of the World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS), USA
H.E. Dr. Rosalía Arteaga
Former President of Ecuador and President of FIDAL Foundation, Ecuador
Dr Vidhya Venugopal
Professor, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research,India
Nand Kishore Agarwal
Former Regional Program Manager of ICIMOD at Kathmandu, Nepal
Lidia Gerasimova
Project Manager at Orassy Health, UK
Dr. Erik Solheim
Former Executive Director, UNEP
Dr. Deepshikha Sharma
Director of Climate Sciences at the Population Council in India
William Wilson
Expert Environmental and Energy Barrister
Terry Tamminen
Vice President, World Sustainable Development Forum
Rajiv K. Shrivastava
Founder, Actnow
Dr. Vibha Dhawan
Senior Fellow and Associate Director at TERI
H.E. David Puig
Ambassador, Dominican Republic
Dr. Ravi Kumar Verma
Country Director, International Center for Research on Women
H.E. Ban Ki-Moon
Eighth secretary-general of the United Nations
Shonali Pachauri
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Vardhani Ratnala
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, International Solar Alliance
Taru Mehta
Education for Sustainable Development Specialist, TERI
Dr. Ajay Mathur
Director General, International Solar Alliance
Alka Pande
Academic and author
Satvinder Kaur
Publishing Editor at Springer Publisher
Dr. Konstantin Pavlidis
Complementary Medical practitioner and Movement Master, and Director and Founder of Orassy Health
Dr Livleen Kahlon
Associate Director, Environment Education and Awareness, TERI
Dr. Raghavan Seetharaman
Former CEO of Doha Bank
Dr. Aparajita Gogoi
Executive Director, Center for Catalyzing Change
Vikram Chandra
Founder, Editorji Technologies
Gabrielle (Gabby) Rivera
Manager of the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI), USA
Dr. Ash Pachauri
Co-Founder and Senior Mentor, POP Movement
Dr. Saroj Pachauri
Climate and Health Mentor, POP Movement
Norma Patricia Munoz
Honorary Mentor, POP Movement
Dra. Verónica González Landaeta
POP Motivator Mentor and Coordinator of the POP Venezuela Initiative, Venezuela
H.E. John Kerry
United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
H.E. Arnold Schwarzenegger
Former Governor of California, USA
Viney Sagar Sahgal
Chairman of YUVA Healthcare, India
Dr. Anandjit Goswami
Founder of TOHRI Foundation, India
Geoffrey Lipman
President of SUNx Malta
Dr. Raja Jose Luis Alvarez
Chief Administrator for Latin America & the Caribbean of the Global Country of World Peace, Curaçao
Jonathan Granoff
President of the Global Security Institute, USA
Eliane El Haber
Associate Project Officer, Partnership and UN Liaison Unit, UNESCO IESALC
Steve Killelea
Founder & Executive Chairman of The Charitable Foundation, and the Institute for Economics and Peace, Australia
Steve Smith
Chief Executive Officer of the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI), USA
Asmita Satyarthi
Managing Trustee of Satyarthi Movement for Global Compassion, India
Dr. Priyanka Kochhar
CEO of The Habitat Emprise, and President of TERI Alumni Association, India
Cathy Rubin
Co-Founder and CEO of The Planet Classroom Network and CMRubinWorld
Harry Rubin
Co-Founder and CEO of The Planet Classroom Network and CMRubinWorld
Janani Ramanathan
Secretary General of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS), India
Andreas Forsthövel
Founder of the POP Germany Initiative, Germany
Michael P. Schulhof
Chairman of GTI Holdings, New york, USA
Dr. John R. Porter
Renowned Agro-ecological, Food, and Climate Scientist, Denmark
Dr. Kevin Trenberth
Distinguished Meteorologist and Climate Scientist, New Zealand
Dr. Markandey Rai
International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP)
Dr. Ludo Diels
Professor Emeritus at Antwerp University, and Senior Advisor on Sustainable Chemistry at VITO, Belgium
Dr. Jinfeng Zhou
Secretary-General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF)
Kasike Kalaan
Chief of Yamaye Gunaí (Jamaican Hummingbird) Taíno Peoples, Jamaica
Ekaterina Zagladin
President of the Permanent Secretariat of the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates
Dr. Youba Sokona
Special Advisor for Sustainable Development at the South Centre, Mali
Nebojsa Nakicenovic
Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar at IIASA, Austria
Santiago Creuheras
John F. Kennedy Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, Mexico
Eric Hansel
Founder of The Scubaverse, USA
Zhang Yue
Chairman and President of BROAD Group, China
Paul Polman
Former CEO of Unilever
Prof. Veselin Vukotic
Rector and Founder of the University of Donja Gorica (UDG), Montenegro
Bittu Sahgal
Editor of Sanctuary Asia and Founder of The Sanctuary Nature Foundation
Lance Ignon
Senior Associate Dean of Communications for the Sol Prince School of Public Policy and the University of Southern California, USA
H. E. Mike Rann
Former Premier of South Australia & Patron of the WSDS
Marianna Grossman
Founder and Managing Partner of Minerva Ventures, USA
Dr. Jinfeng Zhou
Secretary-General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF)
Prem Shankar Jha
Economist, Journalist and Writer, India
Abhimanyu Singh Tomar
Creative Director, Stylist, and Fashion Show Director, India
Youth Speakers
Ved Solanke
Creator of the “Socio-Economic Initiative for Agri-food Production and Consumption” and Student at Nath Valley School, Aurangabad, India.
Jyoti Sharma
Community Youth Leader and Student of Hindi Literature and Political Science at Government College, Kishangarh, India
Pawan Kumar
Young Changemaker and Sociology student at University of Lucknow, India
Heeta Lakhani
Founder and Director of ClimAct Foundation, and Co-Founder of Youth Negotiators Academy
Sayan Das
Kapda Karo Recycle, West Bengal, India (Textile Recycling (Opened Loop Recycling), India
Neha Jain
Project Lead of Climate- READY (Representation, Education & Action with Delhi Youth), India
Komal Mittal
Research Associate in Health at the Center for Human Progress and POP Youth Mentor, India
Prasiddhi Singh
Founder of Prasiddhi Forest Foundation and The Green Pillar, India
Purnasha Pany
Research Analyst, Development and Environment Futures Trust, India
Drishya Pathak
POP Youth Mentor, Strategist, and Public Health Researcher, India
Ivan Ransom Rodríguez
POP Sustainability Ambassador and Mentor
Uroš Popadić
M.A., POP Trainee Mentor and Research Assistant
Ana Hanhausen
Honorary POP Ocean Mentor
Mark Sara Koroma
Youth Mentor and Ambassador for Africa
Akash Mishra
Changemaker, Bangalore, Karnataka
Prachi Shevgaonkar
Founder of Cool The Globe, India
Happy Mbewe
POP Representative from Malawi
Samuel C. Okorie
POP Youth Mentor and Ambassador for Africa
Dodo
Ambassador for Climate Friendly Travel, Belgium
Aastha
Social Media manager of Re-Juvi, India
Aditya Srinivasan
Founder, Clim-Sci
Kevin Morales Münstermann
POP Youth Mentor, Finance and Enterprise
Jean Félix EBO’O
POP Youth Mentor
Shreyas Parige
Founding Member of ClimSci, India
Diya Madhusoodan
Founding Member of ClimSci, India
Monaleekh B.K. Gowda
Environmental Advocate, India
Yoerlys de Jesús Cañas Salazar
Founder of Verde Menta, Peru, and Industrial Engineer, Venezuela
Andrés Barragán
POP Trainee Mentor and International Business Professional, Colombia
Wen Tian
Founding member of Lunch for Children International, China
Saatvik Kaushik
Creator of Sustainable City, Manav Rachna Grads International, India
Barminder Kaur
Student at The Modern School, ECNCR, Delhi, India
Jean Benoît Bénéfice Mevoa
Agricultural Entrepreneur, Jurist, and Human Rights Activist, Cameroon
Puranjay Aggarwal
Co-Inventor of Radiant Rinse, and Student at DPS Greater Faridabad, Haryana, India
Manas Gakar
Co-Inventor of Radiant Rinse, and Student at DPS Greater Faridabad, Haryana, India
Rigvansh Thakur
Co-Inventor of Radiant Rinse, and Student at DPS Greater Faridabad, Haryana, India
Aysha Chaudhary
Co-Inventor of Blaze Guard AI-Powered Wildfire Defense, and Student at DPS Greater Faridabad, Haryana, India
Amaira Bisht
Co-Inventor of Blaze Guard AI-Powered Wildfire Defense, and Student at DPS Greater Faridabad, Haryana, India
Jahnvi Toshniwal
Co-Inventor of Blaze Guard AI-Powered Wildfire Defense, and Student at DPS Greater Faridabad, Haryana, India
Mishika Kumari
Co-Inventor of Blaze Guard AI-Powered Wildfire Defense, and Student at DPS Greater Faridabad, Haryana, India
Reyansh Vig
Co-Inventor of Net Zero Home, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Gurugram, India
Advith Prakash
Co-Inventor of Net Zero Home, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Gurugram, India
Chirag Baweja
Co-Inventor of AQI Monitoring System, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Gurugram, India
Aaryan Panda
Co-Inventor of PenMan, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Noida, India
Akshansh Singh
Co-Inventor of PenMan, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Noida, India
Govind Kapoor
Co-Inventor of PenMan, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Noida, India
Arnav Malasi
Co-Inventor of PenMan, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Noida, India
Nyssa Singh
Co-Creator of Puzzled Housing, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Noida, India
Rida Sharma
Co-Inventor of Puzzled Housing, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Noida, India
Parnika Sharma
Co-Inventor of Puzzled Housing, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Noida, India
Andželika Uysaler
Inventor of Heroes of Happy and Healthy Generation (3HG), President Valdas Adamkus Gymnasium, Lithuania
Jai Aditya
Co-maker of Earthquake and Flood Detection System, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Faridabad, India
Jai Vansh
Co-maker of Earthquake and Flood Detection System, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Faridabad, India
Rishik
Co-maker of Earthquake and Flood Detection System, and Student at Manav Rachna International School, Faridabad, India
Harman Bhatia
Creator of Automatic Plant watering System, and Student at Manav Rachna, Faridabad, India
Dibvyam
Co-Inventor of Arogya Vitrak, and Student at Manav Rachna, Faridabad, India
Parth Bhalla
Co-Inventor of Arogya Vitrak, and Student at Manav Rachna, Faridabad, India
Ronit
Co-Inventor of Arogya Vitrak, and Student at Manav Rachna, Faridabad, India
Yash Kashyap
Creator of E-Waste, Manav Rachna Grads International, India
Anirvinya Jaiswal
Inventor of Eco-Bricks-Solution to Plastic Pollution, Manav Rachna Grads International, India
Sakshi Shree
Author, Analyst, and Researcher, India
Siya Adatiya
Co-Inventor of Neodust, and Student at Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management, India
Leo Kambona
Member of PachaMama Alliance, Kenya
Can Bulut
Member of the POP Germany Initiative, Turkey, ans Student at Julius-Stursberg-Gymnasium, Germany
Levy Nyirenda
POP Youth Mentor and Representative from Zambia
Tanmai
COO of Re-Juvi, India
Art/Music/Exhibit
Dipanshu Chaudhary
Musician, Chandigarh, India
Mari Muthu
Contemporary Artist, India
Mitchell Kedi
Singer and Student at Berklee College of Music (USA), Uganda
Shailendra Kumar Singh
General Secretary of Abhivyakti Foundation, India
Puneet Kumar
Field Officer of Abhivyakti Foundation, India
Nishi Parashar
Programme Officer of Abhivyakti Foundation, India
Manju Goswami
Finance Officer of Abhivyakti Foundation, India
Dr. Anandjit Goswami
Founder of TOHRI Foundation, India
Ayushmaan Khurana
Student from Class 8 at The Modern School ECNCR, Delhi, India
Shabeena
Student from Class 9 at The Modern School ECNCR, Delhi, India
Sana Afreen
Student from Class 10 at The Modern School ECNCR, Delhi, India
Jasmira Bindra
Student from Class 8 at The Modern School ECNCR, Delhi, India
Prathistha Khanna
Student from Class 11 at The Modern School ECNCR, Delhi, India
Janya
Student from Class 10 at The Modern School ECNCR, Delhi, India
Falaq
Student from Class 11 at The Modern School ECNCR, Delhi, India
Harsh
Student from Class 9 at The Modern School ECNCR, Delhi, India
Ria Sharma
Student from Class 10 at The Modern School ECNCR, Delhi, India
The International Conference and POP Festival for Youth-Led Climate Action 2024 is set to create intergenerational and multisectoral opportunities to catalyze climate action and build collective resolve to attain the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, while leaving no one behind.
By bringing together various stakeholders, including global leaders, experts, and youth that the POP Movement has been working with, the POP Festival will focus on, but not limit to: climate and health, use of technology in climate action, role of women in sustainability leadership, and action-oriented strategies to address the challenges of climate migration and other risks from the perspective of equity and justice. The POP Festival will also serve as a platform to communicate the learnings of the POP Movement’s participation at the COP28. The event will be in hybrid mode, with in-person participation of youth from Delhi-NCR region in India and online participation from across the world.
Proposed themes for the POP Festival 2024
Goals of POP Festival 2024
1. Amplify voices, policy action, and the role of successful climate action models and exemplary practices that urgently need to be scaled-up.
2. Showcase and promote youth-led climate adaptation and mitigation efforts, especially initiatives led by women and girls, among an intergenerational and multisectoral audience. Prior to the POP Festival 2024, capacities of a large number of young women climate leaders will be built, developed, and strengthened.
3. Foster and strengthen partnerships among all stakeholders and groups to urgently tackle the issue of climate change.
4. Advocate for action to address the growing threats to Planetary Health, with focus on the climate-health nexus.
5. Demonstrate indigenous knowledge and wisdom; and innovative practices necessary for climate action and achieving the UN SDGs, while leaving no one behind.
6. Celebrate the role of sports, music, dance, art, and creativity in identifying creative solutions, nurturing hope, and building a global movement based on the principle of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (the universe is one family).
Organizing Partners
Collaborating Partners
