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J'pore girl joins Paris climate meet as delegate

PNS

Pranita Biswasi from Jeypore participated in the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 in Paris representing India as an Asian delegate. Since two years of age she is working on climate justice as a member of lutheran World Federation group.

As an Asian delegate, she has attended United Nations Climate Conference (COP19) in Warsaw, COP20 in lima earlier.

COP is union of 196 countries where delegates of the countries suggest future plans to fight against high carbon emissions. Almost all countries submitted a report on how do they want to contribute towards less emissions.

The Paris meet is expected to come out with a fair and equitable legally binding climate deal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his talk on the opening day and stated that India would reduce its emissions by 35 per cent.

Pranita also presented her talk on environmental change and its effect on the climate, causing calamities like cyclone and flood.