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India’s his eight-year-old is a bit different from children of her age,

who are learning addition and subtraction and reading Enid
Blyton. Licypriya Kangujam from India has dropped out of
own Greta T climate change.
school to pursue her passion—to fight the battle against
Speaking at the COP25 climate conference recently, the young
activist from Manipur who has already spoken in 21 countries on
Thunberg climate change, gave the world a glimpse of her resolve as she urged
global leaders to “act now against climate change”. The little girl has
quickly shot to limelight with Spanish newspapers hailing her as
‘Greta’ of the Global South.
is just voluntary movement by the children to raise their voices on global
Licypriya Kangujam -- the founder of “The Child Movement”, a
issues — also recently called upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to
implement climate change laws in the country and pass them in the
eight ongoing winter session of parliament.
“Please save our future. I am with my inspiration @gretathunberg
to give more pressure to you and the world leaders. You can’t underes-
timate us. Please pass the Climate Change law in the ongoing winter
years old parliament session,” reads the 8-year-old’s tweet dated December 6.
For long, the young activist has been holding talks, organis-
ing awareness campaigns, rallies and has helped victims of natural
calamities. She recently met Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg
in a climate change event in Madrid in Spain.
Licypriya Kangujam from Manipur In June this year, she stood near the parliament premises to draw
has dropped out of school to fight Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attention towards climate change. “I
urge him and all MPs to act on climate change now and save our future.
the battle against climate change The sea levels are increasing and the Earth is becoming hotter. They
and represented the country at should act now,” she had told ANI.
She has voiced concerns across several international platforms,
the recently held COP25 climate urging the world leaders to act on the issue of climate change and to
conference, reports tehelka bureau reduce natural disasters. She has also been recognised for her work

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