Climate change must be understood not merely as a negotiation over targets and timelines, but as a lived reality shaping health, livelihoods, inequality, and the future of communities, said Tanveer Kaur Sachdeva, Journalist with The Indian Express.
Speaking at the 2nd Yuva Sustainability Conference (Online) titled “Beyond COP30: Empowering Youth for Climate Action”, Tanveer highlighted the critical role young journalists play in bridging the gap between international climate commitments and everyday experiences. “Climate change is a story of health, livelihoods, inequality, and the future we are shaping. When young journalists translate COP commitments into lived realities, they turn climate action from policy into public responsibility,” she said.
She emphasised that youth-led storytelling ensures accountability beyond global summits by making climate impacts visible, relatable, and impossible to ignore. According to her, responsible journalism can hold institutions, corporations, and governments accountable by grounding climate discourse in people’s lived experiences rather than abstract policy language.
The conference was organised by Voices of Bharat: Yuva for Sustainability, a Sustainability Karma initiative, with Lok Samvad Sansthan as the implementation partner, in association with the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Jamia Millia Islamia. The event aimed to empower young interns with the tools, perspectives, and narratives needed to drive meaningful climate action beyond COP processes.