From awareness to action, speakers call on youth to embrace ethical, non-materialistic living, addressing the paradox of sustainability at the YUVA Sustainability Conference 2026.
Highlighting the role of education in driving sustainability, speakers call for integrating values, practice and responsibility into learning at the 3rd Yuva Sustainability Conference and Awards 2026.
The Third Yuva Sustainability Conference & Awards 2026 felicitates its first cohort of sustainability storytellers and inducts a new batch of changemakers.
As India accelerates its clean energy transition, Blueleaf Energy embeds social impact into its strategy through Blueleaf CARES, a holistic Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiative that they launched in 2025 in rural India. There they are rolling out a programme of integrated healthcare, education, livelihood and environmental action to deliver sustained, positive community-impact.
Mr Erik Solheim highlighted the shift of climate leadership towards business, innovation and the Global South, urging young people to drive sustainable growth that unites prosperity with planetary care.
Prof Bijayalaxmi Nanda emphasised that sustainability must move beyond rhetoric into lived practice by empowering youth, valuing indigenous wisdom, and embedding environmental responsibility within institutions and everyday life.
Mr Rajendra Bhanawat urged youth to ground climate action in conscience, community wisdom and political accountability, challenging them to answer honestly what they are doing to protect the planet.
An address at the 2nd Yuva Sustainability Conference by Ms. Snigdha Kala reframed climate action as a long-term marathon that unites profitability with sustainability and places youth at the centre of implementation and human-centred transition.
An address by Prof (Dr) K G Suresh at the 2nd Yuva Sustainability Conference highlighted that true sustainability lies not in symbolic actions but in long-term commitment, nurturing nature, and empowering youth to translate awareness into everyday practice.
Young Indians are not just future stakeholders but present-day changemakers, turning the climate challenge into an opportunity for innovation, skills, and a net-zero economy,says Pratyush Thakur, Country Head (India), Blueleaf Energy.