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At least 1.2 billion people could be displaced by climate-related events by 2050.

14M children suffer from acute malnutrition.

700 children die every day from water-borne diseases.

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3.3M people are killed by zoonotic diseases every year.

India lost $87 billion to climate disasters in 2020

India has lost 90% of the area under its four biodiversity hotspots

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Plant Based Treaty Youth Internship Program

We’re launching India’s first climate action internship program based on the United Nations’ SDGs which is geared towards informing and empowering the youth with the intersectionality of the climate crisis with prevalent systems.

We are working on United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, also known as The Global Goals, have been laid down as guidelines for holistic improvement in global health and prosperity. There are 17 goals in total. The Sustainable Development Goals that we know today were built upon Millennium Development Goals which were adopted by member states in 2000 as means to reduce extreme poverty by 2015.

How does the Plant Based Treaty work with United Nations’ SDGs?

The Plant Based Treaty Youth Internship Program has been designed to impart theoretical knowledge but with a hands-on, practical approach. For the first month, participants will be introduced to various aspects of the climate crisis with speakers and experts from around the world. Each session will be followed by a ‘documentary watch’ break to help deliver the content with more impact. For three months after that, participants are expected to perform a variety of offline tasks and execute fun projects such as designing a climate-friendly menu for the college canteen and organising a composting workshop in their class!

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The Plant Based Treaty is a climate roadmap which has been proposed as a companion to the UNFCCC or Paris Agreement. The PBT puts food systems at the heart of combating the climate crisis. It aims to halt the widespread degradation of critical ecosystems caused by animal agriculture, to promote a shift to more healthy, sustainable plant-based diets and to actively reverse the damage done to planetary functions, ecosystem services, and biodiversity.

As a proponent of the fight against the climate crisis, the Plant Based Treaty is a stepping stone in mitigating damage to our planet. In doing so, the treaty calls upon cities, businesses, politicians, organizations, and individuals of society to endorse the treaty.

Globally, it has attracted 71,000+ endorsements from individuals, celebrities, businesses, and several organizations. In India, several politicians, 15 cities and their mayors have endorsed the treaty. We hope to spread it far and wide to achieve the aligned goals of the United Nations and the Paris Agreement.

What is the Plant Based Treaty?

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Who is it for?

The Plant Based Treaty Youth Internship Program is a leap towards fostering youth climate action in the 18+ age group. Based on United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, this course focuses on food system improvements to protect the earth and its biodiversity. The program will also introduce to them various avenues where young adults can contribute to slowing down global warming and its impacts. With support from UNICEF and Youth4Water Plus, we aim to provide maximum value to every participant.

The Youth4Water Plus campaign seeks to enable youth actions to contribute towards achieving water security and environmental sustainability, meeting the local, national as well as global goals for WASH, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

What is the Youth4Water Plus Campaign?

The Youth4Water Plus Campaign is an exciting and ambitious UNICEF-led campaign, which has led to an outreach to
5,00,000+ youths with awareness and action programmes around water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and climate change.

Going forward, the campaign aims to channelize the energy and motivation of the youths, and sensitize them
to advocate and work towards water security and climate change issues.

Why Youth?

The Youth4Water Plus Campaign is an exciting and ambitious UNICEF-led campaign, which has led to an outreach to over 5,00,000 youths with awareness and action programmes around water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and climate change. Going forward, the campaign aims to channelize the energy and motivation of the youths, and sensitize them to advocate and work towards water security and climate change issues.

Why WASH?

Access to water and sanitation are fundamental human rights and key determinants of health. Climate Change induced Global warming has increased variability in the water cycle, leading to extreme weather events, decreased water availability and quality, threatening lives and livelihoods. Access to water and sanitation are fundamental human rights and also key determinants of health.

Get to know more about Youth4Water Plus here

What will you learn?

The Youth Internship Program will enrich the participants with:

• Up-to-date facts about the climate emergency, familiarisation with climate terms and global goals •

• Exposure to global organisations, guidance on career choices in climate action and the UN •

• Tools and ideas to restore destroyed land, rewild the planet, and ensure food and nutrition for all •

• Emotional support and solidarity to deal with climate anxiety •

• Networking with climate activists from India and abroad •

• Hands-on experience in organising and leading groups, a deeper understanding of grassroots-level activism •

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The first ever Plant Based Treaty Youth Internship Program kicked off in May and finished its online session in June. The response was phenomenal at the start - we received 100s of participants who wished to join the climate and animal rights movement. Of these participants, 30 joined the Animal, Climate and Health Save India team as volunteers.

This 30 people strong team has high intent and motivation to see real change happen and work towards it. We are now training these 30 trailblazers who can stir up conversations, demand justice through a love-based approach, and become the climate leaders of tomorrow.

This is what our interns have to say

“This internship has led to a huge scale of learning and experience of ground level activities and do something for our future generation and climate and distinguished between the good and bad for our health.”

- Anubhab

Because too many youths don't know anything about what is happening on the earth, they need to be enlightened. youths have creative thinking, are enthusiastic and have colourful and rich aspirations for their beautiful and peaceful future. They want their future to be well. Still, for this, they have to fight against cruelty and make the earth a peaceful place again, and for this, they need guidance, and this internship program is like a coach for youths to guide the way to them.

- Sarvadnya