Odisha’s Archana Soreng Inducted In UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Group: .  Bhubaneswar: Archana Soreng, a climate activist from Odisha, h...

Odisha’s Archana Soreng Inducted In UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Group:

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Bhubaneswar: Archana Soreng, a climate activist from Odisha, has been named by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to his new advisory group comprising young leaders who will provide perspectives and solutions to tackle the worsening climate crisis, as the global body mobilises action as part of the COVID-19 recovery efforts.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated her on being chosen for the group.

Soreng joins six other young climate leaders, aged between 18 and 28 years, who have been named by Guterres to his new Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.

Soreng is “experienced in advocacy and research, and she is working to document, preserve, and promote traditional knowledge and cultural practices of indigenous communities,” the UN said in a statement on Monday.

Our ancestors have been protecting the forest and nature over the ages through their traditional knowledge and practices. Now it is on us to be the front runners in combating the climate crisis,” said Soreng, who has studied regulatory governance from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai and is the former TISS Students Union President.

We are in a climate emergency. We do not have the luxury of time,” Guterres said in a video announcing the establishment of the advisory group.