JNU Student Irfan Ahmad was among 261 people trained by The Hon. Al Gore at The Climate Project Asia Pacific Summit in Melbourne from July 11 th - 13 th .At the AP Summit Mr. Gore, Australian Conservation Foundation Executive Director Don Henry and eminent scientist Dr Graeme Pearman trained people from 19countries, including Australia, Bangladesh, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. As a delegate Irfan was trained to communicate directly with his community in order to generate momentum for the best possible outcome at Copenhagen climate change UN negotiations in December this year. "I hope my training at the A-P Summit will mean I can work to inspire and create change in order to avoid catastrophic climate change here in India. I plan to be an advocate for this work in the important five month lead-up to the Copenhagen climate change negotiations," Irfan said." These people are united in wanting to find a solution to avoid the worst of dangerous climate change. They can now return to their communities and act as agents of change, asking their leaders to be part of the solution to the climate crisis, "said Don Henry. "Countries in the Asia Pacific region are going to be crucial in a good outcome at Copenhagen. All countries need to lead on this issue - just as we need to do the right thing at home. "The AP Summit brought together people from the world's largest economies to smallest and most vulnerable island states. Many of these people are living in regions impacted by the climate crisis.
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