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On Saturday, August 16th a KidsCall youth delegation was received by the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi.
Impressed by their knowledge of pressing issues and their commitment to bring positive change he stated: \"We do a lot on renewable energy, but you are right we can do more!\"
In a preparation workshop on climate change, energy and agriculture the youth delegation developed 6 points they demanded from the government to take care of:

1. Climate Change already impacts thousands of people in India. Methods of the Government to adapt to Climate Change should ensure that people will be able to remain in the region of their residence rather than moving into the big cities.

2. Promote organic farming both for mitigation and adaptation to climate change. We are disappointed that the Government’s National Action Plan on Climate change focuses on Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering even though thousands of farmers who grew genetic modified cotton have committed suicide because the seeds are costly, non renewable and unreliable.

3. We wish to ensure a massive increase of renewable energy in India. This should be combined with regular and transparent monitoring about the implementation.

4. Increasing of the governmental efforts to massively raise public awareness about the threat and the solutions in the field of climate change.

5. We cannot think about an India without the Ganga. If the Himalayan Glaciers melt, how will the rivers flow? People and animals are already dying in India because of droughts. We call on you to recognise the water crisis due to Climate Change. We urge the Government to implement holistic policies of natural resource management such as rain water harvesting in order to combat this problem.

6. India cannot afford to be left behind in addressing climate change both in reducing emissions and in evolving resilience. We, as the future generations of India want to see India as an environmental leader and not a laggard. The role that India plays globally should be led by the best sense, that India will proceed with its economical development but understand the fact that growth is not necessarily connected to a massive amount of CO2 emissions.