https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/disha-ravi-cop27-1.6649343
More than a year after her arrest in India, this climate activist is speaking out at COP27
Sheena Goodyear · CBC Radio · Posted: Nov 11, 2022 4:53 PM ET | Last Updated: November 11
A year ago, Disha Ravi couldn't get a passport to attend the UN global climate summit in Scotland. So this year in Egypt, she's making sure her voice is heard.
Ravi, 23, is an Indian climate change activist who made headlines in February 2021 when she was arrested for supporting protesting farmers.
She had contributed to a toolkit — shared online by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg — with advice for activists looking to support the protests in India. She says she only edited two lines.
For that, India's police charged her with sedition. She was detained for 10 days and released on bail. After that, she was unable to get her passport application approved to attend the 26th Conference of Parties, or COP26, in Glasgow.
COP, the global decision-making body set up to implement the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and other international climate, meets every year.
It took some wrangling, but Ravi has made it to COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where she delivered a list of youth demands to UN Secretary General António Guterres.
She spoke to As It Happens host Nil Köksal from the conference. Here is part of their conversation.
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