24 Hours of Reality 2018: Protect Our Planet, Protect Ourselves

www.24hoursofreality.org

On 3-4th December, we travelled across the Earth for 24 hours to learn more about how fossil fuels and climate change are creating unique health risks that threaten the wellness of families and communities all over the world.

INDIA – LIGHTING A PATH TO THE FUTURE

​​Indian hour featured a live presentation by Vice President Al Gore, an in-depth look at the formation of the International Solar Alliance, and conversations with Dr. K. Srinath Reddy, the president of the Public Health Foundation of India, and World Health Organization regional director Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh.
​
Stay tuned for Indian hour recording.

24 Hours of Reality Watch Parties by Climate Reality Leaders and Partners

Climate Reality India with TERI SAS hosted a watch party and a panel discussion on Climate and Health.

Mr Ashok Panday, Principal, Alchon International School, New Delhi and Climate Reality Leader, hosted a watch party in his school.

Mrs Elsie Gabriel, Climate Young Environmentalists Programme Trust NGO hosted a Watch Party for imminent community fifty leaders in Mumbai.

Mr Pradip Burman, our trustee, The Climate Project Foundation hosted a watch Party at Mobius Foundation, New Delhi

Global Shapers @ Mumbai Hub organised a watch party at Acumen India office.

Watch Party @ Pune by Shivam Singh, Youth Climate Reality Leader under the guidance of Col. S.G Dalvi, District Manager Pune

Watch Party by Global Shapers @ Nagpur hub at India Peace Centre. They were joined by domestic and international social activists, NGO representatives and young students from diverse segments

Ms Smruti Samantray and other Climate Reality Leaders organized a watch party in association with Everything Outdoor NE, at By The Way Café, Zoo Tiniali, GUWAHATI - INDIA.

Watch Party at German Consulate Kolkata by Mayuri Bhattacharjee along with her fellow Climate Reality Leaders and Global Shapes at Kolkata hub.

Hosted by former Vice President Al Gore, the global broadcast event 24 Hours of Reality: Protect Our Planet, Protect Ourselves will sound the alarm on the clear and present danger that fossil fuels and climate change pose to the health of families and communities across the planet.  

24 Hours of Reality (India): 2017 Watch Parties​

Right to health is a basic human right and we should not deny ourselves of it.
Blog by Sanjana K (Climate Reality Leader)

Hosting this Watch Party made me realise that I am not alone in this endeavour. There are amazing people, forces, organisations and resources out there who are more than willing to join hands for urgent climate action. 

READ MORE

Climate Reality Leaders Voices from India (24 Hours of Reality 2016)

Nita Ganguly talks about how the New Delhi Climate Reality Leader training in 2008 allowed her to combine her passion for writing with her concerns about the climate crisis.

Winds of India (24 Hours of Reality 2016)

Four hundred million people, almost one-third of India’s total population, lack reliable access to electricity. Tulsi Tanti experienced this firsthand when he was running a textile company in Gujarat in 1995. 

24 Hours Of Reality: Field Report - Cleaning Up The Cookstove

Watch to see how a simple solution can improve life for the nearly 3 billion people who rely on wood- or coal-powered open cookstoves, and reduce carbon pollution along the way.