Common Ground with Kartik Verma

Common Ground with Kartik Verma

Kartik wears the legacy of his forefathers as agriculturists on the world stage to draw attention to the perils of climate inaction. With a level of self awareness unusual for one so young, he is a Facilitator for Plastic Action with UNEP, a Youth Advocate with UNICEF, Ambassador for Joti Foundation, BeVisioneer for Marcedes Benz, Youth Advisor for Google. I can only describe my first chat with him surreal, over a patchy wireless connection on his farm cloistered in a room with his parents on the outside. Indubitably, we had a lot of ground to cover across generations in India.

Porikolpona for Daily Wage Earners in Bangladesh

Winner of the 2023 Diana Award, the only charity set up in the memory of the late Diana, Princess of Wales and her belief that young people have the power to change the world ! Porikolpona in Bangla means strategy, vision, execution, plan. It was set up in 2020 in response to the pandemic to meeting the urgent needs of daily wage earners in Bangladesh. In this episode Co-Founder Mashrur Hasan Mahee, paints for us the very real picture of how the pandemic response unfolded to protect the most vulnerable of the labor force. Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it. This episode also sets the stage for us to look at migrant labor from the lens of climate change in the coming episodes.

Taiwan and its Election

A Pre and Post Discussion of the 2024 Taiwanese Presidential Election with PoYen Chen in Taiwan and Alveena in New York. Current leadership retaans power at the center which favors the currently independent Taiwan, and its west-facing democracy. Within which, a split legislative has implications for the cost of living and housing finance challenges for the young electorate. Underlying the same are irreversible shifts in demographics, climate goals and the multi-faceted threat posed by mainland China.

Hurricane - The Podcast

With eyes on the future and the reintegration of globally displaced youth on our minds, few of us found eachother echoing the sentiment to harness the power of podcasting, and engaging with an audience in meaningful ways. Hence HURRICANE, where we pool in knowledge and experience in our respective fields and geographies, to demystify the workings of specific global developments, and enable people, especially youth, to participate in an educated discourse on the shape of our world. Introductory Episode ; * Bach Lam Wellesley'27, UN Climate Advisor. General Comment 26 and the United Nations's guidance on Children's Rights and the Environment. * Po-Yen Chen IESE'22, MBA Practitioner in Environment, Sustainability and Governance. Focus in organizational dynamics and sustainable practice. * Mashrur Hasan Mahee, UCLan'24. Co-founder Porikolpona, recognized with the Diana Award 2023 for empowering young people to make positive change. * Alveena Bakhshi, SIPA'03 MPA. Thesis in Impact of Financial Services on Financial System Stability. Practitioner in Capital Market Development.