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At COP, a move from climate learning to climate action

Two areas that require more attention are teacher capacity-building and the development of knowledge platforms for communities that share a common geography and face similar disasters.

COP31 offers a historic opportunity to elevate CCE from awareness-driven learning to competency-driven transformation.

3 min read Oct 26, 2026 10:40 AM IST First published on: Oct 26, 2026 at 06:21 AM IST

By Livleen Kahlon

As a member of Gen X, I stand at the intersection of experience and transformation, having witnessed how environmental challenges have shaped development priorities. In 1972, the UN conference on the human environment catalysed international environmental action. In India, this momentum found constitutional expression in the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976, which enshrined environmental protection as both a responsibility of the state and a duty of citizens.…