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Dilip Chauhan Honored with Patron for Planet

Award at Green Scholl Conference 2022

OUR BUREAU

New York, NY
reen Mentors, an India-based
Responsible Education Solu-
Gtion Provider, successfully
hosted its 6th NYC Green School
Conference -2022 at SUNY Maritime
College New York on September 24.
This Conference was the 1st Confer-
ence on Responsible Education in the
America during the 77th session of the
United Nations General Assembly.
The event was attended by high
profile speakers from around the
world, like Dilip Chauhan, Deputy
Commissioner of the NYC Office
for International Affairs, Rear Adm.
Michael Alfultis, President of SUNY
Maritime College, New York, Dr
Henry Stoever, President & CEO of
Association of Governing Boards of
Universities and Colleges (AGB).
In his keynote speech at the event
was Dilip Chauhan mentioned that
New York City Mayor Eric Adams t
launched Building Action NYC a new
citywide campaign to promote steps
to make New York City’s buildings
greener and more resilient while fos-
tering a healthier future for the city
and New Yorkers.
The city’s more than one million
buildings — covering more than five
billion square feet — constitute the
largest source of the city’s carbon
emissions, contributing almost 70 per-
cent of the city’s total emissions. The Green School Network at this confer-
work to limit building emissions will ence. The first network of schools will
be a critical component of the city’s bring Indian and American Schools
work towards reaching carbon neu- together to build a sustainable future
trality by 2050. for every child. The conference was
“Buildings are the largest emit- divided in the eight sessions, including
ters of carbon, so we are investing in Rethinking for Responsible Educa-
bringing renewable energy to them tion, Leaders to learn from, SDG 4.7,
and making New York City a national and inspiring stories from outdoor
leader in green buildings — creating Learning. In addition, Green Awards
tens of thousands of jobs for New were presented to the celebrated In-
Yorkers and delivering environmental dividuals and institutions for their
justice for our city,” he said. exceptional contributions toward sus-
This conference was held months tainable education. In every session,
after the India and the U S held the inspiring speakers presented their
2+2 Ministerial Dialogue and agreed green stories, vision, and plans for sus-
further to strengthen cooperation tainable and responsible education.
in education and skill development Virendra Rawat, the event or-
through collaborations and promote ganizer, said that this event inspired
student and scholar mobility to build schools, Universities, Policymakers,
people-to-people linkages between education leaders and the member
the two countries. states of the United Nations to bring
School leaders of India and the back responsible education for a sus-
US launched the Indo-American tainable future.

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