“Lighting up Himalaya” a movie on Renewable Energy in Ladakh screened at COP21—PARIS

5 Dariya News

Srinagar 16-Dec-2015

Two officials from Jammu and Kashmir Jigmet Takpa, Chief Conservator of Forests, Ladakh/Director LREDA, Leh and Stanzin Dorjai Gya Director of the Himalaya Film House has represented India at the United Nation Conference on Climate Change at Paris, France.Jigmet Takpa IFS Director, LREDA and Chief Conservator Forests, Ladakh was officially invited by the General Secretary of COP 21 (Paris 2015) to attend the conference from Nov. 23rd to December 13th 2015 to showcase his works on Climate change, mitigation and adaptation in the Ladakh Himalaya.Jigmet Takpa represented the UN Conference as member of Indian Government delegate and made presentation on the “Energy Access” on 1st December at the conference. Ladakh initiatives for mitigation and adaptation in response to climate change in the form of Biodiversity conservation, Rural livelihood improvement projects and Renewable Energy Initiatives was highly appreciated at the UN conference.

Jigmet Takpa IFS Director, LREDA and Chief Conservator Forests, Ladakh was officially invited by the General Secretary of COP 21 (Paris 2015) to attend the conference from Nov. 23rd to December 13th 2015 to showcase his works on Climate change, mitigation and adaptation in the Ladakh Himalaya.Stanzin Dorjai Gya, Director of the Himalaya Film House-Leh screened the  movies “ Jungwa” and the “Lighting up Himalaya” show casing the Climate change , mitigation and adaptation at the UN conference on several occasions. It was selected from the entry of 500 movies around the world. The International Union For conservation of Nature (IUCN) a UN body is screened "JUNGWA" movies to the audience at UN conference on 8th of December 2015  at ESPACE GENERATION CLIMATE AUDITORIUM at 15H- Thursday (CNS)