The concept of Future Climate Leaders was conceived through an intense collaboration between New Jersey and New Delhi, between three young change-makers passionate about sustainability and deeply connected to India. The serendipitous meeting of minds between Evergreen Story and TERI and actual labor of love has led to where FCL is today with the pilot program.
Co-founder, Evergreen Story, Project Manager – FCL Program
Anvi Fenn is a young change-maker who is already making an impact with sustainable solutions for the more vulnerable. Though she adopts a solutions-based approach than activism, she can be heard. She co-founded a nonprofit that integrates storytelling and climate action called ‘Evergreen Story.’ Evergreen Story embarked on a direct, ground climate impact program involving her peers (high school students) from India. The “Future Climate Leaders” program, in collaboration with TERI, is the first of its kind mentorship program.
Co-founder, Evergreen Story, Project Manager – FCL Program
Anya Fenn is an aspiring scientist. She is a gender right and climate justice activist deeply connected to her South Asian roots. She co-founded a nonprofit that integrates storytelling and climate action called ‘Evergreen Story.’ She is also an avid musician and songwriter, having written and composed original, studio-recorded music. She believes that while music should be enjoyed simply for its own sake, it also has the power to influence human psychology to solve the world’s big problems like climate change. Evergreen Story embarked on a direct, ground climate impact program involving her peers (high school students) from India. The “Future Climate Leaders” program, in collaboration with TERI, is the first of its kind mentorship program.
Executive Director, FCL Program
Ashima’s vision is to improve and strengthen the social ecosystem in the nation to provide equitable and fair opportunities to individuals across all sections of the society. Her current interest lies in understanding the impending and adverse impact of the climate crisis on vulnerable and marginalized communities in India. Her role in the FCL Program is to design a solution that would enable and empower the communities to adapt and mitigate the harmful effects of climate crisis. Ashima is also a registered advocate and comes in with her extensive experience in corporate, securities and capital markets law. After her stint in the corporate world, she made a career transition into the development sector and worked with Teach for India as a fellow to teach elementary students in a government school in New Delhi. She has been selected as one of the top 12 teachers in India in 2021 to represent India in the United Nations for her work as an educator and a changemaker. She has also been nominated for India’s COVID Soldier Award 2021 for her not-for-profit organization’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
Partnership Associate, FCL Program
Freny believes oral stories have a higher power as they give voice to the voiceless. She is fascinated by the human spirit and with her own Parsi-Irani culture. She is the forerunner producer of the Evergreen Story’s Parsi-Irani Oral History Project that captures stories from a mosaic of personalities from all walks of life from the Parsi-Irani Community in India. Freny is a staunch believer of supporting the community and of preserving the natural resources. Freny is a happy go lucky 25 year old literature graduate from Pune, India.
Senior Fellow & Associate Director, Environment Education and Awareness
Dr. Livleen is an experienced Environment Educator who builds and oversees high performance teams of motivated colleagues for strategic execution of various models of Education for Sustainable Development to achieve transformative impact amongst a range of target audiences.
Associate Fellow, Centre for Environmental Studies
Ms. Vidhu Kapur is a development research professional. In her thirteen years of work experience, Vidhu has contributed to several analytical works to formulate, implement, and evaluate policies and programmes in India. In addition to her training in conducting field-based studies using quantitative and qualitative methodologies, she has hands-on experience of studying the nuances and designing strategies to mainstream the marginalized communities, particularly those dependent on natural resources, landless, and women for their socio-economic well-being and livelihood. She is experienced in working on projects for both the Indian Government and International Institutions such as the World Bank, UNDP, and UNFPA. Vidhu has dual masters, first in Development Communication and Extension from the University of Delhi and the second in Population Studies from the International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai. With over a decade of work experience in communication for development, Vidhu at The Future Climate Leaders’ Program leads planning and execution of the program from TERI
Associate Fellow, Centre for Environmental Studies
Nimish Singh is currently working in The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as an Associate Fellow of the Earth Science and Climate Change Division. He has completed his BE in mechanical engineering from Government engineering college, Jabalpur while MTech in Atmospheric Oceanic Sciences from IIT Delhi and is pursuing his Ph.D. from the same department in the area of air pollution and climate changes linkages. In his past 6 years, he has worked both as a team member and project leader in multiple projects on ambient air quality monitoring, source emission monitoring, source apportionment studies, air quality management studies, third party assessment studies, area-wide environmental quality management studies, and exposure assessment studies, etc. Additionally, he has also participated in the capacity building of state and central pollution control board officials by training them on air quality dispersion modeling.
Associate Fellow, Environment Education and Awareness
Ms. Sharma is working as an Associate Fellow at the Environment Education and Awareness Area of TERI, New Delhi. As a research professional, she works on projects associated with students on issues related to the environment and sustainability. In her career spanning more than nine years, Ms. Sharma has contributed to many articles and modules on the environment and sustainability. She has been a part of various programs that involve informal modes of education and focus on sensitization on environmental themes, promoting networking of like-minded individuals, and bringing about attitudinal changes for sustainable development. Ms. Tanvi holds a master's degree from Ambedkar University, Delhi in Environment and Development and a bachelorette degree in Geography from the University of Delhi.
Research Associate, Centre for Environmental Studies
Justin Jacob is working at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as Research Associate at the Centre for Environment Studies group under the Earth Science and Climate Change Division. He did his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Sharda University. He has three years of experience in air pollution and climate change at TERI. In the past three years, he has worked as a team member on multiple projects focusing on various environmental issues and has provided technical solutions for reducing air pollution in brick manufacturing industries and MSMEs. During his tenure, he also assessed the effectiveness of different intervention measures for reducing the emission load and improving air quality in different cities across the country.
Research Associate, Centre for Environmental Studies
Prabhat Sharma is working at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as Research Associate at the Centre for Environment Studies group under the Earth Science and Climate Change Division. He has done his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from AKTU and Post- graduation Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development from IGNOU. He has four year of experience in Ambient, Indoor air and climate change domain. He has worked extensively on ambient air quality monitoring, stack monitoring, emission inventories and source apportionment studies in Indian cities. Apart from research, has also looked into lab oriented projects related to bio char, waste, crop residue and emission factor development.
Know More