The 21-year-old Akhilesh Anil Kumar, MD, Bring Back Green foundation, promotes climate education as a tool to help solve climate change, gender and social justice. His documentary, Theeram, focuses on how climate change impacts the Kerala fishing community.
Solving climate change
Published by: Team GI Youth
Published on 27, Mar 2022
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