Indian Youth Climate Network

The Indian Youth Climate Network (IYCN) is a grassroots coalition of Indian youth and Indian youth-oriented organizations concerned with climate change. With the noble aim to 'support, unite, share, inspire, engage and change,'  IYCN was created in March 2008 by Kartik Singh who was joined by Caroline Howe and Alexis Ringwald.¹  IYCN has now grown to have a presence in many Indian regions including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujurat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, and Himachal Pradesh.²

IYCN works to connect and develop consensus among Indian youth on the role India should play in the global climate change debate, as well as how the country should address domestic climate justice and adaptation issues.³  The Network descibes itself as working on three levels:

1. "As a network of individuals enabling people to come together and work at a grassroots level, to form friendships and support each other. 
2. As a coalition of partner and supporter groups who leverage off a national network of young people passionate about the environment and development. 
3. As an organisation that runs its own programs/ projects as well as participates in & supports programs/ campaigns of other organisations." template.utilnote("4")}}

From Jan 5 to Feb 5, IYCN lead a "climate caravan" of solar plug-in electric vehicles provided by the Indian electric car company Reva, and a biodiesel bus, travelling from Chennai to Delai.  Led by IYCN founders Singh, Howe and Ringwald, the caravan stopped in villages and cities along the way to speak with people and groups in hopes of organizing people, and youth in particular, around climate change issues and solutions.⁵