Bhubaneswar: Noted journalist Bhabani Sankar Tripathy, Deputy General Manager (News) and Bureau Chief of the Sambad, leading Odia daily, will represent India at the United States International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) starting on March 13.
The US Department of State has nominated him for the project entitled “Climate Change and Biodiversity Conservation” for which he will be in the US for three weeks from March 10 to April 1.
‘’As we know, the climate change policy of the United States has major impacts on global climate change and global climate change mitigation. This is because the United States is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gasses in the world after China and is among the countries with the highest greenhouse gas emissions per person in the world. In total, the United States has emitted over 400 billion metric tons of greenhouse gasses, more than any country in the world. So, I will explore the United States’ commitment to climate change and also study the critical role of the local government, NGOs, and media, particularly social media, so far as climate change and biodiversity are concerned,” Tripathy said.
Tripathy, who hails from Bira Rama Chandra Pur village of Satyabadi block in Puri district, has been working as a journalist since 1999. He has a strong command over politics and social issues, especially the environment. In 2019-20, he wrote several stories to save pangolins and his efforts created awareness among the common masses. Apart from this, he writes on rising temperatures and weather-related issues.
IVLP, the US Department of State’s most prestigious professional exchange programme was launched in 1940. It aims to cultivate lasting relationships by connecting current and emerging foreign leaders with their American counterparts through short-term visits to the United States.
Participants in the programme are selected annually by the staff at US embassies around the world and more than 2,50,000 international visitors have engaged with Americans through the IVLP, including over 300 current and former heads of government.
