The Sikh Human Rights Group proudly presents our Environmental and Diversity Speaker Series. Today’s topic: ‘How to save our planet from humanmade destruction’ Recorded live on the 13th of October 2021 this is the 9th podcast in Sikh Human Rights Groups 2021 Environmental and Diversity Speaker Series. Panellist: Today you will be listening to Professor Ilan Kelman, a Professor of Disasters and Health at University College London in England and a Professor at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, including the integration of climate change into disaster research and health research. That covers three main areas: (i) Disaster diplomacy and health diplomacy; (ii) Island sustainability involving safe and healthy communities in isolated locations; and (iii) Risk education for health and disasters. Sikh Human Rights Group Panellist: Dr Jasdev Rai (Director) Sikh Human Rights Group Hosts: Mr Carlos Arbuthnott (Human Rights Officer and Project Coordinator) Ms Bethan Walters (Human Rights, Communications and Media Officer) Questions include but are by no means not limited to: What lessons have you taken away from your research with small island nations that can inform us about the most effective methods to mitigate and adapt the negative impacts of climate change? Both in terms of the physical effects and Governance gaps that are currently persisting around the globe. Here at the Sikh Human Rights Group we are strong believers that caring for the environment and human rights are mutually inclusive. In other words, strong believers in the fact that you cannot simply look at climate change in the round and not consider the wider human rights implications and/or violations. With that being said, could you please explain to our listeners some of the most experienced human rights that are being violated due to the negative effects of climate change? We have seen that certain parts of the globe, particularly the Southern Hemisphere, feel the effects of climate change a lot worse than the Northern Hemisphere. We have worked closely with affiliates in South Africa and Brazil, with locals whose families have lived on the land for centuries and who are arguably living the most sustainable lives but yet are feeling the negative effects of climate change the most. Therefore, could you please explain to our listeners why it is so important that the rest of the globe listens to and learns from these otherwise marginalised people?