Green Skills Champion

An unexpected career choice was the beginning of efforts to demystify the conversation around climate change and raise awareness

- Aditi Ray Chowdhury

Here’s the irony: India is one of the few countries where environmental education is a mandatory part of school curriculum, but the importance it receives in assessments is too low to create awareness around climate change.

This is where 27-year-old Amol Kapoor steps in. His idea: a resource for people interested in understanding climate and sustainability. The ‘climate communicator’ has turned his LinkedIn profile into a source of information on climate policy and technology. “It didn’t take long for me to understand that staying updated in the climate sector is like trying to drink from a fire hose. There are so many updates, but very few clear guiding lights,” says Kapoor.

From Coding to Climate Change

Kapoor says growing up, he was the shy child who “preferred to stay in the background”. As a BTech student, he spent most of his time coding and programming only to realise in his third year in college that he wanted to be part of something that resonated on a “deeper level”.