Vositha Wijenayake's guest appearances

Vositha Wijenayake

Terra.do - Solve #climatechange

The Green Link

Tracey Osborne

Charlotte Blattner

Ashwin Naidu

Raj Aggarwal

Harini Nagendra

Harish Hande

Tara Stafford

Saleemul Huq

Yang Hong

Cedrick Tandong

Ryan Merrill

Gokul Halan

Arati Kumar-Rao

Shailesh Vikram Singh

Ankit Singhvi

OwlTail

In this episode, Ishaan talks with Vositha, an attorney-at-law and executive director at SLYCAN trust that focuses on the thematic areas of climate change, adaptation and resilience, sustainable development, environmental conservation and restoration, social justice, and animal welfare. Listen to this story as Vositha explains about the activities which include legal and policy research, education and awareness creation, capacity building and training, and implementation of ground level action.

In this episode, Ishaan talks with Vositha, an attorney-at-law and executive director at SLYCAN trust that focuses on the thematic areas of climate change, adaptation and resilience, sustainable development, environmental conservation and restoration, social justice, and animal welfare. Listen to this story as Vositha explains about the activities which include legal and policy research, education and awareness creation, capacity building and training, and implementation of ground level action.

The Green Link: Vositha Wijenayake

Vositha Wijenayake is an international lawyer specialising in public international law, with a focus on international environmental law &amp; UN human rights law. Vositha presently works as the Executive Director of SLYCAN Trust and is also a member of the national expert committee on climate change of Sri Lanka. Having worked since 2009 on bridging youth and environmental activism, she has focused on engaging youth as a key stakeholder in climate change processes through capacity building and awareness creation. She has over a decade of experience in working on climate change, at both the national and international level.In this podcast, Vositha gives us a background in what drives Sri Lanka’s climate policy, how the media narrative is shaping up and whether Sri Lanka needs climate activism. Notes –01:42 – Vositha’s interest in environment and climate change 04:17 – SYCAN Trust and their challenges 08:36 – Sri Lankan government and their climate change policies13:56 – Media narrative in Sri Lanka regarding climate change17:35 – Informed climate activism 27:21 – The way forward in Sri Lanka 

Vositha Wijenayake is an international lawyer specialising in public international law, with a focus on international environmental law &amp; UN human rights law. Vositha presently works as the Executive Director of SLYCAN Trust and is also a member of the national expert committee on climate change of Sri Lanka. Having worked since 2009 on bridging youth and environmental activism, she has focused on engaging youth as a key stakeholder in climate change processes through capacity building and awareness creation. She has over a decade of experience in working on climate change, at both the national and international level.In this podcast, Vositha gives us a background in what drives Sri Lanka’s climate policy, how the media narrative is shaping up and whether Sri Lanka needs climate activism. Notes –01:42 – Vositha’s interest in environment and climate change 04:17 –<a href="http://www.selcofoundation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://slycantrust.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SYCAN Trust</a> and their challenges 08:36 – Sri Lankan government and their climate change policies13:56 – Media narrative in Sri Lanka regarding climate change17:35 – Informed climate activism 27:21 – The way forward in Sri Lanka

#6: Vositha Wijenayake, Executive Director, SLYCAN Trust 