Sunishma Singh
Sunishma Singh is a Fijinese climate activist and influencer.[1] She was 19-year-old when she was financially helped by "Miss Cal Valley Solar". She participated in the Hibiscus Festival. She credited the festival for giving her the knowledge and skills in managing her time wisely.[2][3][4][5]
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Singh is from Nadroga-Navosa. She studied in the University of the South Pacific (USP). She got a Bachelor of Science in Geospatial Information Systems in 2018. She got a postgraduate degree in Climate Change in 2020.[6][7]
In 2015, she worked for the use of renewable energy to reduce the impact of climate change on the economy. It was also done at the Hibiscus Festival in Suva. Singh has been a Resilience Officer for the "UN-Habitat" (United Nations Human Settlements Program) since 2019. "UN-Habitat" is working in Fiji with the "Accelerator Lab Pacific" to find solutions for the 13 informal settlements in the central and western parts of Fiji (in the municipality of Lami, Sigatoka, Nadi and Lautoka). Its purpose is to develop systems and ways to deal with with food and income for the local population living there.[8][9]
Singh served as a youth environmental activist for Fiji at COP25 in Madrid in 2019. In March 2021, she was one of the speakers at the 7th Asia-Pacific Adaptation Forum (APAN).[10][11][12]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Empowering young people to participate in the promotion of their rights". www2.ohchr.org. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ↑ Dey, Dipayan; Roy, Joyashree (2022-03-29). Biorights: The Neo-economic Conservation Paradigm for Global South. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-030-91502-5.
- ↑ Bank, Asian Development (2012-08-01). Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative. Asian Development Bank. ISBN 978-92-9092-773-0.
- ↑ "Dream comes true". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ↑ "PROFILE: Vodafone Hibiscus Queen Contestants". Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ↑ "Dream comes true". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ↑ "Youths encouraged to courage! » European Newspapers, Live TV Channels & Radios Online". European Newspapers, Live TV Channels & Radios Online. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ↑ "Dream comes true". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ↑ "Youths encouraged to courage! » European Newspapers, Live TV Channels & Radios Online". European Newspapers, Live TV Channels & Radios Online. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ↑ "Dream comes true". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
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