Bangladeshi among British Council’s top 10 climate change communicators

The British Council recently announced the names of 10 international finalists of the FameLab Climate Change Communicators Online Final and a Bangladeshi made it to the list.

Arka Chakraborty, a student at the Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, is the finalist from Bangladesh, said a media release on Sunday.

The 10 finalists were selected by adjudicators based on video entries from around the world, which included a three-minute video talk on the theme of “Trust in Climate Science”.

The video entries focused on myriads of climate science topics to tackle the climate crisis, ranging from clean energy to coral reef preservation.

The nine other finalists are Aditi Chandra, engineer and entrepreneur at Kay Bouvet Engineering, India; Danny Joseph Daniels, CVO at Lombris, Mexico; Emiliane Daher Pereira, researcher at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; John Leo Algo, Deputy Executive Director for Programmes and Campaigns at Living Laudato Si’ Philippines, Philippines; Larissa Cunha Pinheiro, PhD student in nuclear engineering at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Mayur Bonkile, PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India; Minh Anh Le, research assistant at the Institute of Health, Economics and Technology, Vietnam; Navjeet Kaur, PhD student at the University of Mumbai, India; and Pallavi Pokharel, a recent graduate of Kathmandu University, Nepal.

All finalists will now take part in online training and networking activities, including a two-day online masterclass with the leading science communicator Wendy Sadler to hone their skills before the final.