Climate campaigner Pushpanath ‘Push’ Krishnamurthy is making an epic journey from London to Glasgow – on foot – to raise awareness of climate change.
Push, who will be 70 in January, started his 400-mile (650km) walk at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in London on 2 October noon and is set to arrive in Glasgow to coincide with the crucial 26 th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) taking place in the city, 1-12 November, attended by world leaders.
Push, who previously worked for Oxfam for 29 years, said: “My walk is about making sure that the voices of those most impacted by the climate crisis are heard so it’s fantastic to be sharing stories and inspiration with local communities along my route’. I have seen for myself the world’s most vulnerable countries, that have contributed the least to climate change, are the ones suffering most from its effects. With COP26 just days away there has never been a more urgent time to demand action on climate.”
Averaging about 15 miles (25km) a day, Cambridge resident Push is visiting communities, schools and Oxfam shops along his route as he makes his way north.
In 2009, Push walked from Oxford to Copenhagen for another major climate change
conference, COP15. 12 years later the devastating effects of climate change are even more apparent with extreme weather wrecking lives, homes and livelihoods, and pushing people deeper into poverty. The climate summit in Glasgow, is a critical make or break moment for global leaders to commit to decisive action to cut carbon emissions and to support countries that are hit hardest by the effects of the climate crisis.
Push added: “The more people we can reach out to and connect with along the way, the faster we will reach our destination together.”
