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CHENNAI: Seeking to create awareness about the danger of global warming, two youths from Tamil Nadu on Sunday embarked on a year-long world expedition during which they propose to impress upon lawmakers of the United States the need to ratify the Kyoto protocol.
This is the seventh such expedition for the environmentalists-- T Srinivasa Rao and R Gnanasekaran--who have already travelled around the world six times for the cause of nuclear disarmament, environmental protection and preservation of rain forests.
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi felicitated the duo at a function here and flagged off the expedition, sponsored by various PSUs and private companies. The youth have planned to traverse 30 countries across five continents in a Hyundai Tucson SUV in 365 days. They would first stop over at New York and cover most parts of the US and Latin America in the first leg, Rao told PTI.
The duo was scheduled to meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and present a book on their travel experiences during their previous expedition. Rao said they would create awareness about the danger of global warming, besides meeting US lawmakers to urge them to come to the UN fold on the Kyoto Protocol.
Although the US was a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, which had the objective of reducing Greenhouse gases that caused climate change, the Government had not ratified it yet. "We are also planning to utilise the election fever prevailing in the US.
We will try to meet Presidential hopefuls like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and get their support on the issue," he added.
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