Little Flower Degree College (Autonomous), Uppal, is hosting a two-day international seminar on climate change, bringing together environmental experts, academicians, legal professionals, policymakers and researchers to discuss the growing challenges posed by climate change.

The seminar, titled ‘Climate Change: Literary Ecologies, Environmental Psychology, Policy Deliberation and Media Activism’, began on Wednesday and is being organised by the college’s Department of Arts in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Training and Research Institute and is sponsored by the Telangana Pollution Control Board.

Telangana High Court Judge B. Vijaysen Reddy inaugurated the seminar as chief guest. College correspondent Arun Prakash, director John Kallarackal and principal P. Jayanthi Reddy were also present. The dignitaries released the seminar proceedings during the inaugural session.

Speakers, including international climate lawyer Patrick Toussaint, Osmania University professor Syeda Azeem Unnisa and several environmental researchers and experts, stressed the need for interdisciplinary research, evidence-based policymaking and greater public participation in tackling climate change.