Nikita Patel has been selected to co-host an event at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow on November 4th.
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The event ‘Countdown to Planet Zero: combating climate change with chemistry’ is a youth panel that offers the next generation of scientists and inventors an opportunity to explain their work and its impact on climate change.Nikita is a PhD student at the Centre for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics at Queen Mary University of London.Nikita said: “I’m really excited to co-host the youth panel event and be a part of COP26 which I see as a moment for all of us to get involved – we can all make some simple changes like using public transport or cycling more to create a different path and limit our impact on the climate. Whilst these individual steps are necessary and achievable, we must take our personal knowledge and actions to the collective today to change our world’s tomorrow. This is what COP26 is about. Climate change is undeniably one of the greatest challenges the world is facing and action needs to be taken and changes made if we want to bring this crisis under control. The panel discussion is important to raise awareness and highlight how today’s researchers are contributing to the fight against climate change and what this means for the future.”
Nikita recently spoke to MYQMUL about her research and role as a STEM ambassador. Read Nikita's student profile.