In his opening speech, K Haridas Nair, representing the International Council of Initiatives of Change, challenged the youth to become 'transition leaders' who could motivate people to think 'beyond today's boundaries of you and me, of colour, of race, religion and language- fundamental issues that are continuously exploited to divide people from people.' He went on, 'We live in an increasingly interdependent and interconnected world,' adding that climate change knows no boundaries.'
Participantes de la Conferencia En su discurso de apertura, K Haridas Nair, representante del Consejo Internacional de Iniciativas de Cambio, desafió a los jóvenes a convertirse en "líderes de transición", que motiven a las personas a pensar "más allá de las actuales barreras que existen entre tú y yo, barreras por color, raza, religión, idioma – problemas fundamentales que continuamente dividen a la gente de la gente".