Anjali Appadurai
About Anjali Appadurai
Anjali Appadurai is director of campaigns with the Climate Emergency Unit and the director of the Padma Centre for Climate Justice. The Padma Centre is a hub for diasporic communities across Canada to build power towards climate and economic justice.
Anjali has worked as a climate activist and campaigner for over a decade, consistently engaging in public discourse and media around issues of climate justice, internationalism, social movements, and BC and federal climate policy. Her work ranges from community organizing to high-level national campaigning to electoral politics. She ran for the NDP in 2021 and BC NDP leadership in 2022, both times bringing a strong climate justice platform to her campaigns.
Canada has become a world-leading climate villain
Delegates applaud at COP29 in Azerbaijan,Nov 24, 2024. For all its constructive and helpful rhetoric on climate, we cannot ignore the fact that the Canadian government has shirked its responsibilities and undermined global climate action. From COP29 Azerbaijan X feed
The unbearable cost of fossil fuel lobbying
There is no room for ambiguity in the face of the layered crises of climate change, economic strain and a pandemic, writes Anjali Appadurai. We must pick a side.
Sikh practice sets a path for community-led climate action
Like many others, I’ve been drawn to community service through direct aid as a way to feel like I am tangibly contributing, writes Anjali Appadurai.
It's our job as environmental advocates to turn the eyes of the world to B.C. at COP26
B.C. holds tremendous potential for true climate leadership. But only if we are willing to change our relationship with each other and the land, writes climate justice advocate Anjali Appadurai.