The Lucknow Summit 2025
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Ecosophical Foundation for the Study of Literature & Environment
&
National Post Graduate College, Lucknow
Jointly organize
Three Days International Conference
on
Geopolitics of Climate Change
(The Genesis of the Amplified Ecological Doom Loops)
Date: December 19-21, 2025
Time: 10 AM – 5 PM
Venue: National PG College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Abstract Submission: Submit your abstract through the Google link:
About EFSLE:
EFSLE (Ecosophical Foundation for the Study of Literature and Environment) is as an International open academic forum for creative interaction among intellectuals, academicians, environmental activists, naturalists, nature-lovers, and those involved and earnestly dedicated to these issues and who are receptive and undogmatic to one another’s individuality and their standpoints. It intends to amalgamate two relevant issues Gender and Human Rights with Literature and Environment primarily initiated by Rishikesh Kumar Singh what he calls it the LEGH Movement (Literature, Environment, Gender and Human Rights). This is the first venture of its kind where all the four issues are juxtaposed together. This specialty makes this movement relevant.
About National PG College:
Established in 1974, National Post Graduate College, is situated close to the banks of river Gomti in the heart of the city Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It has lush green campus and it’s surrounded by a number of major institutions – Academic and Administrative. In a city of 16 Universities and more than 150 degree colleges, National P.G. College is the only college which enjoys the highest status of CPE (College with Potential for Excellence) and Autonomous Status. The College offers under-graduate and post-graduate courses in Arts and Commerce faculties and under-graduate courses in Science and Computer faculties. The college also offers under graduate and post graduate programs for skill development under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Kaushal Kendra established with the special grant from University Grants Commission (UGC). Well-equipped labs, computerised rich library, e-library, data analysis centre and air-conditioned reading room are some of the basic state of the art educational facilities.
Concept Note:
The last decade of the Twentieth century witnessed a drastic shift from a ‘Bipolar’ to a ‘Unipolar’ world including the definition of the power politics and the diplomatic, economic and military status quo of the cold war era. Now the geographies of the globe had to shape the historical predictability, literary upsurges, socio-economic developments and psycho-cultural practices within the communities including the entire ecosystem of the various ecosophical narratives of climate change. In this context, ‘Geopolitics’ proved to the most apt term that invokes many things simultaneously. Political tussle and dominance is the most obvious meaning of the term that implicitly implies its global extent. This conflict is, in fact, the consequence of the increasing demands of natural resources, fossil fuel consumption and new agricultural opportunities. The cordiality between the term ‘geopolitics’ with climate change can be illustrated the best while describing International climate policy and climate action in particular.
The threatening rate of acceleration in climate change in the last two decades in the form of floods, droughts, land-sliding, melting icescapes and rising sea-level, heat waves, hurricanes and tornados, increasing temperature and wildfires leading to loss of life, coastal erosion and displacement, fatal change to the ecosystems, water scarcity and many more such ecological imbalances. 2023 proved to be the hottest year on record. The awful and menacing interference and encroachment of humans with the climate system needs a vital step to Replenish, Resurrect & Resuscitate (3R) the depleting ecosystem of the Earth. Within this framework, a major initiative has been taken under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997, Cartagena (2000) and Nagoya protocols (2010) and Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015 were some of the most significant proactivities. However, the global emissions have not been decreased yet, instead augmented rapidly. Global coordination is, indeed, the only attainable elucidation and feasible resolution to the climate issue sans border skirmishes, sans power politics and sans resource hunting.
The 3rd EFSLE International Conference (The Lucknow Summit 2025) aims to examine the repercussions of the sustaining geopolitical strata accountable for the climate change and to figure out its possible resolutions. Being a multidisciplinary and an interdisciplinary conference, original research papers from all the streams are most welcome to discuss such grave issues largely related but not exclusively limited to the following:-
Sub-themes:
- Geopolitics in the Anthropocene: An Intimidating Delinquency
- Geopolitics, Globalization and Environmental Crisis
- Climate Change and Rethinking the Nature of Political Geography
- Literary Cartography: Cognitive Mapping, Spatiality and Architectural Narratives
- World Literatures and Climate Change
- Ecosophical Narratives, Indigeneity and Climate Change
- Climate Fiction (cli-fi), Landscapes and Environmental Crisis
- Ecopoetry, Ecodrama and Climate Change Theatre & Criticism
- Eco-pedagogy, Eco-ethics and Conservation
- Climate Geometrics and Geoengineering
- Socio-psychological Attributes of Conservation
- Climate Change and Societal Responses: A Sociological Perspective
- Climate Change and Resource Scarcity, Displacement and Conflict
- Climate Action, Sustainable Development and SEZ
- Revisioning Global Politics and Climate Change
- Indian Knowledge System and Climate Change Mitigation
- Musicology, Ethnomusicology and Ecomusicology: Communicating towards Climate Change
- Climate-Resilient Agriculture and Agroforestry
- Regenerative Agriculture: Nature-based Solutions adapting the Indigenous Knowledge
- Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), Agroecology and Agrivoltaics
Important Dates:
- Registration Starts on: 25 June 2025
- Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 15 August 2025
- Intimation of Acceptance: 01 September 2025
- Final Paper Submission: 15 October 2025
- Intimation for full paper Acceptance: 25 October 2025
Notes:
- Abstract of 300 words with 5 keywords must be mailed to- md@efsle.org
- Mention “The Lucknow Summit 2025” in the subject line.
- Abstracts can be submitted through the Google form as well using this link:
- Please use 12 point Times New Roman and avoid footnotes.
- The full paper must be within 4000-6000 words. Use the latest MLA style of referencing.
- Selected Papers will be published in an edited volume with ISBN no. (Not in the form of conference proceedings, instead a complete edited book)
- The publisher will be Bloomsbury, USA and the proposed book will be published in two volumes under the Bloomsbury’s Environment and Society Book Series)
- Authors are requested to attach their bio-note (in third person, not exceeding 100 words) separately.
Registration Categories:
| Participants | Early Registration
(Before 15th September) |
Late Registration/ Spot Registration (After 15th September) | ||
| Without Accommodation | With Accommodation | Without Accommodation | With Accommodation | |
| Faculties/Professional & Independent Scholars | INR 3000 | INR 7000 | INR 4000 | INR 8000 |
| Research Scholars | INR 2000 | INR 5000 | INR 3000 | INR 7000 |
| PG Students | INR 1000 | INR 3000 | INR 1500 | INR 4500 |
| Foreign Nationals | $ 100 | $ 350 | $ 150 | $ 450 |
| EFSLE Life Members | No Fee | INR 4000 | No Fee | INR 6000 |
| Participants (Not presenting paper/ or Accompanying person) | INR 1000
$ 50 |
INR 3000
$ 250 |
INR 1500
$ 75 |
INR 4500
$ 350 |
*Registration Fee includes Conference Kit, Breakfast and Lunch (all the 3 days) and abstract Book.
Organizing Committee:
Patron: Prof. (Dr.) Devendra Kumar Singh, Principal, National PG College, Lucknow
Convener: Prof. (Dr.) Siddhartha Singh English Department, Sri JNMPG College, Lucknow, Zonal Secretary, NE Zone, EFSLE Mob: 00-91-8423604010
Organizing Secretary: Prof. (Dr.) P. K. Singh HoD, Geography Department & PG Diploma in Remote Sensing, NPGC, Lucknow. Chief Coordinator, UP Central-South Council, EFSLE. Mob: 00-91-9839930999
Co-conveners: Dr. Rishikesh Kumar Singh President, EFSLE, New Delhi. Mob: 00-91-9205037771
Dr. Kiran Bhairnnavar, Associate Professor, Geography Department, Delhi University & Secretary, EFSLE. Mob: 00-91-8800411949
Coordinators:
Prof. (Dr.) Jyoti Bhargava, Professor, Faculty of Commerce, NPGC, Lucknow
Dr. Ritu Jain, Assistant Professor, Geography Department, NPGC, Lucknow
Prof. (Dr.) Huma Yaqub, Professor, English Department, MANUU, Lucknow
Ms. Anupam Singh, Assistant Professor, Sanskrit Department, Mahila Vidyalaya Degree College, Lucknow
Organizing Committee Members:
Dr. Asha Tiwari, Associate Professor, Sanskrit Department, Bharati College, Delhi University
Dr. Binu Singh, Assistant Professor, English Department, NPGC, Lucknow
Dr. Rajeev Yadav, Associate Professor, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Government Girls PG College, Lucknow
Mr. Brajesh Kumar, Executive Council Member, EFSLE, New Delhi
Dr. Bharti Rai, Assistant Professor, English Department, Lucknow University
Dr. Raj Gaurav Verma, Assistant Professor, English Department, Lucknow University
Dr. Saima Mehdi, Assistant Professor, English Department, Shia College, Lucknow
Dr. Uma Singh, Assistant Professor, Sanskrit Department, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Government Girls PG College, Lucknow
Dr. Nehashri Srivastava, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department, NPGC, Lucknow
Mr. Surendra Mani Tripathi, Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, NPGC, Lucknow
Mrs. Vijaya Laxmi, Treasurer, EFSLE, New Delhi
Dr. Vikas Singh, Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, NPGC, Lucknow
Dr. Sugandha Srivastava, Assistant Professor, English Department, NPGC, Lucknow
Ms. Rama Mishra, Assistant Professor, English Department, Shashi Bhushan Girls Degree College, Lucknow
Ms. Garima Mahara, PhD Scholar, English Department, Lucknow University
Mr. Ashutosh Rajpoot, PhD Scholar, Geography Department, NPGC, Lucknow
Mr. Ritanshu Tiwari, PhD Scholar, Geography Department, JMPGC, Auraiya
Ms. Mrinal Pant, PhD Scholar, English Department, Lucknow University
Logistics Committee:
Dr. Neeraj Arya, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, NPGC, Lucknow
Mr. Santosh Kumar Yadav, Assistant Professor, Economics Department, NPGC, Lucknow
Mr. Kumar Paarth, Programme Coordinator, EFSLE, New Delhi
Mr. Kuldeep, National PG College, Lucknow
*The details of Logistics, Accommodation and Tour will be updated in a couple of days along with the contact numbers of the concerned officials.
For Registration Fee deposit, Click the link:
https://www.efsle.org/efsle-account-detail/
Lucknow, the City of Nawabs, Welcomes you All!