English: Ela Bhatt with her grandchildren Somnath Bhatt, 14, Maya Potter, 17, and Rameshwar Bhatt, 8. The Elders enlist their grandchildren's help to warn of the perils of climate change. Martti Ahtisaari, Ela Bhatt, Lakhdar Brahimi, Gro Brundtland, Jimmy Carter, Mary Robinson and Desmond Tutu invited their grandchildren to join them this week to remind the world of the catastrophic risk of climate change to future generations. The seven Elders and their thirteen grandchildren from Asia, Africa, Europe and America met in Istanbul - the group ranged in age from 3 to 85.