PM Modi Gets UN’s Highest Environmental Honour For Solar Alliance And Elimination Of Single Use Plastic
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On September 26, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was conferred with United Nations highest environmental honour, the ‘Champions of the Earth’ award, along with six other dignitaries.
The champions are recognised for their achievements in the categories including Policy Leadership, Entrepreneurial Vision, Science and Innovation, Inspiration and Action, and Lifetime Achievement, the UN noted.
Modi has been bestowed with this title for his “unprecedented pledge to eliminate all single-use plastic in India by 2022” and leadership of the International Solar Alliance along with French President, Emmanuel Macron whose efforts on the Global Pact for the Environment have been hailed by the UN.
