Question: who has won CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership award?
a) Ministry of environment
b ) PM Narendra Modi
c) President Shri Ram Nath Kovind
d) None of the above
Ans: b)
Context
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership award during an annual international energy conference next week.
Facts
- He will receive the award in recognition of the PM’s commitment to sustainability in the energy and the environment during an annual international energy conference organised by IHS Markit.
- PM Modi will also deliver the keynote address at the CERAWeek Conference-2021, which will be held virtually from March 1 to 5.
- Prominent speakers at the conference include US special presidential envoy for climate John Kerry, Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and founder of Breakthrough Energy Bill Gates and president and CEO, Saudi Aramco, Amin Nasser.
- Conference will be organised virtually by IHS Markit which is an American-British information provider based in London formed in 2016 with the merger of IHS Inc. and Markit Ltd.
By kameshwar shukla