CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership award

CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership award

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

Reference: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/pm-modi-to-receive-global-energy-and-environment-leadership-award-next-week-11614387288386.html