Question: which of the following statements are correct?
i) Young Champions of Earth prize is awarded every year by United Nations Environment Programme.
ii) This Award is given to 7 young entrepreneurs under the age of 30 for their ideas in the field of sustainable environment change.
iii) Vidyut Mohan from India is one of the recipient of the prize for the year 2020.
a) i and ii
b) ii and iii
c) i, ii and iii
d) None of the above
Answer: c)
Context
- The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has named seven young scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and activists from across the globe as its 2020 Young Champions of the Earth on 15th December.
Facts
- The Young Champions of the Earth prize is awarded every year to seven entrepreneurs who hail from 7 different geographical region.
- Nzambi Matee (Kenya from Africa), Xiaoyuan Ren (China from Asia Pacific), Vidyut Mohan(India from Asia Pacific), Lefteris Arapakis (Greece from Europe), Max Hidalgo Quinto(Peru from Latin America and the Caribbean), Niria Alicia Garcia(USA from North America) , Fatemah Alzelzela(Kuwait from West Asia) are the 7 winners.
- Vidyut Mohan from India is 29 years old young entrepreneur who has been awarded the prize in Asia and The Pacific Region. He co-founded Takachar, which builds affordable and portable biomass upgrading equipment, allowing farmers to earn extra income and prevent open burning by converting crop waste into fuels, fertilizers and activated carbon.
Background
- The Young Champions of the Earth prize is awarded every year to seven entrepreneurs under the age of thirty. These entrepreneurs should have bold ideas for sustainable environmental change.
- The winners of the award receive mentoring, seed funding, communications support to amplify their efforts.
- Aim of the Award is to encourage youth to initiative in tackling most pressing of issues of environment change and sustainable development.
About United Nations Environment Programme
- UNEP is headquartered at Nairobi, Kenya.
- It was founded in 1972 by Canadian businessman and philanthropist Maurice Strong, its first director, after the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Conference).
- It is part of United Nation Development Group and provides coordination in various UN activities related with environment protection. It also provides assistance to developing countries in forming policies which are in line with environment protection and sustainable development.
By – Kameshwar Shukla
Link:
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/unep-names-seven-dynamic-environmentalists-its-2020-young-champions
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2020-12/united-nations-unep-environment-awards-young-champions-earth-202.html