India’s Environmentalist, Writer and Director General of The Centre for Science & Environment, Sunita Narain has been appointed to an international advisory group for action on environment, climate and biodiversity.
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She was appointed by Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation Per Olsson Fridh.
This group helps Sweden’s efforts to address the halt of biodiversity, depletion of ecosystems and most importantly climate change.
It has international experts who provide a deep commitment and knowledge in the field, which is very important as strong global action on these issues is needed which will help in sustainable and equitable development. And will also prevent new pandemics and conflicts.
Under the leadership of Ms Narain, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) was awarded the Stockholm Water Prize in 2005.
The Centre’s work on rainwater harvesting showed many new ways in which people could survive during water scarcity.
