Ideas4LiFE portal
01.08.2024
Ideas4LiFE portal
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For Prelims: About Ideas4LiFE portal, Key facts about Mission LiFE |
Why in the news?
Recently, the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched Ideas4LiFE at IIT Delhi.
About Ideas4LiFE portal:
- It was launched for inviting ideas related to products and services, which induce behavioral changes related to environment-friendly lifestyles.
- It aims to encourage and motivate students, faculty and research scholars to contribute their innovative ideas to the global initiative of Mission LiFE.
- It is a remarkable opportunity for inspired minds to participate in a global movement dedicated to environmental sustainability.
Key facts about Mission LiFE
- Mission LiFE, or Lifestyle for Environment, is an India-led global mass movement to nudge individual and community action to protect and preserve the environment.
- It was launched at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow in November 2021.
- The program hopes to “mobilize one billion Indians as well as people in other countries to become individuals who practice sustainable lifestyles.
- It emboldens the spirit of the P3 model, i.e., Pro Planet People.
- It aims at following a three-pronged strategy for changing people's collective approach towards sustainability,
○nudging individuals to practice simple yet effective environment-friendly actions in their daily lives (demand)
○enabling industries and markets to respond swiftly to the changing demand (supply)
○to influence government and industrial policy to support both sustainable consumption and production (policy).
Source: PIB
Ques :- Consider the following statements regarding Mission LiFE:
1. It is an India-led global mass movement to nudge individual and community action to protect the environment
2. It was launched at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A.1 only
B.2 only
C.Both 1 and 2
D.Neither 1 nor 2
Answer A