United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Founded 1972
UN agency coordinating global environmental action, running India's Tide Turners Plastic Challenge youth movement.
Opportunities from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Tide Turners Plastic Challenge India
by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UNEP youth movement guiding Indian students through a three-level challenge to tackle single-use plastic pollution.
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About
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the leading global authority on the environment within the United Nations System, established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to coordinate international responses to environmental challenges. UNEP's mandate is to provide leadership, deliver science and develop solutions across climate change, ecosystem management and green economic development, working with governments, civil society and youth networks to advance the Sustainable Development Goals. In India, UNEP partners with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and state governments on environmental education and youth mobilization initiatives. UNEP runs the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge in India in partnership with the Centre for Environment Education and WWF-India, engaging youth through the National Green Corps Eco Club network since 2019. The programme sits within UNEP's global Clean Seas campaign against marine plastic pollution, and UNEP also convenes World Environment Day each year to mobilize public action on the environment.
Affiliations
Programs offered
- Tide Turners Plastic Challenge
- Clean Seas Campaign
- World Environment Day
Achievements
- First UN headquarters located in the Global South, hosted in Nairobi, Kenya since 1972
- Tide Turners Plastic Challenge has engaged over half a million youth in India since its 2019 launch, part of a movement spanning more than 60 countries worldwide
Leadership
- Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP
Contact information
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