The Only United Nations Under-Secretary-General who was hands-on!

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United Nations Under-Secretary-General

Who was hands-on and Sleeves Rolled Up

As a Minister in the Government of Norway, he believed in leading by example. He claims that environment and development are two sides of the same coin. As a special peace envoy to Sri Lanka in its turmoil, he was instrumental in setting peace in motion. As an Executive Director of UNEP, he was a trend-setter in making things work for the environment. Erik Solheim is the man on the move and diplomat with disruptive innovation.

Trump was building walls.

Biden is building bridges.

40 leaders of countries that account for more than 80 pc of global carbon emissions participated in the 2-day ‘Leaders’ Summit on Climate’ hosted by Joe Biden, President of USA. After the USA’s return to the Paris Climate Agreement, he declared the USA’s resolve to be ‘Climate Neutral’ by 2050. But the key to accelerating the implementation is: Not to Forget Climate Justice and Global Financial Commitments by the developed countries.

“Triple-crisis” at planetary scale:

COVID, Climate Change and Plastics.

UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador and UNSG’s advocate for Sustainable development who is also Miss Asia Pacific, Dia Mirza thinks that World’s attitude towards the Plastic Pandemic is elastic. But we need to take drastic- and not plastic-steps to prevent yet another threat to the planet. A non-biodegradable substance-one time considered to be amazingly versatile- plastic has now become the thespian story. She participated in TERRE dialogue ‘Plastic Pandemic -a

Silent Killer'.

Advocate @ Court of Justice.

Takes Broom in the Hand to Walking the talk.

Clearing legal cases in the court of justice and Cleaning the world’s largest beach, both are performed by the Mumbai’s famous lawyer. Arguing the legal cases is just a talk. But Cleaning beaches is the walk. Adv Afroz Shah does not indulge in street protests like many of the youngsters. He likes brooms more than placards with slogans. 'Champion of the Earth’, awarded by UNEP, Afroz engages in dialogue with Rajendra Shende

Building Back Better?

No Building Back Balanced.

As everyone is hoping that COVID19 to subside, there is talk of ‘going back to normal’ and 'building back better’. Does ‘normal' mean like what was before COVID19? That normal brought us to the COVID disaster. And ‘building better' is subjective terminology. I would say, 'Building Back Balanced’ should be the objective. Nature has that balanced path to build and support life. And, it is not the human life only, It includes the life on the planet- flora and fauna.

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