Narain served on the COP28 advisory committee
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Sunita Narain
Sunita Narain is an Indian environmentalist and political activist known for her work on sustainable development and environmental policy. She is the director general of the India-based research organisation Centre for Science and Environment, director of the Society for Environmental Communications, and editor of the magazine Down To Earth.
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business · Indian environmentalist · entrepreneur · political activist · environmentalist · magazine editor · also Sunita Narain, Narain
Born 1 January 1961 · Q2722841
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TIME surveyed Narain to help determine the most feasible and highest-priority interventions for preventing future pandemics
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2020· 2 entries
Won Edinburgh Medal (2020).
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Served on the commission, A future for the world's children
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2016· 2 entries
Narain was named in the Time 100 list of most influential people
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And was an Edinburgh Medal recipient in 2020
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2012· 1 entry
Wrote the seventh State of India's Environment Report, Excreta Matters
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2005· 1 entry
Chaired the Tiger Task Force at the direction of Manmohan Singh to evolve an action plan for conservation in Indian after the loss of tigers from a protected reserve
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson (2004).
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Narain received the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediaperson for "bringing environmental issues to the mainstream"
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1991· 1 entry
Remains to this day the foundational charter of the global climate justice movement
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1979· 1 entry
Joined Kalpavriksh, a student anti-logging activist group
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1961· 2 entries
In New Delhi and was the oldest of four sisters
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Born 1961-01-01.
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