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UN’s Highest Environmental Honour
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded the United Nations' Champions of the Earth award for the year 2018.
- The UN recognised Modi with its highest environmental honour in the policy leadership category for his efforts to eliminate all single use plastic in India by 2022.
- Six of the world’s most outstanding environmental changemakers have been recognised with the Champions of the Earth Award.
- French President Emmanuel Macron and Mr. Modi have been jointly recognised in the Policy Leadership category.
- Cochin International Airport was honoured with the award for Entrepreneurial Vision, for its leadership in the use of sustainable energy.
- The airport is world's first fully solar-powered airport.
- The other winners include
| Environmental and indigenous rights defender Joan Carling | For protecting land and environmental rights of indigenous people for more than 20 years |
| China’s Zhejiang’s Green Rural Revival Programme | For transforming once heavily polluted area of rivers and streams in East China’s Zhejiang province |
| The ‘Beyond Meat and Impossible Food’ | Science and Innovation category |
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