India’s resolution adopted at UNEA

• The United Nations Environment Assembly adopted India’s resolution on sustainable lifestyles at its sixth session held in Nairobi, Kenya.
• All participating member states adopted the resolution which was co-sponsored by Sri Lanka and Bolivia.

ABOUT THE RESOLUTION

• It recognizes potential of behavioural changes toward sustainable lifestyles in achieving sustainable development.
• It recognizes work of 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) Patterns, adopted at Rio+20 in 2012.
• It recognizes and underscores the role of the private sector and industry, local authorities, local communities, and Indigenous Peoples in supporting more sustainable lifestyles
• It recognizes that each country is best positioned to understand its national circumstances and priorities to encourage more sustainable lifestyles.

ABOUT UNEA

• United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) was established in 2012 as a result of Rio+20.
• It is world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment. 
• It also serves as the governing body of the UN Environment Programme.
• It meets every two years at Nairobi, Kenya.

ABOUT MISSION LIFE (LIFESTYLE FOR ENVIRONMENT)

• Envisioned by Prime Minister of India at the World Leaders’ Summit in Glasgow at COP26
• Launched on 20 October 2022, in the presence of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at Statue of Unity
• Mission LiFE aims to follow a three-pronged strategy for changing our collective approach towards sustainability–
  • Demand– by nudging individuals to practise simple yet effective environment-friendly actions in their daily lives;
  • Supply– by enabling industries and markets to respond swiftly to the changing demand and;
  • Policy– to influence government and industrial policy to support both sustainable consumption and production.