Clean Climate Environment News Magazine May 2019

Clean Climate

Environment News Magazine May 2019

Zero-Emissions Bus Program

An Editorial Initiative of Raman Media Network Editor: Rakesh Raman

Climate Change | Air Pollution | Environment | Campaigns | Policy

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Main Stories in This Issue

New Programs

Ultra Low Emission Zone Starts in London Training on Greenhouse Gas Inventories How to Manage E-waste

Environment Protection

Developments

Focus Articles

Nestlé Urged to Reduce Plastic Packaging Zero-Emissions Bus Program

Save Children from Pollution in Delhi Coalition of Ministers for Climate Action

Product

Event

UN Chief to Host Climate Action Summit

Chile to Host Climate Change Summit How Beijing Controls Air Pollution Status Report on Construction Crime

Adidas Reveals Recyclable Running Shoe

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Chile to Host COP25 Climate Change Summit COP25 will take place in Santiago, Chile between December 2 and 13, 2019.

Chile will be the host of the COP25 climate change event, bringing together 196 countries, the European Union, and various environmental organizations. It is expected that the event will achieve tougher and more ambitious commitments to protection of the planet.

On April 11, President Sebastián Piñera launched the COP25 climate change summit – which will take place in Chile in December 2019 – calling for tougher and more ambitious steps to be taken, and for appreciation of the urgent need for change in order to protect the planet.

“This summit will be a great opportunity for Chile and the world as a whole to truly acknowledge the fact that time is running out, and that the ever-increasing urgency of our objectives requires that we be more ambitious and demand more of ourselves. The time has come to act,” stated the President.

The President was accompanied by Chilean Environment Minister and President of COP25, Carolina Schmidt, along with other ministers, members of parliament, mayors, councilors, civil society organizations, environmental​ NGOs​, young people, and children.

The President stressed Chile’s commitment to the move towards sustainable development and emphasized the importance of civic engagement and education in combating climate change, as well as implementation of mitigation and adaptation policies.

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The main themes that will be covered during the summit were announced, including oceans, Antarctica, renewable energy, circular economy, ecosystems, biodiversity, and electromobility.

The COP25 logo was also unveiled, and it was announced that the event will be held in the Cerrillos Bicentenary Park, a civic hub that offers green spaces and connectivity.

It was also announced that Gonzalo Muñoz Abogair, environmental expert and co-founder and executive director of TriCiclos – the first certified B Corporation in South America – will be the COP25 Champion, in charge of advising the COP Presidency and communicating the event’s message both locally and internationally.

Chile has taken an active role in combating climate change. It is stated to be the first country to invest in renewable energy, ban plastic bags, and lead the way in the move to electromobility. After Beijing, Santiago has the largest number of electric buses of any city in the world.

COP25 will take place in Santiago, Chile between December 2 and 13, 2019, and the pre-sessional period will run from November 26 to December 1 of the same year.

L.A. Metro Announces Zero-Emissions Bus Program Upon the completion of this initiative, Metro will be the largest transit agency in the United States committing to operate a fleet consisting entirely of zero-emissions buses.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has selected STV and WSP USA joint venture to play an integral part in its Zero Emissions Bus (ZEB) program that will transition the agency's entire bus fleet from compressed natural gas to zero emission technology by 2030.

The joint venture, known as ZEBGO Partners, will provide a wide range of technical consulting support services for this initiative, starting with the development of a Zero Emissions Master Plan.

"Our goal is to have a 100% zero-emission Metro bus fleet by 2030," said L.A. County Supervisor and Metro Board Chair Sheila Kuehl. "This partnership provides us with the expertise and know-how we need to achieve that goal."

Metro currently operates one of the busiest bus systems in the United States, with nearly 800,000 passenger boardings a day. With more than 165 bus routes making nearly 14,000 stops amid some of the heaviest traffic congestion, Metro's board of directors approved its transition to zero emission buses in the summer of 2017.

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Upon the completion of this initiative, Metro will be the largest transit agency in the United States committing to operate a fleet consisting entirely of zero-emissions buses.

ZEBGO will conduct a comprehensive industry outreach program to identify the latest cost-effective technologies and initiate concepts for the fleet and facility transition.

Zero-Emissions Bus Program. Photo: Metro

Additionally, the joint venture will evaluate existing infrastructure for integration needs, bus route and schedule analysis, provide life cycle analysis for all emerging relevant technologies, and investigate potential funding opportunities to support this large-scale plan.

STV provides engineering, architectural, planning, environmental and construction management services for transportation systems, infrastructure, buildings, energy, and other facilities.

Construction and Pollution in Delhi You can​ click here​ to study a report on the harmful effect of construction on environment in India’s capital New Delhi.

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Environmental Damage and Pollution in India Appeal to Global Community

A new IQAir AirVisual report, which covered 3,000 cities of the world, has revealed that Gurugram (a.k.a. Gurgaon) a suburb of India’s capital New Delhi is the most polluted city of the world while 22 of the top 30 polluted cities are in India. Also, Delhi remains the most polluted capital across the world.

As pollution levels remain dangerously high throughout the year in India, all travelers including business executives, tourists, and diplomats need to exercise utmost caution while planning to visit India – particularly India’s capital New Delhi.

Moreover, companies and investors must not come to Delhi for setting up their businesses or for trade conferences as ​pollution can harm them as well as their families. Foreigners who have come to stay in India for their work, should preferably go back to their countries. Or, at least, they should not keep their children with them because ​Delhi’s pollution is very harmful for children.

Delhi Government, the Indian Government, and the pollution-control ​agencies are not taking proper steps to control pollution because most politicians and bureaucrats in India are corrupt, uneducated, and careless.

The extreme pollution in Delhi is being compared to the poisonous gas chambers used by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust for the genocide of millions of European Jews. As pollution in Delhi / India is harmful to millions of Indians as well as people in other parts of the world with its impact on global warming and climate change, its lethal effect is equivalent to weapons of mass destruction.

The Indian government - including bureaucrats and politicians - is causing serious environmental damage which is harmful for the entire planet. Therefore, the global ​community including the UN and the U.S. Department of State and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (​OFAC​) must impose strict economic, diplomatic, and trade sanctions on India and Indian officials.

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World’s First Ultra Low Emission Zone Starts in London A major awareness campaign has been underway for more than nine months to ensure drivers and businesses are ready for the ULEZ.

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, introduced on April 8 the world’s toughest vehicle emissions standard in central London to help reduce toxic air pollution and protect public health.

Ultra Low Emission Zone in London

The Central London ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) will operate in the same area as the current Congestion Charge zone 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. It replaces the T-Charge and operates alongside the Congestion Charge.

Polluting vehicles account for around 50 percent of London’s harmful NOx air emissions.

Air pollution has an economic cost to the capital of up to £3.7 billion every year, and £20 billion cost to the country every year.

The Ultra Low Emission Zone will help address London’s toxic air health crisis that currently leads to thousands of premature deaths annually, and increases the risk of asthma, cancer, and dementia.

“This is a landmark day for our city. Our toxic air is an invisible killer responsible for one of the biggest national health emergencies of our generation. I simply refuse to be yet another politician who ignores it. The ULEZ is the centrepiece of our plans to clean up London’s air

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– the boldest plans of any city on the planet, and the eyes of the world are on us,” said the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.

“This is also about social justice - people in the most deprived parts of London, who are least likely to own a car, suffer the worst effects of harmful air pollution. I will not stand by and watch children grow up with underdeveloped lungs in our city. The ULEZ is a vital step towards helping combat London’s illegal air,” the Mayor added.

Motorists who drive into the zone in a vehicle that does not meet the new emission standard (petrol vehicles that do not meet Euro 4 standards and diesel vehicles that do not meet Euro 6) will have to pay a daily charge.

Petrol vehicles that meet the standard have been widely available since 2006. There will be two ULEZ charge levels: £12.50 a day for cars, vans, and motorbikes and £100 a day for lorries, buses, and coaches.

A major awareness ​campaign has been underway for more than nine months to ensure drivers and businesses are ready for the ULEZ, with TfL’s online vehicle checker being used more than 3.2 million times during this period.

The ULEZ is the centrepiece of a range of hard-hitting measures the Mayor has implemented to tackle London’s toxic air. Now 6,950 buses (75 percent of all TfL buses) – including all buses operating in the ULEZ zone – meet or exceed the new emission standards.

By October 2020 every bus in London - all 9,200 of TfL’s fleet - will meet or exceed the ULEZ standards – an unprecedented transformation to make London’s famous red buses go green.

The most recent data on air pollution in London reveals that more than two million Londoners still live in areas that exceed legal limits for NO2, 400,000 of whom are children under the age of 18.

King’s College London research has found that, if the Mayor had not implemented a series of hard-hitting measures to tackle pollution, London’s air would not come into compliance with legal limits for another 193 years.

However, with the Mayor’s air pollution measures, King’s College analysis indicates that London’s air will reach legal limits in six years. The number of schools exceeding the legal limit for NO2 is expected to fall from over 450 in 2016 to 5 in 2020 and zero in 2025.

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Coalition of Finance Ministers Launched for Climate Action The Coalition will help countries mobilize and align the finance needed to implement their national climate action plans.

At the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund on April 13, Finance Ministers from more than 20 countries launched a new coalition aimed at driving stronger collective​ action​ on climate change and its impacts.

Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action

The newly formed Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action endorsed a set of six common principles, known as the “Helsinki Principles,” that promote national climate action, especially through fiscal policy and the use of public finance.

The Helsinki Principles – so-called as they were conceived by a group of Governments represented at a meeting led by Finland and Chile in Helsinki in February – are designed to support Finance Ministers to share best practices and experiences on macro, fiscal, and public financial management policies for low-carbon and climate-resilient growth.

The Coalition will help countries mobilize and align the finance needed to implement their national climate action plans; establish best practices such as climate budgeting and strategies for, green investment and procurement; and factor climate risks and vulnerabilities into members’ economic planning.

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Appeal for Donations RMN Foundation is a humanitarian organization that was formed in May 2015 as an educational and public charitable Trust for the benefit of humanity at large.

It is registered with the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi at New Delhi, India.

Currently, all the activities of RMN Foundation are being managed single-handedly (without any support) by RMN Foundation founder Rakesh Raman who had left his job a few years ago to run this charity.

As RMN Foundation has embarked upon some major humanitarian projects during the past over 3 years, now it needs a significant amount of funds in the form of donations​ to expand the scope of its activities.

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How Beijing Controls Air Pollution This report outlines how Beijing’s air quality management program has evolved over the past quarter century.

A UN Environment report reviews air pollution control in Beijing during the past 20 years. According to the report, Beijing began an intensified air pollution control program in 1998 and the city has implemented a series of measures including energy infrastructure optimization, coal-fired pollution control, and vehicle emission controls. These efforts successfully reduced air pollution.

In the five years from 2013 to 2017, fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) in Beijing fell by 35% and by 25% in surrounding regions. This report outlines how Beijing’s air quality management program has evolved over the past quarter century and makes recommendations for near, medium, and long-term steps that Beijing can take to maintain its momentum toward clean air.

The lessons, policies, and actions in this report could also help guide pollution reduction measures in other cities looking to improve air quality.

Apply for Training on Greenhouse Gas Inventories Its goal is to enhance the technical capacity of individuals and to improve the overall competency in reporting and in contributing to climate action.

A professional training program on the transparency of climate action and support, organized jointly by UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Greenhouse Gas Inventory & Research Center of Korea is now open for applications.

The program seeks to provide professional training on greenhouse gas inventories to national experts from developing countries. The training is the first of its kind under the UNFCCC-CASTT (Climate Action and Support Transparency Training) initiative on climate action support and transparency training.

Overall, the program looks to facilitate effective and universal participation of countries in the measurement, reporting, and verification arrangements under the UNFCCC and the transparency framework under the Paris Agreement.

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Its goal is to enhance the technical capacity of individuals and to improve the overall competency in reporting and in contributing to climate action.

Training on Greenhouse Gas Inventories

Government officials, consultants, and researchers in the fields of greenhouse gas emissions, emission reductions or more generally in the response to climate change can apply​ by 10 May, 2019.

The training will begin on 22 July and run for four weeks in the Republic of Korea.

Participants will be provided a return ticket from and to their home countries, as well as room and board for the duration of the training.

Save Children from Pollution in Delhi हाय ! हम द ल के जानलेवा दष ू ण से बचाओ। Air Pollution * Dust Pollution * Noise Pollution * Water Pollution

The humanitarian organization RMN Foundation - which is working in diverse areas to help the disadvantaged and distressed people in the society - has launched a new environment protection campaign in India's capital New Delhi.

The campaign is triggered by the fact that a new IQAir AirVisual report, which covered 3,000 cities of the world, has revealed that Gurugram (a.k.a. Gurgaon) - a suburb of New Delhi - is the most polluted city of the world while 22 of the top 30 polluted cities are in India. Also, Delhi remains the most polluted capital across the world.

Today, nearly 30 million people of Delhi are suffering from all forms of pollution including air pollution, dust pollution, noise pollution, and water pollution.

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The residents of Delhi are now facing an immediate threat from harmful dust and noise pollution as cooperative group housing societies (​CGHS​) are carrying out Floor Area Ratio (​FAR​) extended construction in the occupied societies where people - men, women, children, senior citizens - are already living. The pollution is particularly harmful to children.

Children of RMN Foundation free school participating in the environment protection campaign in New Delhi. Photo: Rakesh Raman / RMN News Service

Dust and air pollution in Delhi localities - where millions of people live - is causing serious, incurable diseases such as irritation in eyes, skin rashes, coughing, sneezing, hayfever, asthma attacks, and amnesia - and finally premature deaths.

Delhi Government, the Indian Government, and the pollution-control agencies are not taking proper steps to control pollution because most politicians and bureaucrats in India are corrupt, uneducated, and careless.

Greenpeace Urges Nestlé to Reduce Plastic Packaging Greenpeace has been raising awareness about the plastic production crisis in towns and villages across the globe.

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Greenpeace Switzerland said on April 16 that its activists delivered a 20-meter-long “plastic monster” partly covered with Nestlé branded plastic packaging to the company’s headquarters in Vevey, calling on the corporation to end its reliance on single-use​ plastic​.

Activists also held protests at Nestlé offices in the Philippines, Germany, Kenya, Slovenia, and its sub-brand San Pellegrino in Italy as part of a global day of action led by Greenpeace and allies from the Break Free From Plastic movement.

Plastic Monster Action at Nestlé Headquarters in Switzerland. Greenpeace activists deliver a 20-meter-long “plastic monster” covered in Nestlé branded plastic packaging to the company‘s global headquarters. Greenpeace is calling on Nestlé to end its reliance on single-use plastic. 16 April, 2019. Photo: Yukon Benner / Greenpeace

In response to the day of action against Nestlé, Global Plastics Project Leader Graham Forbes said, “Last year, Nestlé produced a shocking 1.7 million tonnes of plastic packaging – over 300 garbage trucks worth a day – a 13% increase from the year before. It is totally irresponsible that Nestlé produces hundreds of billions of plastic items every year that are used for a few seconds and then left to contaminate our communities, food chains, and ecosystems for generations.”

From Manila to Rotterdam, and along the Rhine with a “plastic monster” to Nestlé’s headquarters in Switzerland, global environment protection organization Greenpeace has been raising awareness about the plastic production crisis in towns and villages across the globe.

In its response that Greenpeace published on April 15, Nestlé said, “Tackling plastic pollution, especially in our oceans, is an urgent priority for us. We take this responsibility seriously. We support all efforts to raise awareness and find solutions to the plastic waste problem.”

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Greenpeace is demanding that fast-moving consumer goods companies (FMCGs) like Nestlé, Unilever, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Danone, Johnson & Johnson, and Mars be transparent and active in their immediate reduction in the production of plastic packaging while investing in the alternative delivery system of refill and reuse.

To date, according to Greenpeace, over 3 million people from around the world have signed a petition calling on brands to take action.

UN Chief to Host the 2019 Climate Action Summit

The impacts of climate change are being felt everywhere and are having very real consequences on people’s lives.

In order to accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will host the 2019 Climate Action Summit on 23 September to meet the climate challenge.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré (file)

The ​Summit will showcase a leap in collective national political ambition and it will demonstrate the movements in the real economy in support of the agenda.

According to the UN, the impacts of climate change are being felt everywhere and are having very real consequences on people’s lives.

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degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to as close as possible to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Last December at the UN Climate Change Conference COP24 in Poland, governments set to agree the implementation guidelines of the Paris Agreement, thereby unleashing its full potential. As of November 2018, 184 states and the European Union have joined the Agreement.

Adidas Reveals Recyclable Performance Running Shoe The first-gen Futurecraft.Loop shoe is rolling out as part of a global beta program with 200 leading creators.

Adidas said on April 17 it will tackle plastic waste with the reveal of Futurecraft.Loop - a 100% recyclable performance running shoe.

Adidas Reveals Recyclable Performance Running Shoe. Photo: Adidas

In 2019, Adidas will produce 11 million pairs of shoes with Ocean Plastic by Parley through intercepting plastic waste on beaches, remote islands, and in coastal communities.

Adidas says it is committed to using only recycled polyester in every product and on every application where a solution exists by 2024. The company says creating products with premium materials by Parley, made from up-cycled marine plastic waste​, is the first pillar of Adidas' sustainability strategy.

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"Taking plastic waste out of the system is the first step, but we can't stop there," said Eric Liedtke, Executive Board Member at Adidas, responsible for Global Brands.

Sports footwear typically include complex material mixes and component gluing - resulting in a shoe which can only be downcycled. After close to a decade of research and development alongside leading material development, manufacturing, and recycling partners across Asia, Europe, and North America, Adidas says it has found a way to change the process.

The first-gen Futurecraft.Loop shoe is rolling out as part of a global beta program with 200 leading creators from across the world's major cities. Adidas will challenge them to run, return the shoes, and share feedback on their experience, ahead of the second-gen drop.

The insights will be used to shape the roadmap for the wider release targeted for Spring Summer 2021.

Status Report on FAR Construction Crime in Delhi Many members of housing societies are going to the courts to get FAR planning or construction stopped in their buildings because it is a totally illegal activity.

A criminal racket involving thousands of crores of rupees is being run around ​FAR (floor area ratio) construction by the managing committee (MC) members of Delhi's cooperative group housing societies (CGHS), architect firms, and government officials.

As the concerned government officials at Delhi Development Authority (​DDA​), Registrar Cooperative Societies (​RCS​), Delhi Fire Service (DFS), and Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC) are usually bribed by the MC members of housing societies, they ignore public complaints against FAR. These corrupt government officials also bend the rules to allow FAR by issuing some vague letters to MCs which they use to extort money from the residents / members to start FAR expansion​ in their buildings where people - men, women, and children - are already living.

Now many members of housing societies are going to the courts to get FAR planning or construction stopped in their buildings because it is a totally illegal activity as FAR construction is spreading deadly noise and dust ​pollution and it breaks many other extant laws.

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A new "Status Report on FAR Construction Crime in Cooperative Group Housing Societies of Delhi" explains the extent of crime, corruption, and pollution in Delhi’s housing societies where millions of people live.

You can ​click here to download​ the report.

How to Manage E-waste to Protect the Environment ITU is carrying out an electronic waste management project, and recently launched a new partnership to help improve global e-waste statistics.

The ICT (information and communications technology) sector has an environmental impact, including through the generation of e-waste. E-waste​, which refers to used, broken, or obsolete electrical and electronic equipment, such as phones, laptops, sensors, and TVs, can contain hazardous substances that may pose considerable environmental and health risks, especially if treated inadequately.

As technologies change at great speed, and as access to and use of electrical and electronic equipment increases, product lifecycles become shorter and many designs do not support repair or reuse. As a result, the amount of e-waste is growing rapidly throughout the world.

As the UN specialized agency for technology, ITU helps Member States to take advantage of the opportunities of ICTs to address the challenges linked to climate change​, and to address the issue of e-waste.

This includes the identification of guidelines, awareness raising and capacity building activities, the implementation of projects, and direct assistance to Member States.

ITU's Development Bureau (ITU-D) has been given a mandate to "assist developing countries in undertaking proper assessment of the size of e-waste and in initiating pilot projects to achieve environmentally sound management of e-waste through e-waste collection, dismantling, refurbishing, and recycling."

To this end, ITU-D is developing e-waste ​guidelines to help countries identify best policies.

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new partnership to help improve global e-waste statistics.

Pathways to Clean Cooking 2050

The Pathways to Clean Cooking 2050: Leaving No-one Behind conference will explore recent advances and probe continuing challenges.

With only 10 years left to reach Sustainable Development Goal 7, which calls for ensuring “access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all,” including universal access to clean cooking, an estimated two billion people are in danger of being left behind.

The Pathways to Clean Cooking 2050: Leaving No-one Behind conference will explore recent advances and probe continuing challenges. It proposes to focus attention on reaching the furthest behind first, with topics such as: ● ● ● ● ● ●

Households and settings Evaluating pathways to modern, sustainable cooking energy systems Impact-based finance for cleaner cooking Modern, clean, sustainable bio-energy in a low-income country context Policy options for a just transition to modern, sustainable cooking energy systems Transitional and hybrid multiple fuel-device cooking systems

The organizers of the conference (30 - 31 May, 2019; Wexford, Ireland) are Microsol, Samuchit, IFGH, RCSI, Hestian, IIES - UNAM, Solid Biofuels Cluster, EnAct, EnDev, and Ryan Institute.

Meet the Editor

The editor of ​Clean Climate environment news magazine ​Rakesh Raman is a national award-winning journalist and social activist. Besides working at senior editorial positions with leading media companies, he was writing an exclusive edit-page column regularly for The Financial Express (a daily business newspaper of The Indian Express Group).

Nowadays, for the past about 8 years, he has been running his own global news services on different subjects. He also has formed a free Education and Career Counselling Center for deserving children at a poor J.J. Colony in Dwarka, New Delhi under his ​NGO – RMN Foundation.

He runs an exclusive community-driven anti-corruption social service “​Clean House​” to help the suffering residents of Delhi raise their voice against the growing corruption and injustice. He also has formed an environment-protection group called Green Group in Delhi.

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He creates and distributes a number of ​digital publications that cover areas such as technology, law, environment, education, politics, corruption and transparency. He has created a comprehensive online information ​service to educate the Indian voters for the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Earlier, he had been associated with the United Nations (UN) through United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a digital media expert to help businesses use technology for brand marketing and business development.

Collaboration for Environment Content Project The ​Clean Climate environment news magazine is being published by RMN Foundation. It is being circulated among top government departments, environment protection organizations, colleges / universities, law-enforcement agencies, civil society organizations, social activists, and others in India and abroad.

RMN Foundation is looking for sponsors and collaborators across the world who can join hands with us to expand the environment content activity around the ​Clean Climate initiative.

Contact

Rakesh Raman Founder RMN Foundation 463, DPS Apts., Plot No. 16, Sector 4, Dwarka, Phase I New Delhi 110 078, INDIA Contact by email

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