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Innovations and Steps towards                     Promoting Sustainable Lifestyle                  Water Security: Risk and Opportunities
               Decarbonization in India
                                                                 The webinar on Unlocking the Promoting           The webinar on Water Security: Risk and
               The webinar on Innovations and Steps              Sustainable Lifestyle was organised in           Opportunities was organised in August.
               towards Decarbonization in Indiawas               August 2022. At COP26, the Prime                 Water is at the core of sustainable
               organized in June 2022. The webinar               Minister of India presented the                  development and is critical for
               celebrated the World Environment Day              foundation of ‘One World’ embracing              socio-economic development and
               and focused on the innovative                     Lifestyle for Environment (LiFE).                healthy ecosystems. The webinar
               decarbonisation strategies to achieve             Consumers are key to driving                     focused on integration of water risk into
               net zero targets. There were five                 responsible consumption through                  corporate strategies, developing
               speakers in the session.                          sustainable lifestyle choices. The session       opportunities to improve water resource
                                                                 explored how sustainable consumption             management and collective action
                             The number of                       and production patterns can create               required to ensure water security for all.
                             delegates were 134, out             opportunities that will propagate
                             of which 31% were
                                                                 Lifestyle for the Environment.
               31%           female delegates.
                                                                                                                                The number of
                                                                              The number of                                     delegates were 62, out
                                                                                                                                of which 14% were
                                                                              delegates were 100, out
               Unlocking the Potential of Nature-based                                                                          female participants.
                                                                              of which 27% were                   14%
               Solutions
                                                                 27%          female participants.
               The webinar on Unlocking the Potential
               of Nature-based Solutions was
               organised in July. This webinar
               celebrates the Van Mahotsav (Forest
               Festival) spreading the importance of
               nature. The session highlighted how               Virtual Session on Corporates & Start-ups: Building for Sustainable Future
               businesses with the help of
                                                                 The session on Corporates & Start-ups:           corporates and start-ups to accelerate
               nature-based solutions reverse nature
                                                                 Building for Sustainable Future was              the transition towards Sustainability. It
               loss and restore vital natural systems on
                                                                 organised in November. The session was           further highlighted the journey and
               which their economic activity depends.
                                                                 organized as a part of ICONN, which was          experience of such businesses who have
                                                                 conceptualized last year with the aim of         supported start-ups and are embracing
                             The number of                       Corporate – Start-up cooperation to              sustainability in a meaningful way.
                             delegates were 107, out
                                                                 flourish.The session focused on the
                             of which 28% were
                                                                 importance of collaboration between              The session was attended by 110 participants.
               28%           female participants.


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