Global Himalayan Expedition wins UN Global Climate Action Award

Global Himalayan Expedition wins UN Global Climate Action Award forcombating climate change amid COVID-19 pandemic.

• Global Himalayan Expedition wins UN Global Climate Action Award forcombating climate change amid COVID-19 pandemic.
• It is an Indian organization that manages ‘Impacts Expeditions’ to the Himalayan villages in native areas.
• Impact expeditions will have a valid cause. For instance, to set up solar energy in remote villages.
• Global Himalayan expedition strengthens technology and tourism in order to support remote ares. It utilizes a portion of the charged expedition fee in funding the cost of transmission, hardware, training, and installation of village-scale solar micro-grids.
• The micro-grid network launched by the Global Himalayan Expedition is then owned and handled by the community.
• At present, the corporation has solar electrified more than 131 villages in three regions of India. It has directly hit the lives of more than 60,000 villagers.
• Above USD 1,14,000 has been produced in income for the villages by enhancing livelihood across homestay tourism.
• The UN Global Climate Action Awards are spearheaded by the Momentum for Change initiative at UN Climate Change.
• The projects are recognized as innovative solutions that not only address climate change, but also help drive forward progress on many other sustainable development goals, for example, innovation, gender equality and economic opportunity