New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- A biochemist transforming agricultural waste into eco-friendly leather in India, an engineer turning invasive plants into biodegradable packaging in Kenya, and a designer of compact water reuse systems in the United States- these are the three young entrepreneurs selected as the 2025 Young Champions of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and American clean-tech entrepreneur Chris Kemper.
What unites Jinali Mody (India), Joseph Nguthiru (Kenya), and Noemi Florea (United States) is not only their age - all under 30 - but the nature of their innovations: locally grounded yet globally scalable, in line with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of 'Go Local, Go Global'. Each of them is ac...