Terra Marine Research Institute - TeMI

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๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ, ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ...
01/01/2025

๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ, ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—”

๐—จ๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ, ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿต๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜†; ๐—” ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—ถ๐—ป-๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

Standing among the world's leaders and change-makers at the United Nations was a profoundly humbling and inspiring experience. This honor is not mine alone; it belongs to all who have supported, inspired, and walked beside me on this journey.
At the very heart of global change in New York, I witnessed that our shared dreams for a just and peaceful world are still alive, still reaching for light in these challenging times.

๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ

Inspired by Prime Minister Modi's call for "๐‘ถ๐’๐’† ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’‰, ๐‘ถ๐’๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’‚๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’š, ๐‘ถ๐’๐’† ๐‘ญ๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†," I believe we must remain united in our commitment to environmental sustainability. ๐‘ป๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“, ๐’˜๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’”๐’† ๐’˜๐’๐’“๐’…๐’” ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’ ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ and forge a future where justice guides our efforts to protect our planet for generations to come. This crucial decade presents a window for meaningful change.

๐—›๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€

It was an incredible honour and humbling moment, ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’Š๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’•๐’†๐’“๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’“๐’๐’–๐’๐’…-๐’•๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฎ๐’๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ซ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’•, in addition to being accepted to participate in the Youth-led Action Days, held prior to the Summit. Although I couldnโ€™t attend due to logistical reasons, I remain deeply grateful to the UN Secretariat, to contribute to this vital work and look forward to future chances to make an impact.

๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—จ๐—ฝ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€

At the Global Peopleโ€™s Assembly at the UN Church Centre, I had the privilege of speaking on behalf of those whose lives and wisdom are inseparable from the land and sea. ๐‘ฐ ๐’“๐’†๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘จ๐’๐’…๐’‚๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ต๐’Š๐’„๐’๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘ฐ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’”, ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’๐’๐’Œ ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฐ๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’‚๐’”๐’•, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’š๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’†๐’”, ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ฐ ๐’”๐’•๐’๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’š๐’†๐’‚๐’“ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’•๐’†๐’”๐’• ๐’Š๐’๐’‹๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’”๐’‚๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’”. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’Ž๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†: ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐‘ฌ๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’๐’–๐’“๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’๐’๐’Š๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’‚ ๐’๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’„๐’š ๐’•๐’ ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’•. Their voices remind us that true resilience comes from respect and stewardship, and they hold vital knowledge that can guide us toward a future of unity and balance.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ

The 2024 Science Summit at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA79),took place in New York from September 10โ€“27.
I attended relevant sessions post Summit of the future where we explored evidence-based solutions for urgent global challenges. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’•๐’” ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’„๐’๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’” ๐’˜๐’† ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’‰ ๐’‚ ๐’…๐’†๐’„๐’‚๐’…๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’„๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’†๐’† ๐’Š๐’“๐’“๐’†๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’Š๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’๐’”๐’†๐’’๐’–๐’†๐’๐’„๐’†๐’”. The Pact for the Future is our commitment to act togetherโ€”because leaving no one behind is essential.

๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

I am also honored to have received accreditation for my participation at the Summit of the Future, which allowed me to engage deeply with leaders and advocates from around the globe. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐‘ผ๐‘ต๐‘ฌ๐‘จ-6 early this year ๐’“๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’Š๐’•๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’ ๐’†๐’๐’—๐’Š๐’“๐’๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚๐’…๐’—๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’„๐’š ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’–๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’† ๐’‘๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’„๐’†๐’”.

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

The Summit of the Future at the United Nations Headquarters was a transformative call for justice, unity, and action. It reminded us that we must act now to protect ourselves and future generations. The commitments made highlight our shared responsibility to address pressing global challenges and reinforce the need for immediate collective action. Together, we can shape a sustainable future that leaves no one behind.

๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€

I am grateful for the guiding presence of Almighty God for helping me overcome every hurdle, and the unwavering prayers and support of my family, relatives and friends throughout this journey. My sincere thanks to the UN Secretariat and my esteemed UNEP colleagues for their invaluable contributions, as well as to the kind strangers who became angels along my way.

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Red alert everyone, we have too little time!!! The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world's highest decision-m...
01/01/2025

Red alert everyone, we have too little time!!!

The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world's highest decision-making body on the environment โ€“ its membership includes all 193 UN Member States.
This year 2024, I was privileged to be part of the 6th United Nations Environment Assembly Meeting at Nairobi,Kenya.

I thank God for this great opportunity, and the United Nations, for the esteemed invitation! It was attended by some 190 Nations.

We addressed the Triple Planetary Crisis the earth is currently experiencing- Biodiversity loss, Pollution and Climate Change.

While most nations have their significant share in pollution in different ways, India was in the hotspot for nitrogen pollution(mainly from agricultural run-offs, use of pesticides etc).

Overall, the earth is on a red alert, and calls for the action of every citizen of the world to take wise and rapid action!

We need to unitedly act, every citizen of the world, without exception (according to our capacities).

Thank you,
Dr.Annie Kurian-turtle

A few pictures of the meeting, including one with Ms.Inger Anderson,.the executive director of UNEP are below

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