Former Miss Asia Pacific, actor, producer, entrepreneur and environmentalist, Dia Mirza, has been appointed as UN Environment’s Goodwill Ambassador for India. A long-standing supporter of environmental conservation, Dia will take up the role to add more weight to her work on raising awareness of and seeking solutions to environmental issues that the world, and India in particular, faces. “Environmental issues will be the defining challenge of this era, and I am committed to helping the UN as a Goodwill Ambassador to do everything I can to provide a better future.Together, we will continue working towards conservation of nature, tackling climate change and inspiring people to live more sustainably.” Dia has been to the face of many pivotal environmental campaigns across India, and has worked towards the conservation of wildlife. Dia will work with the United Nations to further spread the message on priority areas including clean air, clean seas, wildlife protection and climate change. Dia has joined other accomplished and dedicated past and present UN Goodwill Ambassadors, including UN Environment’s Li Binging, Gisele Bündchen and Don Cheadle, and others like Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Angelina Jolie, Katy Perry and Emma Watson.
