Dr. Anjali Menon, an environmental geologist from India, has received the United Nations Environment Medal for her pioneering work on Himalayan glacier retreat. Her decade-long research linking melting rates with microplastic pollution and climate shifts has helped predict long-term water shortages in the Indo-Gangetic plains. The award was conferred at the UN Climate Summit in Nairobi. Dr. Menon called for urgent cross-border collaboration among South Asian countries for data sharing, watershed management, and sustainable glacier tourism.