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From UPSC perspective, the following things are important :

Prelims level: Mission LiFE

Mains level: Read the attached story

Prime Minister, in the presence of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, launched ‘Mission LiFE’ (Lifestyle For Environment).

What is Mission LiFE?

NITI Aayog has conceptualized the idea of mission LiFE.
It states that the aim of the mission is to follow a three-pronged strategy for changing our collective approach toward sustainability.
PM elaborated that Mission LiFE emboldens the spirit of the P3 model i.e. Pro Planet People.
The approach of LiFe campaign includes:

Focus on individual behaviours: To make life a mass movement (Jan Andolan).
Co-create globally: Crowdsourcing empirical and scalable ideas
Leverage Local Cultures: Leverage climate-friendly social norms and beliefs of different cultures worldwide to drive the campaign

Understanding Sustainable living

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the global authority that sets environmental agenda and promotes the implementation of environmental dimension of sustainable development.
UNEP says that as the population of the world is increasing the demand for food, fashion, travel, housing, etc also increases.
Hence, a sustainable living approach is necessary to make a balance between the needs of the present generation with that of the future.
Sustainable living means acknowledging day-to-day life choices and reflecting if there can be alternatives that may impact the environment less.