World Environment Day 2024: Why Is It Celebrated On June 5?
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World Environment Day 2024: The day raises awareness, mobilises action, and promotes environmental sustainability.
Every year on June 5, World Environment Day is observed across the globe to reinforce and sustain awareness around environmental action. Together, we can make a difference by adopting sustainable habits, conserving resources, and promoting eco-friendly practices. Whether it's planting trees, reducing waste, or supporting renewable energy, every small step counts.The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the primary agency that is behind this celebration. Through campaigns, events, and initiatives, World Environment Day inspires individuals and communities to make changes, fostering a sense of urgency and addressing environmental challenges for a sustainable future. Drought, desertification & land degradation are a growing threat to humanity.But it's not too late to act.Ahead of #WorldEnvironmentDay, join @UNEP and be part of #GenerationRestoration to protect our planet and common future.Here's how: https://t.co/ChmzsSwAzSpic.twitter.com/skg9QmCLL1
The United Nations General Assembly declared June 5 as World Environment Day during the Stockholm Conference in 1972. It was the first world conference to make environmental protection a major issue. The UNEP was established in the same year. World Environment Day was celebrated for the first time in 1973. The first World Environment Day was celebrated in 1973 under the theme 'Only One Earth'.
Today, 193 member states are part of the UNEP and mark this day by organising various programmes.
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