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05/06/23 07:10 AM IST

World Environment Day 2023

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  • World Environment Day is celebrated on 5th June every year to encourage awareness and environmental protection.
About World Environment Day
  • Theme- Beat Plastic Pollution
  • This theme is an initiative to raise awareness about the production, use, disposal, and effects of plastic.
  • In 1972, a conference held by the United Nations in Stockholm was the first UN conference which had the environment as its major agenda.
  • It also recognised the right to live in a healthy environment as the basic right of any human being.
  • The conference became a historic global effort to protect and conserve the environment, leading to the creation of the United Nations Environment Programme.
  • Moreover, this event also marked the formal declaration of a universal day for the environment – June 5. The UNEP, since then, has undertaken several global efforts in their endeavour to protect our natural world.
  • The first World Environment Day was celebrated.
Significance
  • From raising awareness about environmental issues to making significant changes in global environmental policies – UNEP’s World Environment Day has seen historic importance.
  • With our depleting natural resources, highly politicised environmental approaches, and slow impactful plans, our world is on the verge of ecological collapse.
  • It is a day marking and reminding global citizens of the continuous negative impact of global warming and climate change.
  • Loss of life, property, biodiversity, and even resources are just some of the effects of climate change as a result of environmental ignorance.
  • World Environment Day, for over 50 years, has served as a platform for environmental activists to help common people understand and help our nature. 
Source- Indian Express

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