World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5. It serves as a reminder to protect the environment and to beat plastic pollution. According to the United Nations, 11 million tons of ...

World Environment Day was established by the United Nations during the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972. This historic conference was the first major global gathering to ...

On World Environment Day hosted by South Korea this year, the theme "Beat Plastic Pollution" proposed by the United Nations Environment Program has aroused global heated discussions, and green ...

June 5th is International Environment Day, established by the United Nations in 1972 to call attention to issues involving the environment. The idea promised us a brighter future, a cleaner world, and ...

World Environment Day 2025 arrives amid a barrage of sobering news. Key developments around the world, however, offer a reminder that the global fight for environmental human rights is waged in ...

Plastic garbage at Kingston Harbour, Jamaica. Photo by Emma Lewis, used with permission. The theme for UN World Environment Day 2025 is “ Beat Plastic Pollution,” and if you feel you have seen this ...

I was a junior in high school when the first World Environment Day (WED) was celebrated in 1972. Marked annually on June 5, it was established by the United Nations General Assembly and over the ...

This year’s World Environment Day will launch and focus on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a global rallying cry to heal our planet. Ecosystems ...

The coalition decided to use World Environment Day, which was created by the United Nations in 1973, as a way to promote awareness and engagement regarding the environment.

Speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the treaty negotiations, Ms. Schneeberger underscored that there was “no call for ...