World Environment Day | United Nations - الأمم المتحدة World Environment Day aims to inspire more people than ever before to take action to prevent the growing strain on planet Earth’s natural systems from reaching the breaking point
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THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development The Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development and the Plan of Implementation, adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa in 2002, reaffirmed the global community's commitments to poverty eradication and the environment, and built on Agenda 21 and the Millennium Declaration by including more emphasis on
Break free from pollution, climate chaos and ‘biodiversity decimation . . . In a message marking Wednesday’s World Environment Day, António Guterres emphasized that countries “must deliver” on all their commitments to restore degraded ecosystems and land, and on Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, the global agreement to protect biodiversity
ClimateChange | United Nations Events World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought In many parts of the world, climate change is making droughts longer, more frequent and intense
International Day for Biological Diversity | United Nations This International Day for Biological Diversity, under the theme “Acting locally for global impact”, a powerful idea is placed at the center: major changes begin on a small, local scale
Background | United Nations - الأمم المتحدة Since the first celebration in 1973, World Environment Day has helped UNEP to raise awareness and generate political momentum around growing concerns, such as the depletion of the ozone layer
2026 Calendar of Selected United Nations Events - الأمم المتحدة World Environment Day (UNEP), 5 June World Oceans Day, 8 June World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (UNCCD), 17 June International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies (UNEP), 7 September
International Days and Weeks | United Nations - الأمم المتحدة These are the international days and weeks currently observed by the United Nations The United Nations designates specific days, weeks, years and decades as occasions to mark particular events or