This year marks the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day! Held annually since 1973, World Environment Day is the United Nations' principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action ...

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 past ...

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged countries to do more to change it. This year's World Environment Day comes with a sobering reminder about the severity of global warming, according to ...

GENEVA, June 5 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency marked World Environment Day with an exhibition in its Geneva headquarters of some of the eco-friendly programmes and policies it promotes in operations ...

GENEVA, June 3 (UNHCR) - How do you grow trees in a desert camp? Cook with a handful of firewood? Wash, drink, bathe and cook with scarce water? These are among the many challenges facing the UN ...

Each year, the World Environment Day focuses on a specific theme, highlighting a pressing environmental concern. And the theme for 2023 is – Solutions to Plastic Pollution. This theme highlights the ...