When is World Environment Day?

June 5

After the United Nations held the "Conference on the Human Environment" in the Swedish capital on June 5, 1972, the United Nations Environment Program determined a targeted propaganda every year theme. During the "Seventh Five-Year Plan" period, the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau takes the "June 5th" World Environment Day as an opportunity every year to organize districts, counties (cities) and districts in the city to set off a climax of environmental publicity in June. In 1986, the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau held a social environmental test of 100 questions in Taitung, and organized primary school students in Shinan District to take to the streets to promote environmental protection. Environmental protection cadres consulted the masses on environmental protection laws and regulations at the street corners. Districts and counties also held literary evenings, movie evenings, symposiums and dispatched publicity vehicles to promote the event. During the "June 5th" World Environment Day in 1987, the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau gave a televised speech, held an environmental protection essay competition for primary and secondary school students, and organized urban and county (city) and district departments to draw promotional signs and windows, display environmental protection pictures, and hang A large commemorative slogan was created, and some factory directors and corporate environmental protection cadres were organized to learn environmental protection regulations. The "June 5th" World Environment Day in 1988, with the theme of "Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development, and Public Participation", in addition to organizing mass activities, also combined publicity and implementation of the "Atmospheric Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China" , Environmental protection departments at all levels also invited relevant personnel and experts from the National People's Congress, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, environmental committees, enterprises, and experts to hold symposiums. On the "June 5th" World Environment Day in 1989, the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, in addition to holding an exhibition of environmental calligraphy, paintings, and cartoons for primary and secondary school students, mainly printed posters "Beware of Global Warming" and "Crisis of the Earth". Promotional banners were hung on the main streets in the city. Qingdao Wire Rope Factory, Qingdao Coal and Gas Company and other units held environmental protection knowledge quizzes and speech contests; Ocean Chemical Plant held calligraphy, painting, photography, and woodcut art exhibitions; Qingdao Railway Branch held an environmental protection blackboard newspaper exhibition for its affiliated units in front of the train station . Laoshan District organized an environmental protection knowledge competition; Jimo City held a commemorative meeting and the Municipal Party Committee Secretary made a report; Jiaozhou City launched a column to promote environmental protection achievements and popular science knowledge about global warming; Pingdu City printed environmental protection regulations and drove publicity vehicles to promote the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Law 》; Laixi County carried out environmental protection consultation in urban areas and held an environmental protection knowledge competition at the county phosphate fertilizer plant, a key environmental polluter. In 1990, the publicity of the "June 5th" World Environment Day was closely integrated with the implementation of the "Environmental Protection Law of the People's Republic of China", and a publicity month activity was launched. Various departments dispatched publicity vehicles and conducted mass activities such as drum parades, theatrical performances, lectures, knowledge contests, essay contests, calligraphy, painting and photography exhibitions. Qingdao city, county (city), district and environmental protection department leaders personally participated in mass publicity and provided environmental protection law consulting services. More than 30,000 copies of the "Environmental Protection Law" pamphlet were printed and distributed. 72 new environmental protection billboards and 53 fixed billboards were built. The Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau and the Jimo Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau jointly produced 800 slides of the "Environmental Protection Law", which were screened in cinemas in urban areas and rural areas, and distributed to more than 20 counties (cities) in East China. Introduction to World Environment Day

On June 5, 1972, the "United Nations Conference on the Human Environment" was held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. The conference adopted the "Declaration on the Human Environment" and proposed that June 5 every year be designated as " World Environment Day”. In October of the same year, the 27th United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution accepting the proposal. The establishment of World Environment Day reflects the understanding and attitude of people around the world towards environmental issues and expresses our human beings' yearning and pursuit for a better environment.

World Environment Day is one of the main media used by the United Nations to promote global environmental awareness and increase government attention and action on environmental issues.

The United Nations system and national governments carry out various activities on June 5 every year to publicize and emphasize the importance of protecting and improving the human environment.

The United Nations Environment Program selects a member state to hold the "World Environment Day" commemoration event on June 5 every year, publishes the "Annual Report on the Current State of the Environment" and commends the "Global 500", and based on that year's The world's major environmental issues and environmental hot spots are targeted to formulate the annual "World Environment Day" theme.

The significance of World Environment Day is to remind the world to pay attention to the state of the earth and the harm to the environment caused by human activities. The United Nations system and national governments are requested to carry out various activities on this day to emphasize the importance of protecting and improving the human environment.

The United Nations Environment Program announces the theme of World Environment Day at the beginning of each year, and publishes an annual report on the state of the environment on World Environment Day every year. China's State Environmental Protection Administration issued a bulletin on China's environmental status during this period.

The origin of World Environment Day

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From June 5 to 16, 1972, the United Nations held the Human Environment Conference in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden. . This is the first conference in human history to study the protection of the human environment on a global scale. There were 113 countries attending the meeting, with more than 1,300 representatives. In addition to government delegations, private scientists and scholars also participated. The meeting discussed environmental issues in the contemporary world and formulated countermeasures and measures. Before the meeting, Maurice F. Strong, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, commissioned 152 prominent figures in the scientific and intellectual circles from 58 countries to form a large committee, with Dr. Rene DuBose as the expert advisory group. The team leader drafted an informal report for the conference - "Only One Earth". This meeting put forward the environmental protection slogan that has been heard all over the world: There is only one earth! After 12 days of discussion and exchange, the meeting formed and announced the famous "Declaration of United Nations Conference on Human Environment" (Declaration of the Human Environment) and a 109-point guideline for protecting the global environment. The "Action Plan" calls on governments and people of all countries to work together to maintain and improve the human environment, benefit all people, and benefit future generations.

The "Declaration on the Human Environment" puts forward 7 common views and 26 common principles to guide and encourage people around the world to protect and improve the human environment. The Declaration on the Human Environment stipulates the rights and obligations of human beings towards the environment; it calls for "protecting and improving the environment for this generation and future generations has become an urgent goal of mankind"; "This goal will go hand in hand with the fight for peace and security." The two established basic goals of the world's economic and social development must be achieved simultaneously and in a coordinated manner"; "Governments and people of all countries work hard to maintain and improve the human environment and benefit all people and future generations." The meeting proposed that the opening day of this conference be designated as "World Environment Day".

In October 1972, the 27th United Nations General Assembly adopted the recommendations of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment and designated June 5th as "World Environment Day" every year, allowing people around the world to commemorate it forever. The United Nations system and national governments should carry out various activities on this day every year to remind the world of the global environmental status and the harm caused by human activities to the environment, and to emphasize the importance of protecting and improving the human environment.

Many countries, groups and people carry out various activities on "World Environment Day" to publicize and emphasize the importance of protecting and improving the human environment. At the same time, the United Nations Environment Program publishes an annual report on the state of the world's environment. , and take practical steps to harmonize the relationship between humans and the environment. World Environment Day symbolizes the development of the human environment around the world to a better stage and the active contributions of governments around the world to protecting the human living environment. It correctly reflects the understanding and attitude of people around the world towards environmental issues. In January 1973, the United Nations General Assembly established the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), established the Council for Environmental Planning (GCEP) and the Environment Fund in accordance with the resolution of the Conference on the Human Environment. UNEP is a permanent agency responsible for handling the daily environmental affairs of the United Nations and serves as the center for international environmental activities to promote and coordinate environmental protection work within and outside the United Nations.

The United Nations Environment Program holds World Environment Day commemorations on June 5 every year, publishes the "Annual Report on the Current State of the Environment" and commends the "Global 500", and formulates the theme of the World Environment Day every year. The formulation of these themes basically reflects the world's major environmental issues and environmental hot spots at that time, and is very targeted.

Theme of World Environment Day

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The theme of World Environment Day determined by the United Nations Environment Program in the past years:

1974 : Only one Earth

1975: Human Settlements

1976: Water: Vital Resource for Life< /p>

1977: Concern about ozone layer destruction, soil erosion, soil degradation and deforestation (Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation; Firewood)

1978: Development without destruction (Development Without Destruction)

1979: Only One Future for Our Children - Development Without Destruction (Only One Future for Our Children - Development Without Destruction)

1980: The New Ten A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction

1981: Protect groundwater and human food chain, prevent and control toxic chemical pollution (Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains and Environmental Economics)

1982: Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment - Improving environmental awareness Year: Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy

1984: Desertification

1985: Youth: Population and the Environment

1986: A Tree for Peace

1987: Environment and Habitat and Shelter: More Than A Roof)

1988: Protection of the environment, sustainable development, public participation (When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last)

1989: Wary of the world Global Warming; Global Warning

1990: Children and the Environment

1991: Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership)

1992: Only One Earth, Care and Share (Only One Earth, Care and Share)

1993: Poverty and the Environment--Escape Vicious Circle (Poverty and the Environment - Breaking the Vicious Circle)

1994: One Earth One Family

1995: We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment

1996: Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home

1997: For Life on Earth

1998: For Life on Earth - Save Our Seas

1999: Our Earth - Our Future - Just Save It! < /p>

2000: 2000 The Environment Millennium - Time to Act

2001: Connect with the World Wide Web of life

2002: Give Earth a Chance

2003: Water - Two Billion People are Dying for It!)

2004: Everyone is responsible for the survival of the ocean (Wanted! Seas and Oceans——Dead or Alive)

2005: Build a green city and protect our planet! ( Green Cities---Plan for the Plan)

2006: Don’t turn drylands into deserts (Deserts and Desertification -Don’t Desert Drylands!)

2007: Glaciers melt , with worrying consequences (Melting Ice – a Hot Topic)

2008: Towards a Low Carbon Economy

Cities and countries that have hosted World Environment Day: < /p>

2007 – Trossum, Norway

2006 – Algiers, Algeria

2005 – San Francisco, USA

2004 – Barcelona , Spain

2003 – Beirut, Lebanon

2002 – Shenzhen, China

2001 – Turin, Italy and Havana, Cuba

2000 – Adelaide, Australia

1999 – Tokyo, Japan

1998 – Moscow, Russia

1997 – Seoul, South Korea

1996 – Istanbul, Turkey

1995 – Pretoria, South Africa

1994 – London, United Kingdom

1993 – Beijing, China

1992 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1991 – Stockholm, Sweden

1990 – Mexico City, Mexico

1989 – Brussels, Belgium

1987 – Nairobi, Kenya

World Environment Day related

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United Nations UNEP

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) was established in 1972 and is headquartered in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.

. According to the Nairobi Declaration on the Role and Mission of the United Nations Environment Program adopted by the 19th Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program in February 1997, the main tasks of the United Nations Environment Program are:

1. Utilize the best available scientific and technological capabilities to analyze global environmental conditions and evaluate global and regional environmental trends, provide policy advice and early warning on various environmental threats, and promote and promote international cooperation and action;

2 , Promote and develop international environmental law aimed at achieving sustainable development, including establishing coherent links between existing international conventions;

3. Promote the adoption of agreed actions to cope with new developments Emerging environmental challenges;

4. Use UNEP’s comparative advantages and scientific and technological expertise to strengthen the coordination of environmental activities in the United Nations system and strengthen its role as the implementing agency of the Global Environment Facility;< /p>

5. Promote people’s environmental awareness, facilitate effective cooperation among actors at all levels involved in the implementation of the international environmental agenda, and serve as an effective liaison between decision-makers in the national and international scientific communities;

6. Provide policy and advisory services to governments and other relevant institutions in important areas of environmental system construction.

The members of the United Nations Environment Program Governing Council are composed of 58 countries elected by the United Nations General Assembly for a three-year term. Among them, 16 are from Africa, 13 from Asia, 6 from Eastern Europe, 10 from Latin America and the Caribbean, and 13 from Western Europe and other countries. China has been a member of the Board of Directors of the United Nations Environment Program since its establishment.

World Environment Day: The consequences of melting glaciers are worrying

June 5 is World Environment Day. The United Nations Environment Program determined the theme of World Environment Day in 2007 as "Glacier melting, with worrying consequences."

The earth is the home of human beings. In order to raise people's awareness of environmental protection, the United Nations held the first Human Environment Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, on June 5, 1972, and adopted the famous "Declaration on the Human Environment" and the "Action Plan" to protect the global environment. In October of the same year, the 27th United Nations General Assembly decided to establish the United Nations Environment Program based on the recommendations of the Stockholm Conference and officially designated June 5 as "World Environment Day". Since 1974, the United Nations Environment Program has established a theme for World Environment Day every year and launched related publicity activities.

With the intensification of human activities, large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions have caused the earth’s temperature to continue to rise. According to information provided by the United Nations Environment Program, from the Industrial Revolution in the mid-18th century to the present, the global average temperature has increased by 0.75 degrees Celsius.

Global climate warming has caused glaciers to melt, ice caps to shrink, and ice shelves to break. German researchers have pointed out that there are currently about 160,000 glaciers in the world, and they are melting rapidly. For example, the area of ??glaciers in the European Alps has shrunk by one-third and its volume by half compared to the mid-19th century; the glacier on Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa, has seen its ice cap shrink by 80% since 1912. The melting of glaciers has caused the permafrost in the above areas to lose its "binding" function, resulting in frequent landslides and mudslides.

In addition, meteorological observations have found that the permanent sea ice in the Arctic has been decreasing in the past few decades, and glaciers and permafrost are melting. Experts from the European Space Agency found based on analysis of satellite images that in the summer of 2006, about 5% to 10% of the permanently frozen ice from northern Europe to the Arctic Ocean began to loosen and melt. In addition, three major ice shelves in Antarctica have collapsed in the past decade or so. Glacier activity without ice shelf support has accelerated significantly, and the ice has also become thinner.

Melting glaciers will cause sea levels to rise, putting lower-lying islands and coastal cities at risk of being submerged. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued a climate assessment report stating that if the increase in global average temperature continues for thousands of years at the current rate, it will eventually lead to the complete melting of the Greenland ice sheet, which will lead to a rise in sea level of about 7 meters. What’s even more frightening is that if all the Antarctic ice caps melt, the global sea level will rise by 60 meters, and the disaster caused to the earth will be devastating.

Global warming is an important factor causing the melting of glaciers. All countries in the world have the same obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but developed countries should play a greater role and take the lead in committing to emission reduction obligations to help development China's national ability to cope with climate change can fundamentally reverse the trend of global warming and protect the common home of mankind.

In response to this theme, combined with my country's central tasks and key tasks of environmental protection, it demonstrates the determination and actions of the Chinese government and people to reduce pollutant emissions and build an environment-friendly society.

In the economic and social "Eleventh Five-Year Plan", the Chinese government proposed to achieve the goal of reducing the total discharge of major pollutants by 10%, and decomposed this binding indicator layer by layer and implemented it at all levels. Government related industries. At present, governments at all levels attach great importance to it, their work intensity has been significantly increased, and the guiding role of binding indicators has begun to appear. Promoting pollution reduction and building an environment-friendly society is the common responsibility of the whole society. It not only requires governments at all levels and relevant departments to increase their efforts, but also requires the active support of the broadest masses of the people and the mobilization of the broadest social forces. participate. "Pollution emission reduction and environmentally friendly society" has been determined as the Chinese theme of this year's World Environment Day, aiming to increase publicity, encourage public participation, and give full play to the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of all sectors of society, so as to reduce pollutant emissions and Environmentally friendly coexistence has become a conscious action of every unit, every enterprise and every member of society.

World Environment Day: What can I do to save you, my earth?

On April 2, 2007, in order to promote the use of bicycles in Mexico City, the mayor of Mexico City, Marcelo... Everard takes the lead in riding his bike to work. The widespread use of automobiles is an important cause of large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions.

On the evening of March 31, 2007, the Sydney Opera House in Australia turned off its main lights. Starting at 19:30 that night, tens of thousands of businesses and residents in Sydney collectively cut off power for one hour to draw attention to global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

On February 27, 2007, Dave Errett, an electrical appliance salesman in Sydney, Australia, held up an old incandescent light bulb and a new energy-saving light bulb. Because new energy-saving lamps can save more resources, the government advocates using them to replace old incandescent light bulbs.

On January 12, 2006, a row of wind turbines stood in a valley 407 kilometers northeast of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Wind energy is a renewable, non-polluting clean energy. Currently, many countries in the world have commercialized it as a mature clean energy source and is known as "green power".

On June 15, 2006, in the waters near the Balearic Islands in Spain, two Greenpeace members held a banner that read "Where have all the tuna gone?" and dived underwater to call for people's attention. and protect increasingly scarce tuna.

On February 14, 2007, in Puerto Princesa, Philippines, newlyweds who had just attended a group wedding walked past the saplings they planted on the beach. It was Valentine's Day, and an environmentally friendly collective wedding attended by hundreds of couples was held here. New people planted mangroves on the beach.

On May 30, 2007, the new "Noah's Ark" built by volunteers stood on Mount Ararat in Turkey. It makes people think deeply: If we continue to destroy the earth, when the final disaster comes, who else can save mankind?

Environmental deterioration, climate change, melting glaciers, rising sea levels...these are not just issues that a few people should worry about. Our home planet is closely related to each of us. As environmental problems become increasingly severe today, should we stop and think about what else we can do to save the earth and ourselves?

The theme of my country’s World Environment Day

2005 China theme: Everyone participates in creating a green home

2006 China theme: Ecological security and environmentally friendly society

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2007 China Theme: Pollution Reduction and an Environment-Friendly Society

2008 China Theme: Green Olympics and an Environment-Friendly Society