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World Environment Day Challenge 2012

Green Economy: Does It Include You?

World Environment Day - 2012

World Environment Day (WED) 2012 is aimed to be the biggest, most widely celebrated, global day for positive, environmental action.
Commemorated on 5 June since 1972, WED is one of the principal vehicles through which the UN stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and encourages political attention and action.

UN Pavilion, Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea

Marine and Oceans videos from UN agencies at the Korea Expo

Uploaded videos

Ecosystem management

Supporting balanced response to natural resource management to meet future ecological and human needs.

World Environment Day 2011

All the videos from WED 2011, including the WED challenge - help UNEP Ambassadors Gisele Bündchen and Don Cheadle plant a forest. But who's forest will it be?

Climate change

Strengthening the ability of individuals communities and nations to adapt to climate change, move towards low-carbon societies, improve understanding of climate science, and raising public awareness about the earth's changing climate.

Biodiversity

Angela Cropper,Deputy Executive Director,UNEP on the International Year of Biodiversity

Transport

Through its transport programme, UNEP is promoting a paradigm shift for a less autointensive, but no less mobile, world. It is also focusing on cleaning up vehicles and fuels, especially in developing countries and those with economies in transition, which are grappling with air pollution and associated health problems.

Global Roundtable on Financial Sustainability, Oct. 2011

Held in Washington D.C. on 19-20 October, the 2011 Global Roundtable cast a spotlight on the global sustainable development agenda from the perspective of the financial sector players. More information at http://www.unepfi.org/grt.

International Year of Forests

The UN General Assembly has proclaimed 2011 as the International Year of Forests (IYF) and has invited governments, the United Nations system, NGOs, the private sector and the public at large to come together. The overall objective: to raise awareness and strengthen the sustainable management, conservation and sustainable development of all types of forests for the benefit of current and future generations.

World Environment Day - 2010

World Environment Day (WED) 2010 is aimed to be the biggest, most widely celebrated, global day for positive, environmental action.
Commemorated on 5 June since 1972, WED is one of the principal vehicles through which the UN stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and encourages political attention and action.

Sustainable Consumption

Resource efficiency

Fostering sustainable consumption and production by leading global efforts to ensure natural resources are produced, processed and consumed in a more sustainable way.

Harmful substances

Sound management of chemicals, chemical safety and access to information on toxic wastes

Environmental governance

Promoting informed decision-making to enhance global and regional environmental cooperation.

TUNZA - Children & Youth working with UNEP