June 5- World Environment Day

Thursday, June 5, 2014

June 5- World Environment Day| Raise your voice .. not the sea level is the theme for 2014

>> World Environment Day ('WED') is celebrated every year on June 5 to raise global awareness to take positiveenvironmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. It is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

>> World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Another resolution, adopted by the General Assembly the same day, led to the creation of UNEP.

>> World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles to stimulate worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.

>> World Environment Day 2014 theme is "Raise your voice ... not the sea level".

>> In support of the UN designation of 2014 as the International Year of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), WED this year will adopt SIDS in the broader context of climate change as its theme. The main objectives are to help build momentum towards the Third International Conference on SIDS , which will be held in September in Apia, Samoa, and encourage a greater understanding of the importance of SIDS and of the urgency to help protect the islands in the face of growing risks and vulnerabilities, particularly as a result of climate change. WED will be an excellent opportunity to raise a call for solidarity with the islands