What is the origin of World Environment Day?

World Environment Day is one of the main media of the United Nations to promote global environmental awareness, and to raise the concern of various a

What is the origin of World Environment Day?

World Environment Day is one of the main media of the United Nations to promote global environmental awareness, and to raise the concern of various agencies on environmental issues and take actions. So what? Let me introduce you.

The origin of World Environment Day

1972 From June 5th to June 6th, 16, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden. This is the first conference on protecting human environment in the world in human history, which is a milestone and epoch-making event in the history of human environmental protection action. At the meeting, representatives of various countries suggested that the opening day of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment-"June 5th" be designated as "World Environment Day". In the same year, in June 5438+10, the 27th United Nations General Assembly accepted and adopted this proposal.

The significance of "World Environment Day" is to remind people all over the world of the changes in global environmental conditions and the harm caused by human activities to the environment. It requires the United Nations system and countries around the world to carry out various publicity and commemorative activities on this day every year to emphasize the importance and urgency of protecting and improving the human environment. The United Nations Environment Programme will also select a member country to hold the "World Environment Day" commemoration in World Environment Day every year, and issue an annual report on the state of the environment to determine the theme of World Environment Day that year. On the day of "World Environment Day", people all over the world will hold various commemorative activities to publicize the importance of environmental protection. Call on all citizens of the earth to make unremitting efforts to maintain and improve the human environment.

New Zealand is the first country to advocate carbon neutrality, and Wellington, New Zealand will host the World Environment Day in 2008. Celebrations in New Zealand in 2008 will focus on finding ways and opportunities for countries, companies and communities to help them change their living habits and pursue a non-carbon economy and lifestyle. To commemorate World Environment Day during the 6th Five-Year Plan in 2008, the United Nations Environment Programme decided that the theme of this year would be "Changing traditional ideas and advocating low-carbon economy". To tie in with the Beijing Olympic Games, the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China has determined that the theme of "June 5" in World Environment Day, China this year is "Green Olympics and an environment-friendly society".

In order to actively implement the spirit of the Notice of the Ministry of Environmental Protection on Doing a Good Job in Propaganda in World Environment Day on June 5, 2008, improve the environmental awareness of leaders at all levels and the masses, mobilize all sectors of society to care for, participate in and support environmental protection, and form a strong environmental protection atmosphere in the whole society, Xingtai Environmental Protection Bureau will hold an invitation exhibition and a photo contest with the theme of "Environment-friendly Xingtai"; Special issues on environmental protection were published in China Environmental News, Hebei Daily and Xingtai Daily, and the 2007 annual bulletin on environmental conditions was published in Xingtai Daily. With the aim of advocating harmony between man and nature and building a resource-saving and environment-friendly society, we will publicize environmental protection achievements, show the image of environmental protection team, spread environmental protection ideas and look forward to the environmental protection blueprint through popular forms such as paintings, photos and newspapers.

Development history of World Environment Day

Since the 1960s, environmental pollution and ecological destruction have become increasingly serious worldwide, and environmental problems and environmental protection have gradually attracted the attention of the international community.

1On June 5th, 972, the United Nations held the first conference on the human environment in Stockholm, Sweden, and adopted the famous Declaration on the Human Environment and the Action Plan for Protecting the Global Environment, putting forward the slogan of "protecting and improving the environment for this generation and future generations". This is the first conference in human history to study and protect the human environment in the world.

11300 delegates from13 countries and regions suggested that the opening day of the conference be "World Environment Day".

The delegation of China actively participated in the drafting of the above declaration, and put forward the 32-word policy of environmental protection in China approved by Zhou Enlai at the meeting: "Overall planning, rational layout, comprehensive utilization, turning harm into benefit, relying on the masses, jointly protecting the environment and benefiting the people."

In the same year, the 27th General Assembly of the United Nations decided to establish the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on the basis of the recommendations of the Stockholm Conference, and designated June 5th of each year as the World Environment Day, requiring United Nations agencies, countries and organizations around the world to hold various activities to protect the environment and combat public hazards around June 5th of each year. The United Nations Environment Programme also publishes the annual report on the state of the world environment on this day.