World Environment Day (WED)
★ A day that stimulates awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and public action.
★ It is held on 5th June every year.
★ It was the day that United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began.
★ The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment was from 5–16 June 1972. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972.
★ The first World Environment Day was on 1973.
★ World Environment Day is hosted every year by a different a different theme and is celebrated with honour and solemnity with an international exposition in the week of 5 June.
★ "Stockholm was without doubt the landmark event in the growth of international environmentalism", writes John McCormick in the book Reclaiming Paradise. "It was the first occasion on which the political, social and economic problems of the global environment were discussed at an intergovernmental forum with a view to actually taking corrective action."
Theme 2012
★ The 2012 theme for World Environment Day is Green Economy: Does it include you?
★ Green Economy: The UN Environment Programme defines the Green Economy as one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. In its simplest expression, a green economy can be thought of as one which is low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive.
★ But what does all this mean for you? The Green Economy is really something that is applicable all around you and it is easy to imagine how you fit in.
If the Green Economy is about social equity and inclusiveness then technically it is all about you! The question therefore asks you to find out more about the Green Economy and assess whether, in your country, you are being included in it.
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