2005
The theme for the 2005 World Environment Day was "Green Cities" and the slogan was "Plan for the Planet!".[7]
- Today, the majority of the world's people live in cities. Recognizing this historic moment, Mayor Gavin Newsom has invited Mayors from around the globe to San Francisco for United Nations World Environment Day to forge a collective path towards a sustainable urban future.
- Mayors are emerging as the most powerful and flexible agents of change. They are able to respond quickly to environmental issues and are uniquely accountable to their citizens. Their enormous purchasing power is shaping markets and making environmental sustainability a manufacturing consideration. They are tackling the globe's most challenging environmental issues and their visionary solutions provide inspiration and serve as models to all sectors of society.
[edit]Previous events
World Environment Day celebrations have been hosted in the following cities:[8]
| Year | Theme | Host city |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Only one Earth | |
| 1975 | Human Settlements | |
| 1976 | Water: Vital Resource for Life | |
| 1977 | Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation | |
| 1978 | Development Without Destruction | |
| 1979 | Only One Future for Our Children - Development Without Destruction | |
| 1980 | A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction | |
| 1981 | Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains | |
| 1982 | Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns) | |
| 1983 | 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 Shelter: More Than A Roof | Nairobi, Kenya |
| 1988 | When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last | Bangkok, Thailand |
| 1989 | Global Warming; Global Warning | Brussels, Belgium |
| 1990 | Children and the Environment | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1991 | Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership | Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1992 | Only One Earth, Care and Share | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1993 | Poverty and the Environment - Breaking the Vicious Circle | Beijing, People's Republic of China |
| 1994 | One Earth One Family | London, United Kingdom |
| 1995 | We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment | Pretoria, South Africa |
| 1996 | Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 1997 | For Life on Earth | Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| 1998 | For Life on Earth - Save Our Seas | Moscow, Russian Federation |
| 1999 | Our Earth - Our Future - Just Save It! | Tokyo, Japan |
| 2000 | The Environment Millennium - Time to Act | Adelaide, Australia |
| 2001 | Connect with the World Wide Web of Life | Torino, Italy and Havana, Cuba |
| 2002 | Give Earth a Chance | Shenzhen, People's Republic of China |
| 2003 | Water – Two Billion People are Dying for It! | Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2004 | Wanted! Seas and Oceans – Dead or Alive? | Barcelona, Spain |
| 2005 | Green Cities – Plan for the Planet! | San Francisco, United States |
| 2006 | Deserts and Desertification - Don't Desert Drylands! | Algiers, Algeria |
| 2007 | Melting Ice – a Hot Topic? | Tromsø, Norway |
| 2008 | Kick The Habit - Towards A Low Carbon Economy | Wellington, New Zealand |
| 2009 | Your Planet Needs You - UNite to Combat Climate Change | Mexico City, Mexico |
| 2010 | Many Species. One Planet. One Future | Kigali, Rwanda |
| 2011 | Forests:Nature at your Service | New Delhi, India |
[edit]Television campaigns
Some news channels are also taking part in World Environment Day, Zee News launched 'My Earth, My Duty’ campaign. This campaign has entered the Limca Book of Records for a novel effort: for planting more than 73 lakh trees in one single day across 34 cities and 2.5 lakh villages on August 25, 2010. NDTV launched "Greenathon" Campaign. NDTV Toyota Greenathon is back with its newest campaign, Greenathon 3 2011. This campaign was launched in the year 2008 and served as India’s first ever-nationwide campaign to save the environment. This campaign aims at spreading awareness about environmental problems and other issues related to it. In the first year NDTV Greenathon had catered a race from Ahmedabad to Mumbai and it was termed as Green Run.
[edit]See also
- United Nations Conference on the Human Environment
- List of environmental dates
- Index of environmental articles
[edit]References
- ^ United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2994 session -1United Nations Conference on the Human Environment page 1 on 15 December 1972
- ^ http://www.unep.org/wed
- ^ http://www.unep.org/wed/2010/english/media/kwitaizina.asp
- ^ UNEP Press Release, October 1, 2007, "Kick the Habit - World Environment Day 2008 to be Hosted by New Zealand with Focus on Fostering Low-Carbon Economies", accessed November 10, 2007
- ^ Chicago Botanic Garden North American Host for World Environment Day 2008
- ^ Norwegian Polar Institute, World Environment Day 2007–information in Englishand Norwegian
- ^ World Evironment Day 2005 Official Site, 2005, "About World Environment Day 2005", accessed May 28, 2009
- ^ [1], accessed June 6, 2008
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