Every year, June 5 is observed as World Environment Day to raise awareness about the deteriorating environmental conditions and to promote environment conservation and protection
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Here's everything you need to know about this day
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United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is the global platform for environmental outreach that allows more than 143 countries to participate in this international event to aim for a sustainable world
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The UN General Assembly designated this day as World Environment Day at the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment in 1972
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UNEP was created as a resolution of the Stockholm Conference. World Environment Day was first celebrated in 1973 with the slogan "Only One Earth"
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In 2023, being hosted by Cote D'lvoire and supported by the Netherlands, the core theme of World Environment Day is to find solutions to plastic pollution under the campaign #BeatPlasticPollution
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According to the United Nations, over 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced worldwide every year. Only 10 percent of this plastic is recycled and an estimated 19-23 million tonnes of plastic ends up in lakes, rivers, seas, etc
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This year's theme #BeatPlasticPollution is to tackle the plastic pollution problem and urge various stakeholders to speed up their actions to solve the crisis