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This piece was originally published on 16 December 2021 and the latest update is based on UNEP's ActNow Speak Up! campaign.

World Environment Day can be traced back to a warm June in Stockholm, Sweden 50 years ago.

The world is in the midst of a climate emergency, with growing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions endangering human and environmental health.

Drive down the dusty roads of Jamaica’s rural Mount Airy district and one will see dozens of black water tanks, many connected with drainpipes to the rooftops of neighbouring houses.

The first images are visceral and unsettling: we see a dystopian landscape dominated by swirling storms, fires and eruptions that threaten to devour what little life remains on a dying planet.

There is only one Earth – and it needs to be protected, now.

In June 2021, on the margins of World Environment Day, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners launched the

As anyone who visits Egypt between the months of May to September can attest, the weather gets hot, often uncomfortably so.

On 5 June, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will air a special LIVE broadcast, to explore how World Environment Day 2022 is being celebrated around the globe.

Drive down the dusty roads of Jamaica’s rural Mount Airy district and one will see dozens of black water tanks, many connected with drainpipes to the rooftops of neighbouring houses.

https://youtu.be/qmxCcLBqixs

Ancient forests. Snow-capped mountain peaks. And towering waterfalls cascading down rocky slopes. China’s Shennongjia National Park is the stuff of legends, providing inspiration to thousands of years of Chinese poets, artists and authors.

People from across the globe are expected to come together on 5 June to mark World Environment Day, cleaning up beaches, planting trees and holding marches in an effort to revive what experts say is a planet on the precipice.

The year 2023 was a landmark one for the global governance of chemicals and waste, with negotiations on a science-policy panel for sound chemical management and talks on an 

People call me “the queen of waste,” said Suzan Kubheka Banda, a 44-year-old mother of three from Johannesburg, South Africa.

The year 2023 was a landmark one for the global governance of chemicals and waste, with negotiations on a science-policy panel for sound chemical management and talks on an 

As a single parent in her late 30s, Ganga Didi long worried about being able to provide for her child. Barely able to survive on her wages from cleaning office buildings in Kathmandu, she started looking for better opportunities. 

People call me “the queen of waste,” said Suzan Kubheka Banda, a 44-year-old mother of three from Johannesburg, South Africa.

For months last year, Florida’s beachgoers were plagued by rotting tangles of decaying seaweed that had washed ashore.