Sunday, May 17, 2009

World Environment Day 2009 By ‘UNEP’

On Every 5th June United Nations Celebrate the World Environment Day (WED), it was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to stain the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.

World Environment Day - 5 June


Commemorated yearly on 5 June, WED is one of the major vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide alertness of the environment and enhances political notice and exploit. The day's plan is to:

  • Give a human face to environmental issues;
  • A people to become active agents of sustainable and Comparable development;
  • Promote an perceptive that communities are crucial to changing attitudes towards environmental problems;

The thesis for WED 2009 is 'Your Planet Needs You-Re-Unite to Combat Climate Change'. It gives shadow of the exigency for nations to agree on a new deal at the vital climate convention meeting in Copenhagen some 180 days later in the year, and the links with Forthcoming poverty and improved management of forests.

This year’s swarm is Mexico which reflects the mounting role of the Latin American country in the fight against climatic change, including its growing sharing in the carbon markets.

Mexico is also a leading partner in UNEP's Billion Tree Campaign. The country, with the hold of its President and people, has spearheaded the pledging and planting of some 25 per cent of the trees under the campaign. Accounting for around 1.5 % of world-wise greenhouse gas emissions, the country is signifying its commitment to climate change on several fronts.

Mexican President Mr.Felipe Calderon states that the WED commemoration will “further underline Mexico 's determination to administer natural resources and deal with the most demanding challenge of the 21st century – climate change.

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