Know the Purpose and theme of WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 5th June
Celebration Date: June 5 every year
Established: By the United Nations in 1972 during the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment
First Observed: In 1974, with the theme "Only One Earth"
World Environment Day
YEAR-WISE THEMES
2025: "Beat Plastic Pollution" – Host Country: Republic of Korea
2024: "Our Land. Our Future. We are #GenerationRestoration" – Host Country: Saudi Arabia
2023: "Solutions to Plastic Pollution" – Host Country: Côte d'Ivoire
2022: "Only One Earth" – Host Country: Sweden
2021: "Ecosystem Restoration" – Host Country: Pakistan
2020: "Time for Nature" – Host Countries: Colombia and Germany
2019: "Beat Air Pollution" – Host Country: China
2018: "Beat Plastic Pollution" – Host Country: India
2017: "Connecting People to Nature – in the City and on the Land, from the Poles to the Equator" – Host Country: Canada
2016: "Go Wild for Life" – Host Country: Angola
2015: "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care" – Host Country: Italy
2014: "Raise Your Voice, Not the Sea Level" – Host Country: Barbados
2013: "Think. Eat. Save." – Host Country: Mongolia
2012: "Green Economy: Does it Include You?" – Host Country: Brazil
2011: "Forests: Nature at Your Service" – Host Country: India
2010: "Many Species. One Planet. One Future" – Host Country: Rwanda
2009: "Your Planet Needs You – UNite to Combat Climate Change" – Host Country: Mexico
2008: "CO₂ Kick the Habit" – Host Country: New Zealand
2007: "Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?" – Host Country: Norway
2006: "Deserts and Desertification – Don't Desert Drylands!" – Host Country: Algeria
2005: "Green Cities – Plan for the Planet!" – Host Country: United States
2004: "Wanted! Seas and Oceans – Dead or Alive?" – Host Country: Spain
2003: "Water – Two Billion People Are Dying for It!" – Host Country: Lebanon
2002: "Give Earth a Chance" – Host Country: China
2001: "Connect with the World Wide Web of Life" – Host Countries: Italy and Cuba
2000: "The Environment Millennium – Time to Act" – Host Country: Australia
1999: "Our Earth – Our Future – Just Save It!" – Host Country: Japan
1998: "For Life on Earth – Save Our Seas" – Host Country: Russia
1997: "For Life on Earth" – Host Country: South Korea
1996: "Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home" – Host Country: Turkey
1995: "We the Peoples – United for the Global Environment" – Host Country: South Africa
1994: "One Earth One Family" – Host Country: United Kingdom
1993: "Poverty and the Environment – Breaking the Vicious Circle" – Host Country: China
1992: "Only One Earth" – Host Country: Brazil
1991: "Global Warming" – Host Country: United States
1990: "Climate Change – Global Warming" – Host Country: Denmark
1989: "Global Warming" – Host Country: Denmark
1988: "The Greenhouse Effect" – Host Country: Denmark
1987: "The Ozone Layer – Protecting Our Life Support System" – Host Country: Canada
1986: "A Tree for Peace" – Host Country: Canada
1985: "Children and the Environment" – Host Country: Canada
1984: "Desertification" – Host Country: Canada
1983: "Environment and Population" – Host Country: Canada
1982: "Environment and Poverty" – Host Country: Canada
1981: "Our Natural Resources" – Host Country: Canada
1980: "Global Warming" – Host Country: Canada
1979: "The Environment and Man" – Host Country: Canada
1978: "Clean Air for a Healthy World" – Host Country: Canada
1977: "Caring for the Planet" – Host Country: Canada
1976: "Protecting Our Natural Heritage" – Host Country: Canada
1975: "Environment and Development" – Host Country: Canada
1974: "Only One Earth" – Host Country: United States (Spokane, Washington)
