It’s time to raise our voices to tell the world that we need action now.
This World Environment Day, it’s time for nature.
In the lead up to World Environment Day, we're featuring updates from United Nations System, from partners and from others helping to call attention to the fact that the future of humanity depends on action now.
What: This town hall will focus on how environmental governance will look in times of COVID19 and its recovery. It will show the reinforced conviction of young people to hold their governments accountable for steering economic reconstruction after COVID-19 according to environmental guidelines. The town hall will outline the thematic priorities of young people for UNEA-5 and their expectations when it comes to broader and structural involvement of children and youth in political processes.
It will be very interactive in nature and bring together experts and panelists from the UN system, member states, children & youth groups, Indigenous communities, the scientific community, and others. The session will be conducted in two rounds - the first focus is on recovering from the pandemic and how we #buildBackBetter to further strengthen the environmental movements. The second round will focus on how UNEA5 needs to deliver a clear message of action and implementation.
What: This dialogue will follow an action agenda first addressed at UNEA 4 and continued at the World Economic Forum in January 2020 to demonstrate the need for transformation of our food systems. It will help to inspire and build momentum for a coherent and collaborative approach to be developed at UNEA 5 that can feed into the UN Food Systems Summit with concrete examples and leadership actions to demonstrate that protecting and restoring nature is a central component of securing not only long-term food security but also viability and profitability of businesses, and the full implementation of the SDGs and meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement.
The townhall will address opportunities for transforming agriculture and food systems for public and private actors at UNEA 5. It will focus on highlighting experiences of nature-friendly practices, taking full account of food systems, food and nutrition security and livelihoods.
What: From 7-10 June 2020, the Act #ForNature Global Online Forum will bring together citizens, government and non-governmental organizations, businesses and scientific institutions from around the globe to engage in a series of open and inclusive discussions across a diverse range of topics from healthy ecosystems and marine plastics to global food systems, youth and more. It will build on the momentum created by World Environment Day on 5 June–a day that recognizes global change requires a global community; inspires positive change; and calls for collective, worldwide environmental action. The forum will pave the way for a successful UNEA-5, by building a compelling case for transformational change for nature and people in the context of the post-COVID-19 world.
The online forum will be led by UNEA President and Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment, Sveinung Rotevatn and UN Under-Secretary-General and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director, Inger Andersen.
What is Townhall 3 about?
Building on the strong political support of the past four sessions of the United Nations Environment Assembly and many expressions of the political will to support stronger global commitment on marine litter and microplastics over the past year, UNEA-5 comes at an important moment in time. Critical to this mission also is to provide a good science and evidence-base to inform policy-making. Data consolidation, source inventories and standardized methodologies – are needed to better understand the sources, pathways and impacts of litter in the marine environment.
This session, held in the context of the Bureau Meeting of UNEA 5, will attempt to address the question:
What actions should UNEA 5 take on marine plastic litter, and how can technology, finance and initiatives by stakeholders contribute to robust policy action in support of the ambition to eliminate all discharge of litter into the ocean in the long-term?
This year was a World Environment Day unlike any other; government leaders, scientists, celebrities and more came together for a virtual celebration and discussion, organized by the Government of Colombia) highlighting the complex environmental issues our planet faces. Looking at the world around us, it's apparent that now, more than ever, we need to act #ForNature.
Bogotá/Nairobi, 5 de junio de 2020.- Mientras las naciones del mundo se esfuerzan por contener la pandemia de la COVID-19, el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente de este año destacó la urgencia de cambiar radicalmente la relación de la humanidad con la naturaleza para preservar nuestras sociedades y prevenir futuras pandemias.
Celebrado el 5 de junio, el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente es el mayor evento anual de las Naciones Unidas para abogar por la acción ambiental y la necesidad de proteger nuestro planeta. Desde que se conmemoró por primera vez en 1974, el evento se ha convertido en una plataforma mundial para la divulgación pública sobre el medio ambiente en más de 100 países.
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The state of Puebla hosted today the virtual national celebration of World Environment Day in Mexico.
Puebla, known for its stunning views of the Popocatépetl volcano, harbors rich biodiversity. Within its territory, almost 400,000 hectares of natural areas are protected.
During the online event, organized along with the UNEP Office in Mexico, Governor Miguel Barbosa Huerta said that the state will continue to promote the defense of nature and that a greater investment will be made in environmental protection.
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Watch event: bit.ly/3gSOm6R
El Estado de Puebla albergó hoy la celebración nacional virtual del Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente en México.
Puebla, conocida por sus impresionantes vistas del volcán Popocatépetl, alberga una rica biodiversidad. Casi 400.000 hectáreas de áreas naturales están protegidas dentro de su territorio.
Durante el evento virtual, organizado junto con la Oficina del PNUMA en México, el gobernador de Puebla, Miguel Barbosa Huerta, dijo que el Gobierno continuará fomentando una cultura en defensa de la naturaleza y que se realizará una mayor inversión en esta materia.
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Ver transmisión: bit.ly/3gSOm6R
Travel to iconic locations across the world and discover the diversity of nature around them.
Ellie Goulding, United Kingdom: Nowhere is far enough to escape climate change. Every corner of the Earth is being affected.
Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia, Ricardo Lozano, Executive Director of UNEP, Inger Andersen and German Ambassador in Colombia, Peter Ptassek say the closing remarks for the closing session.
A news release today by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson announces over 60 conservation projects under development across the country. Funded through the Canada Nature Fund’s Target 1 Challenge initiative, these projects will conserve biodiversity, protect species at risk; and enhance the ecological integrity, connectivity, and size of Canada’s protected areas. The projects progress Canada closer to its goal of protecting 25 per cent of its lands and 25 per cent of its oceans by 2025.
Read the full release here.