| 5 June 2021 |
What not to
miss
World Environment
Day |
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| This week’s
World Environment Day celebrations include the
launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration, host country celebrations in
Pakistan and a packed week of events
worldwide. |
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World Environment Day
marks the official start of the UN Decade on
Ecosystem Restoration. Join a worldwide
celebration to reimagine, recreate and restore
our relationship with nature. Tune in to
watch a launch event to kickstart these next
ten, critical years together with inspiring
messages from world leaders, activists,
celebrities, musical performances and
premieres.
Featuring:
- Imran Khan,
Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Angela
Merkel, Chancellor of Germany
- Mia
Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados
- Felix-Antoine
Tshisekedi, Chairperson of the African
Union and President of the Democratic Republic
of Congo
- His Holiness Pope
Francis
- Antonio
Guterres, UN Secretary-General
- #GenerationRestoration
Dialogues between the heads of the Rio
Conventions – Elizabeth
Mrema (CBD), Ibrahim
Thiaw (UNCCD) and Patricia
Espinosa (UNFCCC) – with three young
influencers: Young Champion of the Earth Niria
Alicia Garcia, 9-year old
environmentalist and artist Romario
Valentine and actor, singer and UNEP
Goodwill Ambassador Alex
Rendell
- UNEP Global Goodwill Ambassador Gisele
Bündchen in conversation with ecologist
and film-maker John D.
Liu
- UN Messenger of Peace Dr. Jane
Goodall
- Exclusive musical performance by
Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Rocky
Dawuni, UNEP Regional Goodwill
Ambassador - Africa
- World premiere song by DJ Don
Diablo feat. Ty Dolla
$ign
and many more.
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| World Environment Day
2021 host country Pakistan is celebrating a
number of milestones: the completion of the
planting of a billion trees as part of its 10
billion Tree drive, taking up a large voluntary
pledge under the Bonn Challenge, a new Marine
Protected Area and an innovative announcement
around nature financing, including flotation of
the country’s first green
bond. |
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From mangrove
enthusiasts to finance experts, from tree
planters to world leaders and royalty: The world
is celebrating the launch of the UN Decade on
Ecosystem Restoration! Speakers include:
- Huang
Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and
Environment of the People’s Republic of China,
Host Government of CBD COP 15
- Yasmine
Fouad, Minister of Environment of
Egypt, President of CBD COP 14
- Lord Zac
Goldsmith (Minister for Pacific and the
Environment at the Foreign, Commonwealth &
Development Office (FCDO) and the Department for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), UK
Government)
- Albert II,
Prince of Monaco
- Bear
Grylls, TV Presenter, adventurer and
writer
- Ambassador Peter
Thomson, UN’s Special Envoy for the
Ocean
- Dr.
Mike, media personality, family
medicine physician
- Jack
Johnson, singer-songwriter
- Patti
Smith, musician author, poet
- Michael
Stipe, singer-songwriter
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| Have
you snapped for
#GenerationRestoration? |
| If we look at human
history, we are but a snap of the fingers – yet
we have altered the planet. We are also the ones
who can make peace with nature. So, get ready,
snap your fingers and show us: What will
you stand for? What will you
restore? |
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| Play
a game, restore the
planet |
| Scientists tell us we
only have ten more years to avert climate
catastrophe and a mass extinction. It's
ambitious, but possible. It's going to take
everyone. It's going to take you. Learn what you
can do to be part of #GenerationRestoration – in
a fun way! |
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| Want to use the World
Environment Day logo for a poster of your own or
share a social media visual to promote your very
own event? |
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| Get
involved and stay informed
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| Nature loss threatens global economy:
report |
| The ongoing loss of natural spaces,
including forests, has become a systemic risk
for the global economy, warns a new report from
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
and several partners. |
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| Pakistan’s Ten Billion Tree
Tsunami |
| As Pakistan prepares for World
Environment Day, on June 5, the country has
shown it is prepared to lead the way in
ecosystem restoration with its Ten Billion Tree
Tsunami Project. |
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| Becoming #GenerationRestoration
Ecosystem restoration for people, nature and
climate |
| To launch the UN Decade on Ecosystem
Restoration, UNEP has released this synthesis
report as a call to action for anyone and
everyone to join the #GenerationRestoration
movement to prevent, halt and reverse the
degradation of ecosystems
worldwide. |
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| In New York, urban gardens offer an
escape from city life |
| New York City is the densest
metropolitan area in the United States, making
the presence of green space ever more important.
Proximity to green spaces, such as community
gardens, public parks, and biking trails, help
boost mental and physical
health. |
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