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7 videos not to
miss from 2017
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Of the more than
100 videos we produced in 2017, here are seven
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1. World Pangolin
Day
On 18 February, we marked
World Pangolin Day, which celebrates one of the
planet's most bizarre - and endangered -
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2. Launch of the
Clean Seas
campaign
In March, we launched the
Clean Seas campaign at an event on the beach in
Bali, Indonesia. The campaign is tackling the
global challenge of plastic pollution in our
oceans. |
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Launch of Young Champions of the Earth
In April, we launched
Young Champions of the Earth, an initiative that
aims to celebrate and support young people with
outstanding potential to create positive
environmental impact.
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4. World
Environment Day
For World Environment Day
on 5 June, UN Environment's Goodwill Ambassadors
Don Cheadle and Gisele Bünchen shared their
favourite spots in nature and encouraged everyone
to share the natural places that matter to
them. |
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5. The Minamata
Convention: getting rid of
mercury
Mercury has devastating
effects on human health and the environment. In
September, countries united to adopt the Minamata
Convention on Mercury to eliminate the use of the
toxic substance in every corner of the
world. |
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6. Lewis Pugh:
swimming the message
across
In November, Lewis Pugh,
UN Environment Patron of the Oceans, became the
first person to complete a long-distance swim in
the waters of South Georgia. His pioneering swim
was made to urge leaders to grant full
environmental protection for the Scotia Sea
surrounding South Georgia and the South Sandwich
Islands, one of the world's biodiversity
hotspots. |
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7. Champions of
the Earth gala dinner
In December, we honoured
seven new Champions of the Earth and celebrated
the inaugural class of Young Champions. The gala
evening was hosted by UN Environment Goodwill
Ambassadors Dia Mirza and Ellie
Goulding. |
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Nations Environment
Programme.
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