World Environment Day - Let us contribute to save the environment
Jangal Jayaram
Dear Friends of Coalition for Environmental Governance Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Friends of PAC and Friends of ANSA-SAR,
Warm Greetings from PAC - EnGG Bangalore!
Let us keep our world Clean and Green and Save Trees,Save the Environment!!
Let us contribute for making Clean India and Green India !
Happy World Environment Day
J.Jangal
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Parivelan K M
Commemorated every year on 5 June, World Environment Day is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The aim of the day is to:
1. Give a human face to environmental issues;
2. Empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development;
3. Promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues;
4. Advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.
The host for World Environment Day 2012 is the Federative Republic of Brazil. The theme is Green Economy: Does it include you?
UNEP defines a Green Economy as 'one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities.'
Practically speaking, a Green Economy is one whose growth in income and employment is driven by public and private investments that reduce carbon emissions and pollution, enhance energy and resource efficiency, and prevent the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services. These investments need to be catalyzed and supported by targeted public expenditure, policy reforms and regulation changes.
But what does all this mean for you? Well, if the Green Economy is about social equity and inclusiveness then technically it is all about you! The question therefore asks you to find out more about the Green Economy and assess whether, in your country, you are being included in it.
World Environment Day 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the event which was first established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. (Excerpts from UNEP)
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