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.
The Government of Canada has released a news release announcing its celebration of World Environment Day.
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An article entitled “The biodiversity crisis is a development crisis” penned by Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director, was published today in Spanish language in top newspapers in seven countries in Latin America.
Some have called the biodiversity loss a “silent crisis”. But make no mistake, biodiversity loss is devastating and with consequences as catastrophic as climate change. The biodiversity crisis is a development crisis, writes Andersen.
The biodiversity crisis has been unfolding for decades, as we, humans, have encroached into the natural world, fragmenting ecosystems and creating conditions for the faster spread of viruses between animal and human populations.
The COVID-19 pandemic, the greatest challenge humanity has faced since World War II, represents an unprecedented wake-up call: we need to recommit to the sustainable development goals and redraw our development model with nature firmly in mind.
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Join in the celebration of the Beethoven Pastoral Project with a live stream from the house in Bonn where Beethoven was born. Star violinist Daniel Hope will play a new composition exclusively for this live event, and Dirk Kaftan and the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn will play an excerpt from Beethoven's Sixth Symphony, the "Pastoral." In addition, the DW documentary "The Sound of Nature" will have its worldwide premiere.
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“En este día tan importante os comparto un antiguo texto Veda (India), de alrededor de 4.000 años”:
El nuevo ser humano encontrará su religión en la naturaleza
No en las estatuas muertas, sino en los árboles vivos, que bailan al viento.
Encontrará su religión con las estrellas.
Dialogará con la existencia tal y como es.
No vivirá con ideas abstractas.
Vivirá con realidades.
Su compromiso será con la naturaleza.
El nuevo ser humano leerá la sagrada escritura en la naturaleza.
Tratará de descifrar los misterios de la naturaleza.
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What: This virtual panel event has been rescheduled from the 2020 GreenThumb GrowTogether conference, and is now part of World Environment Day celebrations.
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Learn about the role that community gardens play in addressing climate change through biodiversity and sustainable gardening practices. Hear from community gardeners and local partners about ways that your community garden can introduce design principles, green infrastructure, native plants, and other strategies to enhance climate resiliency.
Moderator: Genea Foster (NYC Parks GreenThumb)
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When: 5 June 2020; 13.00 - 14.00 EST
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The International Olympic Committee reaffirms its commitment to building a healthier planet through sport in an article published today.
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What: The film Sharkwater Extinction follows filmmaker Rob Stewart as he exposes the massive illegal shark fin industry and the political corruption behind it. With a focus on sharks, it highlights biodiversity loss and its drivers including illegal wildlife trade and bycatch. It discusses the impacts of removing an apex predator from our interconnected web of life and raises public awareness on individual consumption as a driving force of biodiversity loss. A panel of international experts will discuss the loss of biodiversity illustrated in the film, exploring the drivers, such as illegal wildlife trade. The panel will also exchange their views on where solutions may lie and share what they are doing to halt biodiversity loss.
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