Thousands, including environmental advocates Gisele Bündchen, Rocky Dawuni, Antoinette Taus, Jack Johnston, Dia Mirza and Bertrand Piccard have counted their Earth Action Numbers.
What are yours? Register your action here, add them to the world map, and get a personalized social media card to inspire others to also take action.
#OnlyOneEarth calls for collective, transformative action on a global scale to celebrate, protect and restore our planet.
Take inspiration from the Only One Earth Practical Guide and work out how you can have the biggest impact.
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World Environment Day: Every Action Counts
To round off an exciting week of events and actions that have taken place under the slogan #OnlyOneEarth, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) tuned in to activities around the world to meet some of the people taking action for our planet.
Watch here.
Official ceremony from Sweden
As host for 2022, Sweden held the official World Environment Day ceremony at the Teknisa Museet in Stockholm. Sweden’s Minister for Climate and the Environment, Annika Strandhäll, UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen were in attendance.
Watch here.
In India, Global Live Movement launches for World Environment Day
To mark World Environment Day 2022, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Lifestyle for the Environment (LiFE) Movement' on 5 June.
Watch here.
Dia Mirza, the Indian actress and model and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador, has talked about the seven changes she has made to her life to be more sustainable.
On World Environment Day 2022, Mirza has said her actions include refusing all single-use plastic, taking short baths and eating a mainly plant-based diet.
For the complete list of actions, read the article here.
On World Environment Day 2022 join the Carbon Call to mobilize collective action to improve carbon accounting and reach net zero by 2050. Join the effort here.
The Carbon Call is an international effort to build a coalition to explore solutions for a reliable and interoperable global system of Non-State Actor GHG accounting. It will convene the leading organizations currently working on advancing the development of more universal accounting methodological standards, enabling the expansion of access to reliable GHG emissions and removal data, and supporting digital accounting infrastructures.
We can't fix what we can't measure. Find out more here.
WHAT: Celebrating World Environment Day
WHEN: Sunday 5 June
TIME: 6pm Brasilia- 5pm NY/ Toronto- 10pm London
LINK TO JOIN: www.Facebook.com/musiccrowns
Participate in this virtual experience with international musicians, diplomats, scientists, experts, and indigenous and youth activists.
We will join forces to raise awareness, inspire and educate the general public on Planet Earth’s Restoration programs and how to have a more harmonious approach to nature.
Three main goals for this initiative:
Current climate policies read like a Plan B. We would do well to remember there is no Planet B 🌍⏰ #OnlyOneEarth #WorldEnvironmentDay pic.twitter.com/n9vbGPyWKP
— Lewis Pugh (@LewisPugh) June 5, 2022
The Bhamla Foundation, a volunteer-driven non-governmental organization, will organize a cyclothon in Mumbai to promote greener forms of transport. Transportation systems in the Indian city largely rely on fossil fuels, contributing to air pollution, which is the greatest environmental threat to public health globally. Air pollution caused an estimated 14,000 deaths and $2 billion in economic losses in Mumbai last year, according to UNEP partner IQAir.
WATCH the interview from the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) special LIVE broadcast here.