DATE: 2 June 2022; 13:00 – 14:30 CET

Registration link: Webinar Registration - Zoom

ABOUT

As part of a series of events to mark the recent World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) are hosting this discussion. It will shed light on the global detrimental impact of tobacco product waste on environment, economy, societies, human health, biodiversity and water bodies, and provide clarity on the policy concept of Extended Producer Responsibility and its practical application by presenting case studies.

Tobacco control experts and environmental advocates from around the world will join our roundtable discussion to connect the dots between Extended Producer Responsibility, tobacco industry liability and polluter pays principle.

Panelists will discuss policy options for mitigating tobacco product waste, which will include case studies from Kigali and San Francisco.

Today, 2 June, marks the start of Stockholm+50, a meeting to commemorate 50 years since the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment.

The 1972 conference led to the foundation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and 50 years of environmental activism.

Stockholm+50 will lead into World Environment Day 2022, held on 5 June. To read more about what to expect at Stockhom+50 read this article and for the full schedule of events go visit here.

Youth in Sweden are being given a platform to engage with politicians and decision-makers to help drive environmental policy.

The non-profit Framtidens röster has set up an expert panel of 30 sustainability and environmental leaders who will help coach young people on how to engage with decision-makers.

For the full story visit here.

The City of Stockholm will turn Sergels Square, in the centre of the city, green in celebration of Stockholm+50 and World Environment Day 2022.

Between 2 and 5 of June, the square will become a place for environmentalists and climate experts to meet and discuss issues related to the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste .

Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), will deliver a speech in the square on 5 June, World Environment Day.

The square will also host a garden, where visitors can learn more about biodiversity, and there will be events for children.

For more information, visit the City of Stockholm website here.  

In the universe, there are billions of galaxies. In our galaxy, there are billions of planets. But there is #OnlyOneEarth.

The World Environment Day 2022 campaign #OnlyOneEarth calls for collective, transformative action on a global scale to celebrate, protect and restore our planet.

Tell us here, what EARTH ACTIONS you are taking, receive a personalized social media card, and see your action on the globe.

Read and share the #OnlyOneEarth Practical Guide here for some great ideas of transformative actions that governments, cities, finance, organizations, education institutions, and individuals can take.

On World Environment Day 2022, Brussels, Belgium, will mark the occasion by illuminating the City Hall green.

The City Hall is in the iconic UNESCO protected Grand Place, right in the heart of the capital of Belgium.

The event, held on World Environment Day on the 5 June and supported by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), will draw representatives from the City of Brussels, the government of Belgium, the European Union, the UN and members of the diplomatic community.

If you are in Brussels and would like to attend the event, more information can be found here.

“She Talks Nature,” an online panel to be held on 5 June, World Environment Day 2022, will highlight the voices of women across the globe working for environmental conservation.

The all-women panel will discuss their personal stories, motivations and transformations in relation to environmental conservation.

The panel, which will draw women from diverse backgrounds and professions, will be held on 5 June at 1130am GMT, to register for the event visit here.

World No Tobacco Day 2022 will focus on the damage cigarettes do to the environment.

The event organised by the World Health Organization (WHO) and held annually on 31 May will this year be hosted under the theme “Tobacco’s threat to our environment.”

Ahead of World Environment Day 2022, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has renewed its collaboration with the WHO to highlight the impact cigarettes have on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste.

The tobacco industry has an annual greenhouse gas emission of 84 megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent. Around 200,000 hectares of land are cleared for tobacco growing each year and cigarette butts are also the most littered item worldwide. The industry also poses a major challenge to keeping the environment clean and free of plastic pollution.

For more information on tobacco and the environmental crisis visit here.

On 5 June, students in Beirut, Lebanon, will have the opportunity to learn all about the importance of World Environment Day.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will visit four schools and talk to Grade Two and Three students about the Day.

UNEP staff will produce a short video with the pupils highlighting the steps they will take to fight the climate crisis. The video will be shared on UNEP’s West Asia Instagram and Twitter channels.

Singer and songwriter Crystal Sky has self-released the song “Only One Home” to draw attention to the environmental crisis ahead of World Environment Day 2022.

Self-taught in guitar, piano and song writing, the musician from Ohio, America is also an environmental and disability advocate.

In the song “Only One Home” she sings “Together we can save it. Don’t waste it. Only one home,” echoing the theme of World Environment Day 2022 #onlyoneearth.

You can listen to Sky's song here.