A music concert, featuring Julian Lennon and Julian Marley and the Uprising, is being held ahead of World Environment Day 2022 in Stockholm.

The concert held on 4 June is to celebrate the launch of "The Forest Plan," an ambition by Everlands to scale up forest conservation projects in critical hot spots across the world.

To join the concert, either in person or remotely, register here. Spaces are limited.

Ahead of World Environment Day 2022, a photobook has been launched to highlight and amplify nine stories of real-life female climate champions in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Vietnam.

The Re-Envision Resilience Virtual Photobook showcases the work of women fighting the climate crisis, with their stories acting as inspiration. The book encourages others to take urgent action in addressing climate change, promoting gender equality and ensuring inclusive recovery.

The book is part of a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and UN Women project entitled EmPower: Women for Climate Resilient Societies. The project is funded by the Swedish International Development Agency. Download the book here.

On 5 June, World Environment Day 2022, a huge cyclothon is being planned in Mumbai, India.

Residents will be urged to ditch their cars and use their bicycles to cut pollution, raise awareness of car-free days and fight the climate crisis.

Organised by the Bhamla Foundation in collaboration with the United Nations and the Ministry of Environment the event is held yearly on World Environment Day.

Thousands of cyclists are expected to gather and will follow a 10-kilometre route through the city.

The Stockholm Royal Seaport , an industrial area in the east of the city, has been undergoing a green revolution.

Over 12,000 new homes and 35,000 workplaces have replaced what was, until 2011, a decrepit industrial site. The housing is sustainable and the soil in the area has been treated to remove heavy chemicals and hazardous chemicals.

Read more on the transformation here.

Today, 22 May, is World Biodiversity Day, with the slogan “Building a shared future for all life.”

The Day, launched by the Convention on Biological Diversity, a partner of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), is action oriented and fits within the context of the UN Decade on Restoration.

For more information on how you can get involved visit the website here.

Ahead of World Environment Day 2022, the Financial Times has released an interactive game entitled ‘Can you reach net zero by 2050.’ Players of the game are presented with multiple-choice questions involving the climate crisis and how to battle it.  The game is complicated by the fact that players only have a certain number of points to spend and have to choose which options they take.

The game is based on real science and uses simulation and emissions modelling developed by the International Energy Agency (IEA). Players can choose to be one of four characters, from a teen activist to a politician when they play the game.

You can play the game here.

An international film festival, which starts on World Environment Day 2022 on 5 June and runs until June 12, will draw attention to environmental issues.

The Festival Cinemambiente will be held in Torino, Italy, but films can also be screened online. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is a partner of the festival.

As well as over 100 films, the festival will also host Q+A sessions with directors, exhibitions, book presentations and a concert by the Italian rock band Marlene Kuntz.

For more information on the festival, check out the webpage here (in Italian).

The world premiere of PLASTIK, a short film on beating plastic pollution, will premiere on 5 June, World Environment Day 2022.

Ahead of the film, which looks at the social implications of plastic pollution in the Asian context, a panel will meet on Facebook Live to discuss the film. The panel will include the film’s producer, sustainability advocates, representatives from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), SIDA and SEA Circular.

Sign up for the discussion and global premiere here.

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Religious leaders and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have come together ahead of World Environment Day 2022 to sign a landmark appeal on climate-responsible finance.

The Climate-Responsible Finance – A moral imperative and responsibility to all children and the living world appeal has been signed by the World Council of Churches (WCC), UNEP, the Muslim Council of Elders and the New York Board of Rabbis.

The appeal ensures that these organisations will only engage with financial institutions that are aligned with the Paris Agreement objective of limiting global warming to 1.5° C. The appeal also calls on financial service providers to require oil and gas companies to stop all new development or expansion projects.

Read the full text here. A webinar will provide capacity building around the appeal on 20 May at 15:00 CEST. Register here.

A webinar, to be held on 2 June during Stockholm+50 and just before World Environment Day 2022, will look at community-based forestry conservation.

Experts will talk about the successes and challenges they have had in using community-based conservation to stop deforestation in Kenya, the DRC, Colombia and Cambodia. Panellists will also discuss how REDD+ projects are working to protect threatened wildlife.

The webinar is free but space is limited, you can register here.