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The theme of this year's World Environment Day, held on 5 June, is solutions to plastic pollution and finding ways to #BeatPlasticPollution.

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An art project made entirely of rubbish will be launched on 5 June at the World Trade Center, New York to celebrate World Environment Day.

The project, known as Earth Poetica and supported by UNEP, is the work of artist Beverly Barkat and has taken her three years to prepare.

The take-make-waste plastic economy is at the core of the plastic pollution crisis.

Turning off the Tap, UNEP’s new report, highlights pathways to create a circular plastic economy to #BeatPlasticPollution.

The International Environment Technology Centre (IETC) part of UNEP, is holding a webinar around World Environment Day.

The webinar will look at ongoing initiatives and efforts aimed at addressing plastic waste problems, including innovative solutions, policies, and best practices. Speakers include representatives from the UNEP, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japanese private sector, as well as speakers from government and community organizations from various regions.

To sign up for the Webinar, which will be held via Zoom on 6 June at 10:00(EAT)/16:00(JST), visit this link .

A list of events being held across the globe for World Environment Day can be viewed on this interactive map. 

If you are hosting a World Environment Day event you can also register your event and promote it. 

The second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee will meet between 29 May and 2 June.

The Committee is meeting to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.

The meeting will take place at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters in Paris, France. 

Practical information for participants is available in the Information Note for Participants. 

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has issued key message around plastic pollution ahead of World Environment Day.

The UNEP FI connects the UNEP with financial institutions to shape sustainable financial agenda and convened a Finance Leadership Group on Plastics which came up with priorities to fight plastic pollution .

Transitioning to a circular economy for plastics is the most cost-effective way to #BeatPlasticPollution.

UNEP’s new report Turning off the Tap calls for acceleration of three market shifts to substantially reduce plastic pollution by 2040.

Ahead of World Environment Day the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched an explainer on plastic pollution.

The explainer 'What do plastics have to do with climate change?' looks at the plastics industry, the fastest-growing source of industrial greenhouse gases. It answers some of the most common questions around plastic pollution and climate change.

A music video by Great Steppe, a band from Kazakhstan, has been released ahead of World Environment Day.

The video focuses on the environmental damage caused by humans in the Aral Sea.