World Environment Day

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World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5 June with the aim of making citizens around the world aware of the concerns of environmental pollution and raising awareness about the environment.

• Theme 2022

• This year's theme is 'Only One Earth - Living Sustainable in Harmony with Nature'.

• 50 years ago the slogan 'Only Earth' was first given at the Stockholm Conference of 1972.

• The 50th World Environment Day has been celebrated in the year 2022, which is hosted by Sweden.

• History of World Environment Day

• World Environment Day was first celebrated by the United Nations in 1972.

• Its celebration on a global scale began on 5 June 1974 in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, where an environmental conference was organised in the presence of 119 countries.

• It was during this conference that it was decided to celebrate World Environment Day on 5th June every year.

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