World Environment Day Being Celebrated Today

World Environment Day is being celebrated today for raise awareness and take action on urgent environmental issues. It is a global event led by the United Nations to encourage awareness and action to protect the environment.

 

This day was initiated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 during the Stockholm Conference on the



Human Environment. To mark this event, the first World Environment Day was celebrated a year later, in 1973.

 

Since then, it has been celebrated every year on June 5th. It aims to raise awareness, promote action, and encourage global cooperation on environmental issues.