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05/06/2009 - World Environment Day

Today is World Environment Day!  The day is an initiative started which was started by the United Nations (UN) back in 1972.

Commemorated annually on the 5th of June, World Environment Day is one of the principal vehicles through which the UN promotes awareness of environmental issues and encourages political action. The day's agenda is to:

• Give a human face to environmental issues;
• Empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development;
• Promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues;
• Advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.

The theme for World Environment Day 2009 is 'Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change'. It reflects the urgency for nations to agree on a new deal at the crucial climate convention meeting in Copenhagen some 180 days later in the year, and the links with overcoming poverty and improved management of forests.

This year’s host is Mexico which reflects the growing role of the Latin American country in the fight against climate change, including its growing participation in the carbon markets.

Mexico is also a leading partner in UNEP's Billion Tree Campaign. The country, with the support of its President and people, has spearheaded the pledging and planting of some 25 per cent of the trees under the campaign. Accounting for around 1.5 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, the country is demonstrating its commitment to climate change on several fronts.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon states that the World Environment Day celebration will “further underline Mexico's determination to manage natural resources and deal with the most demanding challenge of the 21st century - climate change.”

For more information on World Environment Day and tips on what you can do to help, visit:

www.unep.org/wed/

You can do your bit to help this World Environment Day by following the UN's Twitter. For every follower they get, a tree will be planted.

www.twitter.com/UNEPandYou

For more environmental news and green tips, see our own ISO 14001 Twitter at

www.twitter.com/iso14001

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