Friday, April 19, 2024

Topic: World Environment Day

World Environment Day: “We are asking too much of our planet to maintain ways of life…”

“This planet is our only home”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day, to be marked this Sunday, warning that the Earth’s natural systems “cannot keep up with our demands”.  

Still time to reverse damage to ravaged ecosystems, declares UN chief, marking World Environment Day

Amidst the triple environmental threat of biodiversity loss, climate disruption and escalating pollution, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres launched “an unprecedented effort to heal the Earth”, on the eve of World Environment Day.