Hari Lingkungan Hidup Sedunia (World Environment Day) dirayakan setiap tahun pada tanggal 5 Juni untuk meningkatkan kesadaran untuk mengambil langkah positif terkait dengan lingkungan hidup. Perayaan ini dilakukan oleh United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

United Nations Conference on the Human Environment dimulai pada tanggal sampai tanggal 16 Juni tahun 1972. Konferensi ini diselenggarakan oleh Majelis Umum PBB [1]. Hari Lingkungan Hidup Sedunia dirayakan pertama kali pada tahun 1973, dan setiap tahunnya dilaksanakan di kota yang berbeda dengan tema yang berganti setiap tahun.

Perayaan dari tahun ke tahun

Tema dan lokasi perayaan Hari Lingkungan Hidup Sedunia[2]:

Tahun Tema Lokasi
1974 Only One Earth Spokane, Amerika Serikat
1975 Human Settlements
1976 Water: Vital Resources for Life
1977 Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Soil Loss and Degradation
1978 Development Without Destruction
1979 Only One Future For Our Chidren
1980 A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction
1981 Ground Water: Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains
1982 Ten Years After Stockholm: Renewal of Environmental Concerns
1983 Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy
1984 Desertification
1985 Youth, Population, and Environment
1986 A Tree for Peace
1987 Environment and Shelter: More Than a Roof Nairobi, Kenya
1988 When People Put The Environment First, The Development Will Last Bangkok, Thailand
1989 Global Warming: Global Warning Brussels, Belgia
1990 Children and Environment Mexico City, Mexico
1991 Climate Change: Need For Global Partnership Stockholm, Swedia
1992 Only One Earth, Care and Share Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
1993 Poverty and the Environment - Breaking the Vicious Circle Beijing, Republik Rakyat China
1994 One Earth, One Family London, Inggris
1995 We the Peoples, United for the Global Environment Pretoria, Afrika Selatan
1996 Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home Istanbul, Turki
1997 For Life on Earth Seoul, Korea Selatan
1998 For Life on Earth - Save Our Seas Moskow, Rusia
1999 Our Earth, Our Future, Just Save It! Tokyo, Jepang
2000 The Environment Millenium - Time to Act Adelaide, Australia
2001 Connect with the World Wide Web of Life Torino, Italia dan Havana, Kuba
2002 Give Earth a Chance Shenzhen, Republik Rakyat China
2003 Water - Two Billion People Dying for It! Beirut, Lebanon
2004 Wanted! Seas and Oceans - Dead or Alive? Barcelona, Spanyol
2005 Green Cities - Plan for the Planet! San Fransisco, Amerika Serikat
2006 Desert and Desertification - Don't Desert Drylands! Aljir, Aljazair
2007 Melting Ice - A Hot Topic? Tromso, Norwegia
2008 Kick the Habit - Towards a Low Carbon Economy Wellington, Selandia Baru
2009 Your Planet Needs You - United to Combat Climate Change Mexico City, Mexico
2010 Many Species, One Planet, One Future Kigali, Rwanda
2011 Forest: Nature at Your Service New Delhi, India
2012 Green Economy: Does It Include You? Brasil
2013 Think, Eat, Save: Reduce Your Foodprint Mongolia

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