{"id":11623,"date":"2026-06-05T01:13:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11623"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T09:54:03","slug":"about-world-environment-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/about-world-environment-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Environment Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>World Environment Day Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Prime Minister of India extended his best wishes to everyone on World Environment Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About World Environment Day<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is observed <\/span><b>every year on June 5<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is led by the <\/span><b>United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an international day <\/span><b>dedicated to raising global awareness about environmental issues<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and encouraging individuals, organisations, and others to take a step towards protecting the planet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Historical Background<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Environment Day was <\/span><b>established in 1972<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UNEP was established in the same year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UN General Assembly officially <\/span><b>designated June 5 as World Environment Day.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was first celebrated in <\/span><b>1973 with the theme \u201cOnly One Earth,\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, a host nation spearheads the campaign, which raises awareness of a certain issue.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>World Environment Day 2026<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Theme:<\/b> <b>&#8220;Only One Earth&#8221;<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Host Country 2026:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year,<\/span><b> Azerbaijan<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highlights the planetary crises of climate change and ecosystem degradation and their interconnected impacts on people and nature.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2269146&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Environment Day is observed every year on June 5. Read more about World Environment Day 2026, History, Theme, Latest News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":49335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[7980],"class_list":{"0":"post-11623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-world-environment-day","9":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11623"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106892,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11623\/revisions\/106892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}