International Mountain Day, celebrated since 2003, creates awareness about the importance of mountains to life, highlights the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and builds alliances that will bring positive change to mountain peoples and environments around the world. Mountains are home to 15% of the world´s population, and host...
World Environment Day
From the mountains to the ocean, healthcare solutions are all around usBy Inger Andersen, executive director, UN Environment Programme "You do not need to be a doctor to understand the links between a healthy environment and healthy people. Simply walk out into nature, breathe the fresh air, listen to the...
International Day of Forests
Forests play a key role in our lives. On International Day of Forests countries are encouraged to undertake efforts to organize activities for forests and trees, such as tree planting campaigns. For too long we have seen trees as purely functional or ornamental, objects in the backdrop or on the...
World Wildlife Day
Let us remind ourselves of our duty to preserve and sustainably use the vast variety of life on the planet. Let us push for a more caring, thoughtful and sustainable relationship with nature.António Guterres World Wildlife Day is a celebration of the beautiful variety of wild fauna and flora and...