World Environment Day – Sign the Pledge
What is World Environment Day?
Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and held annually on 5 June since 1973, World Environment Day is the largest global platform for environmental public outreach and is celebrated by millions of people across the world.
Theme for 2024 : Land restoration, desertification, and drought resilience
Grasslands, shrublands and savannahs cover approximately half of the world’s terrestrial surface. Distributed from Eurasia and Patagonia to Africa and Australia they are home to millions of people (un.org)
World Environment Day 2024 focuses on land restoration, halting desertification and building drought resilience under the slogan “Our land. Our future. We are #GenerationRestoration.” We cannot turn back time, but we can grow forests, revive water sources, and bring back soils. We are the generation that can make peace with land.
Land restoration is a key pillar of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030), a rallying call for the protection and revival of ecosystems all around the world, which is critical to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Let us all pledge a commitment to environmental protection and land restoration by Signing the Pledge
We are now encouraging students, staff, businesses and community to sign the Green pledge.
We believe you’ll join us to bring this change towards a sustainable future.
I will take individual action to help protect the environment.
I WILL STRIVE TO MAKE SUSTAINABLE USE of our natural environment so that no species will be threatened or disappear because of my actions. I will remind my friends, family and others about the importance of greening their daily actions in order to protect the nature essential for our future generations.
