The World Environment Day

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Past 6 years Themes of the World Environment Day

• 2005 Green Cities – Plan for the Planet!• 2006 Deserts and Desertification - Don't Desert Dry

lands!• 2007 Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?• 2008 Kick The Habit - Towards A Low Carbon

Economy• 2009 Your Planet Needs You - UNite to Combat

Climate Change.• 2010 Many Species. One Planet. One Future

Environmental status2009

• The theme for WED 2009 is 'Your Planet Needs You - UNite to Combat Climate Change'. It reflects the urgency for nations to agree on a new deal at the crucial climate convention meeting in Copenhagen some 180 days later in the year, and the links with overcoming poverty and improved management of forests.

• WED 2009's host is Mexico which reflects the growing role of the Latin American country in the fight against climate change, including its growing participation in the carbon markets.

• Mexico is also a leading partner in UNEP's Billion Tree Campaign. The country, with the support of its President and people, has spearheaded the pledging and planting of some 25 per cent of the trees under the campaign. Accounting for around 1.5 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, the country is demonstrating its commitment to climate change on several fronts.

• Mexican President Felipe Calderón states that the WED celebration will "further underline Mexico's determination to manage natural resources and deal with the most demanding challenge of the 21st century – climate change."

• Pittsburgh, has been selected as the North American host city by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to join World Environment Day-2010.The theme of this year is "Many Species: One Planet, One Future." Highlighting theme "Biodiversity- Ecosystem Management and the Green Economy".

2010• Under the theme 'Many Species. One Planet. One

Future', this year's event will celebrate the incredible diversity of life on Earth as part of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.

• This year's global host, Rwanda – a country of exceptional biodiversity that has made huge strides on environmental protection – will lead the celebrations with three days of keynote events.

• Thousands of activities will also be organized worldwide, with beach clean-ups, concerts, exhibits, film festivals, community events and much more.[2]

Host cities for World Environment day since 2005

Year Host Cities2005 San Francisco, United States2006 Algiers, Algeria2007 Tromsø, Norway2008 Wellington, New Zealand2009 Mexico City, Mexico2010 Kigali, Rwanda

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