Wetlands are ecosystems where water is the primary factor controlling the environment and the associated plant and animal life. A broad definition of wetlands includes both freshwater and marine and coastal ecosystems such as all lakes and rivers, underground aquifers, swamps and marshes, wet grasslands, peatlands, oases, estuaries, deltas and tidal flats, mangroves and other...
Global Youth Environment Assembly (Global YEA) is a crucial platform that gathers young environmental enthusiasts and policy advocates from around the world to participate in policy discussions, knowledge-sharing, and the formulation of the Global Youth Declaration on Environment to be presented at the Sixth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA6). The 2024 edition of the...
MOSIP is pleased to officially announce MOSIP Connect 2024 to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in March 2024. This event will be the first of its kind for MOSIP, its stakeholders, partners, and colleagues to explore MOSIP-led digital transformation. The Modular Open Source Identity Platform (MOSIP) was established in 2018 to address the many...
International Day of Forests 2024 will be celebrated on the theme, ‘Forests and Innovation’. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 21 March as the International Day of Forests in 2012. The Day celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests. On each International Day of Forests, countries are encouraged to undertake...
The theme of World Water Day 2024 is ‘Water for Peace’. Water can create peace or spark conflict. When water is scarce or polluted, or when people struggle for access, tensions can rise. By cooperating on water, we can balance everyone’s water needs and help stabilize the world. Prosperity and peace rely on water. As...
International Day of Zero Waste aims to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns, support the societal shift towards circularity, and raise awareness about how zero-waste initiatives contribute to the advancement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. On 14 December 2022, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution proclaiming 30 March as International Day...
International Mother Earth Day provides an opportunity to raise global public awareness of the challenges to the well-being of the planet and all the life it supports. The Day also recognizes a collective responsibility, as called for in the 1992 Rio Declaration, to promote harmony with nature and the Earth, to achieve a just balance...
The UN celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity annually on 22 May. The Day aims to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. The UN designated the Day to increase recognition of the significant challenges human activities pose to biological diversity as well as the role of biodiversity as a global asset to future...
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. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 2024 World Environment Day global celebrations, with the theme focusing on...
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. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 2024 World Environment Day global celebrations, with the theme focusing on...
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. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will host the 2024 World Environment Day global celebrations, with the theme focusing on...
The International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was started in 1989, after a call by the United Nations General Assembly for a day to promote a global culture of risk-awareness and disaster reduction. Held every 13 October, the day celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters and raising awareness about...
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