Stockholm, 5 June 2022 - Individuals, communities, civil society, businesses and governments around the world today marked World Environment Day under the theme #OnlyOneEarth, with official celebrations held in Stockholm and host country Sweden announcing a ban on issuing new licenses for the extraction of coal, oil, and natural gas from 1 July this year to protect people and planet.
Hundreds of speakers attending Stockholm+50, have called for real commitment to urgently address global environmental concerns and for a just transition to sustainable economies that work for all people.
Fifty years after Sweden hosted the first-ever United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, and with the world facing a triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution, governments, civil society, young people and the private sector today gathered for an international meeting – Stockholm+50 – to spur urgent action for a healthy planet for the prosperity of all.
Recycled plastic gavel used to approve agreement to end plastic pollution, the most significant multilateral environmental agreement since the Paris Agreement.