Explainer: What is World Environment Day?

Photo caption: Millions of people from across the world participate in World Environment Day. Photo credit: Unsplash / Matthew Smith. Article by Douglas Broom. World Economic Forum – May 31, 2022.

• Humanity is using up the world’s resources faster than they can naturally recover, says the UN.
• World Environment Day, on 5 June, is a global event to celebrate and encourage action on the climate crisis.
• The cost of climate adaptation in developing nations is now estimated to be $500 billion a year.
• CO2 emissions will need to halve by 2030, the UN says, to avoid temperature rises of 2.7C and higher by the end of the century.

We’re running out of time to save our planet – using up the equivalent of 1.6 Earths to maintain our current way of life – and nature simply cannot keep up with our demands. That’s the message from the organizers of World Environment Day 2022 on 5 June. […]