World Environment Day

• World Environment Day is celebrated every year on 5th June.

• India launched the 'Lifestyle Movement for the Environment' on this occasion.

• The United Nations Assembly established World Environment Day in 1972, the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.

• Every year the celebration of World Environment Day is organized with a specific theme and slogan which refers to the major environmental concern of the time.

• It is organized each year by a different country.

• Theme for the year 2022: Only OneEarth:

• This refers to the theme of the first World Environment Day in 1973.