SHIBERGHAN, June 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – In line with the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in particular Sustainable Development Goal 13 ‘to take urgent action to combat climate change,’ World Environment Day is the biggest annual event for positive environmental action and takes place every June 5.
From bicycle marathons to school workshops, cleaning public spaces, planting trees, and other environmental activities, every little bit of effort helps to create awareness and take action, especially on an international scale.
In all corners of the world, locals have been mobilised to take part in several green actions targeting various audiences, with a particular focus on young people.
The initiative aimed at raising young people’s awareness of the need to take care of the environment we live in, using platforms appealing to youth such as blogs, videos, and music clips, to communicate on actions with tangible positive ecological effects.
Other activities are in progress in other parts of the globe, even with a cultural aspect, for example in Asia, via a photo exhibition on the effects of air pollution in Myanmar to raise awareness of the harm being done to the environment.
Afghans ride bicycles during a cycling event in Shiberghan city of Jawzjan province, Afghanistan on May 31. A group of people participated in the event.
World Environment Day falls on June 5 every year.– NNN-XINHUA
