Photo: Kusa Dogwood, Lois Barber
This year’s World Environment Day (WED) will be celebrated in Mongolia on June 5, 2013! The focus of this year’s celebrations is reducing food waste and loss.
Mongolia has been chosen to host the celebrations because of its efforts in shifting to a green economy in its major economic sectors, for instance in mining.
“Mongolia is facing enormous challenges, including growing pressure on food security, traditional nomadic herding and water supplies as a result of the impacts of climate change,” said UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner.
World Environment Day started in 1972 with a goal of raising awareness of the environment and as a way to encourage political attention. This year’s theme for the Day is “Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint.”
“I am sure that as the global host of WED, Mongolia, will demonstrate to the world that a transition to a green economy is possible, even within some of the most traditionally challenging industrial sectors, when leadership, vision, smart policies and political will are translated into action on the ground,” Mr. Steiner said.
It is also Mongolia’s mission to transition to a green economy in areas such as energy, land, and water.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=44202&Cr=green+economy&Cr1=#.UT07qnaAKaI
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