Question

What was the theme of World Environment Day 2018?
1. Water Pollution
2. Air Pollution
3. Deforestation
4. Defeat plastic pollution

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Defeat plastic pollution

The correct answer is Defeat plastic pollution.

• World Environment Day is celebrated on the 5th June of every year. United Nations started it to spread awareness and action for the protection of our environment.
• The United Nations Assembly established World Environment Day in 1972, which was the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the human environment.
•  In 1974 the first WED was held with the theme "Only One Earth".
• The theme for 2018 is Beat plastic pollution or Defeat plastic pollution.

• United Nations (UN)
  • It was founded in 1945.
  • Members- 193
  • The Charter of the United Nations is the founding document of the United Nations.
  • It was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, US.
  • Purposes of UN:
    • To maintain international peace and security,
    • To develop friendly relations among nations,
    • To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems,
    • To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.
  • Secretary-General- António Guterres
  • Secretariat- New York City, USA

• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
  • It is the global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, promotes the implementation of the environmental dimension of sustainable development.
  • It serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.
  • Its mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and people to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations.
  • Headquarters- Nairobi, Kenya
  • Executive Director- Inger Andersen