There is only one Earth – and it needs to be protected, now.

A celebration of the natural world and what it brings, and a celebration of the activists that fight to keep it healthy.

People from across the globe are expected to come together on 5 June to mark World Environment Day, cleaning up beaches, planting trees and holding marches in an effort to revive what experts say is a planet on the precipice.

The Stockholm+50 environment conference came to a close on Friday with a call for real commitments to urgently address global environmental concerns, and for a just transition to sustainable economies, that work for all.

The recent Stockholm+50 environment meeting reiterated that all 17 SDGs rely on a healthy planet to avert the triple crises of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss.

Mental health support must be included in national responses to climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a new policy brief, launched on Friday at the Stockholm+50 environmental summit.

There’s no doubt that food loss and waste, has been undermining the sustainability of our food systems.

Specifically, we must support the global instrument to end plastic pollution by identifying policy and technology innovations that makes economic circularity practical and feasible.

As world leaders gathered in Stockholm, Sweden in 1972 for the UN Conference on the Human Environment, they were facing a planet in crisis.

The full story was originally published on 3 June 2022 on the Stockholm+50 site