{"id":11628,"date":"2019-06-04T11:13:01","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T09:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/world-environment-day-5-june\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T03:58:38","slug":"world-environment-day-5-june","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/world-environment-day-5-june\/","title":{"rendered":"World Environment Day &#8211;  5 June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each World Environment Day is organized around a theme that focuses on a particularly pressing environmental concern. The theme for 2019, \u201cBeat Air Pollution,\u201d is an action call to combat this global crisis. Chosen by this year\u2019s host, China, this year\u2019s topic invites us all to consider how we can change our everyday lives to reduce the amount of air pollution we produce, and thwart its contribution to global warming and its effects on our own health<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"World Environment Day 2019 - #BeatAirPollution\" width=\"1207\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1rkBl2KIKAo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a world that is more and more urban, cities have a great responsibility when it comes to time to achieving more a sustainable development that can satisfy the needs of current generations without compromising the capacity of future generations.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out selected experiences of our member cities regarding protection of natural spaces, sustainable mobility and consumption, recycling and participative management of urban gardens <a href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/topics\/environment\/\">here.<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may also be interested in our monograph <a href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/12\/angles-baixa.pdf\">City, Environment and Education.<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More information on the World Environment Day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/environmentday\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":11629,"template":"","edc_news_cat":[800],"edc_news_tag":[851],"edc_minisite":[],"class_list":["post-11628","edc_news","type-edc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edc_news_cat-international-day","edc_news_tag-environment"],"acf":{"edcities_scope":["global"],"edcities_related_city":[],"edcities_related_network":[],"edcities_related_minisite":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Environment Day - 5 June - Edcities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/world-environment-day-5-june\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Environment Day - 5 June - Edcities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each World Environment Day is organized around a theme that focuses on a particularly pressing environmental concern. 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