014[edit]

Theme:-'Small Islands and Climate Change',

Slogan:-'Raise Your Voice Not The Sea Level. And the hosting city for the campaign was Barbados.!

2013[edit]

Stage in front of the Brandenburg Gate on Environmental Festival 2011

World Environment Day 2011 in Donetsk, Ukraine

US Consul CG Yee, along with the Mayor of Thessaloniki Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, the Prefect of
Thessaloniki Panagiotis Psomiadis, and many others participating in World Environment Day on the waterfront,
Bike Path

Trees planting during the World Environment Day 2012 in Konso Ethiopia.
The 2013 theme for World Environment Day was Think.Eat.Save.[2]
The campaign addressed the huge annual wastage and losses in food, which, if conserved, would
release a large quantity of food as well as reduce the overall carbon footprint. The campaign aimed
to bring about awareness in countries with lifestyles resulting in food wastage. It also aimed to
empower people to make informed choices about the food they eat so as to reduce the overall
ecological impact due to the worldwide production of food. [2]

2012[edit]
The theme for the 2012 World Environment Day was Green Economy: Does it include you?[3]
The theme aimed to invite people to examine their activities and lifestyle and see how the concept of
a "Green Economy" fits into it. The host country for the year's celebrations was Brazil. [3]

2011[edit]
The theme for 2011 was Forests-Nature At Your Service. Thousands of activities were organized
worldwide, with beach clean-ups, concerts, exhibits, film festivals, community events and much
more. This year's global host, India, is a country of wide biodiversity.[4]

2010[edit]
'Many Species. One Planet. One Future', was the theme of 2010.
It celebrated the diversity of life on Earth as part of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity. It was
hosted in Rwanda. Thousands of activities were organized worldwide, with beach clean-ups,
concerts, exhibits, film festivals, community events and much more.[5] Each continent
(except Antarctica) had a "regional host city", the U.N. chose Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the host
for all North.[6]

2009[edit]
The theme for WED 2009 was 'Your Planet Needs You UNite to Combat Climate Change', and
Michael Jackson's 'Earth Song' was declared 'World Environment Day Song'. It was hosted in
Mexico.[7]

2008[edit]
The host for World Environment Day 2008 was New Zealand, with the main international
celebrations scheduled for Wellington. The slogan for 2008 was "CO2, Kick the Habit! Towards a Low
Carbon Economy." New Zealand was one of the first countries to pledge to achieve carbon
neutrality, and will also focus on forest management as a tool for reducing greenhouse gases.[8]
The Chicago Botanic Garden served as the North American host[9] for World Environment Day on 5
June 2008.

2007[edit]
The topic for World Environment Day for 2007 was "Melting Ice a Hot Topic?" During International
Polar Year, WED 2007 focused on the effects that climate change is having on polar ecosystems
and communities, on other ice- and snow-covered areas of the world, and the resulting global
impacts.
The main international celebrations of the WED 2007 were held in the city of Troms, Norway, a city
north of the Arctic Circle.[10]

2006[edit]
The topic for WED 2006 was Deserts and Desertification and the slogan was "Don't
desert drylands".
The slogan emphasised the importance of protecting drylands. The main international celebrations
of the World Environment Day 2006 were held in Algeria.

2005[edit]

Standard WED banners hung in San Francisco in May 2005.

The theme for the 2005 World Environment Day was "Green Cities" and the slogan was "Plan for the
Planet!".[11]

Host cities[edit]
World Environment Day celebrations have been (and will be) hosted in the following cities: [12]

Year Theme Host city

197 Spokane, United

Only one Earth during Expo '74
4 States

197
Human Settlements Dhaka, Bangladesh
5

197
Water: Vital Resource for Life Canada
6

197 Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil

Sylhet, Bangladesh
7 Degradation

197
Development Without Destruction Sylhet, Bangladesh
8

197 Only One Future for Our Children Development Without

Sylhet, Bangladesh
9 Destruction
198 A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without
Sylhet, Bangladesh
0 Destruction

198
Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains Sylhet, Bangladesh
1

198
Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns) Dhaka, Bangladesh
2

198
Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy Sylhet, Bangladesh
3

198
Desertification Rajshahi, Bangladesh
4

198
Youth: Population and the Environment Pakistan
5

198
A Tree for Peace Ontario, Canada
6

198
Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof Nairobi, Kenya
7

198
When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last Bangkok, Thailand
8

198
Global Warming; Global Warning Brussels, Belgium
9

199
Children and the Environment Mexico City, Mexico
0

199
Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership Stockholm, Sweden
1
199
Only One Earth, Care and Share Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2

199
Poverty and the Environment Breaking
3