The World Environment Day is celebrated annually on the 5 June since 1972 at a Stockholm conference, when representatives of world community unanimously declared support for further strengthening international efforts for preserving and maintaining favorable balance for humans in the biosphere. Since then, this day is marked by attracting wide audiences to issues of the protection of the environment, developing and conducting activities in the field of environmental protection.

This slogan of this year’s World Environment Day is “Your Planet Needs You - UNite to Combat Climate Change”, reflecting upon urgent need to unite efforts for more decisive struggle against climate change. In particular, the countries have to achieve new agreements in climate change and its impact on human welfare around the globe.

The slogan “UNite to Combat Climate Change” is addressed to all people of the world, so that they support efforts in protecting the environment and combating climate change, and make a contribution to saving the planet. In particular, in the framework of a campaign devoted to the World Environment Day, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) distributed a list of tips, with little actions that everyone can do:

- plant more trees;
- clean the parks;
- save electricity;
- use energy efficient bulbs and appliances;
- use public transportation more and less private vehicles;
- rationally use water;
- decrease paper consumption;
- use less plastic bags and others.

Therefore, global commemoration of the World Environment Day aims to provide an opportunity to the people of the world to actively contribute to sustainable development, promote understanding of the fact that the driving force for altering approaches to issues of environmental protection is the society itself.

UN in Uzbekistan supports the efforts of Uzbekistan in protecting the environment. In particular, UNDP is implementing a number of projects for preserving the unique flora and fauna of Uzbekistan, promoting and using renewable energy, rational use of land and water, and decreasing the negative impact of human activity on the environment.

In a festive programme, there were performances of children’s artistic groups and popular performers. Arts competitions also generated a great deal of interest, the winners of which received commemorative prizes.