World Environment Day Themes and Host Countries

World Environment Day Themes and Host Countries: 1972-2024 as given in below tables;

World Environment Day Themes and Host Countries From Year 1972 to 1980.

Year	Theme	Host city
1972	Stockholm Conference on Human Environment	Stockholm, United Nations
1973	Only one Earth	Geneva, Switzerland
1974	Only one Earth	Spokane, US
1975	Human Settlements	Dhaka, Bangladesh
1976	Water: Vital Resource for Life	Ontario, Canada
1977	Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation	Sylhet, Bangaladesh
1978	Development Without Destruction	Sylhet, Bangaladesh
1979	Only One Future for Our Children – Development Without Destruction	Sylhet, Bangaladesh
1980	A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction	Sylhet, Bangaladesh

From Year 1981 to 1990.

1981	Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains	Sylhet, Bangaladesh
1982	Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns)	Dhaka, Bangladesh
1983	Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy	Sylhet, Bangaladesh
1984	Desertification	Rajshahi, Bangladesh
1985	Youth: Population and the Environment	Islamabad, Pakistan
1986	A Tree for Peace	Ontario, Canada
1987	Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof	Nairobi, Kenya
1988	When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last	Bangkok, Thailand
1989	Global Warming, Global Warning	Brussels, Belgium
1990	Children and the Environment	Mexico, Mexico

From Year 1991 to 2000.

1991	Climate Change : Need for Global Partnership	Stockholm, Sweden
1992	Only One Earth, Care and Share	Rio De Janerio, Brazil
1993	Poverty and the Environment – Breaking the Vicious Circle	Beijing, China
1994	One Earth One Family	London, UK
1995	We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment	Pretoria, South Africa
1996	Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home	Istanbul, Turkey
1997	For Life on Earth	Seou, Republic Of Korea
1998	For Life on Earth – Save Our Seas	Moscow, Russia
1999	Our Earth – Our Future – Just Save It!	Tokyo, Japan
2000	The Environment Millennium – Time to Act	Adelaide, Australia

From Year 2001 to 2010.

2001	Connect with the World Wide Web of Life	Torino, Italy And Havana, Cuba
2002	Give Earth a Chance	Shenzhen, China
2003	Water – Two Billion People are Dying for It!	Beirut, Lebanon
2004	Wanted! Seas and Oceans – Dead or Alive?	Barcelona, Spain
2005	Green Cities – Plant for the Planet!	San Francisco, US
2006	Deserts and Desertification – Don’t Desert Drylands!	Algiers, Algeria
2007	Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?	London, UK
2008	Kick The Habit – Towards A Low Carbon Economy	Wellington, Newzeland
2009	Your Planet Needs You – Unite to Combat Climate Change	Mexico, Mexico
2010	Many Species. One Planet. One Future	Rangpur, Bangladesh

From Year 2011 to 2023.

2011	Forests: Nature at your Service	Delhi, India
2012	Green Economy: Does it include you?	Brasilia, Brazil
2013	Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2014	Raise your voice, not the sea level	Bridgetown Barbados
2015	Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.	Rome, Italy
2016	Zero Tolerance for the Illegal Wildlife trade	Luanda, Angola
2017	Connecting People to Nature – in the city and on the land, from the poles to the equator	Ottawa, Canada
2018	Beat Plastic Pollution	New Delhi, India
2019	Beat Air Pollution	China
2020	Time For Nature	Colombia
2021	Ecosystem Restoration : Reimagine, Recreate, Restore	Pakistan
2022	Only One Earth	Sweden
2023	Solutions to Plastic Pollution	Republic of Côte d’Ivoire

World Environment Day Themes and Host Countries For the Year 2024.

2024

LAND RESTORATION, DESERTIFICATION & DROUGHT RESILIENCE

Saudi Arabia