The writing on the wall is clear. Especially in the year 2024. Unprecedented rising atmospheric temperatures, wildfires, water scarcity and floods, dust storms and cyclones in just the first six months of the year have proved that if there is anything that the world needs more than anything, it is to pay attention to the environment. It has also become clear that we need to pay attention to the environment not because it is our moral duty. Those reasons are now passe, almost.
Now we need to save the environment to save ourselves. The effects of climate change have finally come to affect the humankind. We well and clearly have a climate crisis on our hands. Heatwaves across south and southeast Asia, rains and floods in Brazil, the UAE, and Kenya, wildfires in Canada, tornadoes and storms in the US, cyclone in West Bengal and Bangladesh, are indicative of how we are turning a blind eye to our environment. And so, more than any other time in living history, we need to observe World Environment Day (WED), which falls on June 5. A day celebrated to encourage awareness and action for the protection of the environment, WED is supported by innumerable non-governmental organisations, businesses and government bodies, who support United Nations' initiative.
World Environment Day 2024
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