Save Our Environment
World Environment Day,commemorated each year on 5June,is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.
TheWorld Environment Day slogan selected for 2007isMelting Ice-a Hot Topic?In support of International Polar Year,theWED themeselectedfor 2007focuses on the effects thatclimatechangeishaving on polar ecosystems and communities,and the ensuing consequences aroundtheworld.
Inresponse to the slogan and in light ofthe core work and keytask ofenvironmental protection in China,The State Environmental Protection Administration selected the ”Less Emission of Pollutants and the Environment-Friendly Society”as China’s slogan for 2007WEDtoshowcase the Chinese government and people’s determination andaction.
OnJune 5,2006,Bei-jing and Vancouver,host cities of the next Olympic Summer and Winter Games,and theUnited Nations Environment Program (UNEP) jointlycalled on car owners in the two cities to drive one day less in 2007tomark the World Environment Day.The Construction and Environment Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG)urged BOCOG staff to do their part in creating conditions for one more ”blue sky”in theChinesecapital.