China to host 2019 World Environment’s Day

BY SAMUEL NABWIISO

China will host the Global World Environment day celebration for 2019 which is scheduled to take place on the on 5 June 2019. This year’s celebration will be commemorated under the theme air pollution.

The Announcement was made today by the Chinese’s Vice  Minister for Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu,  and Joyce Msuya, the  Acting Head of UN Environment. The announcement comes as environment ministers from across the globe are participating in the world’s highest-level environmental forum in Nairobi.

UN Environment boss Joyce Msuya

“China will be a great global host of 2019’s World Environment Day celebrations. The country has demonstrated tremendous leadership in tackling air pollution domestically it can now help spur the world to greater action. Air pollution is a global emergency affecting everyone China will now be leading the push and stimulating global action to save millions of lives.” She explained during the Fourth UNEnvironment Assembly taking place in Nairobi.

The Nairobi meeting commenced on the 11^th-March 15^th 2019 and it has been running under the theme “Innovative Solutions for Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Consumption and Production”.

It’s estimated that approximately 7 million people worldwide die prematurely each year from air pollution, with about 4 million of these deaths occurring in Asia-Pacific, Africa. World Environment Day 2019 will urge governments, industry, communities, and individuals to come together to explore renewable energy and green technologies, and improve air quality in cities and regions across the world.

China with its growing green energy sector has emerged as a climate leader. The country owns half the world’s electric vehicles and 99 percent of the world’s electric buses. By hosting World Environment Day 2019, the Chinese government will be able to showcase its innovation and progress toward a cleaner environment.

According to a new UN report on air pollution in Asia and the Pacific, implementing 25 technology policies could see up to a 20 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide and a 45 per cent reduction in methane emissions globally, leading to a third of a degree Celsius saving of global warming.

World Environment Day is a UN Environment-led global event, which takes place on June 5 every year and is celebrated by thousands of community’s worldwide. Since it began in 1972, it has grown to become the single largest celebration of our environment each year.

The Chinese Minister said his Government has committed to organizing World Environment Day celebrations across multiple cities, with Hangzhou, in the province of Zhejiang, to host the main event. The day comes also at a time when least developing countries in Africa are also experiencing the challenge of Air pollution.

Hanghou city where the main event will be celebrated 

Most Countries are still using poor technologies in Industrial production  which ends up polluting  the Air in the Atmosphere other pollution comes from Agricultural inputs, poor Transport systems  which produces a lot of greenhouse gases  such as  Carbon dioxide among other dangerous gases .