Jeju Island to host the World Environment Day in 2025

November 05, 2024

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Jeju Island will be home to World Environment Day in 2025, a UN-led program aimed at engaging people across the globe to protect and restore the Earth.⁠
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Held every year on the 5th of June, 2025’s World Environment Day will focus on ending plastic pollution and safeguarding the world’s oceans.⁠ ⁠
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Jeju’s Special Self-Governing Province has been recognised by the UN Environment Programme for its sustainability efforts.⁠ Most notably, it was the first province in the country to introduce a disposable cup deposit system.⁠
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Korea last hosted World Environment Day in 1997.⁠
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For more information, check below 👇

https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/press-release/republic-korea-selects-jeju-special-self-governing-province-venue?fbclid=IwY2xjawGeQpRleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHTG8_lhDl2AfGzQwm0dR91kMXJZVUCZGU_72ooCWPBdva1J2AJtar49FZw_aem_5JPqVhUfuCgH1bil_fSJOg
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