World Environment Day 2022 Highlights: Policies over last 8 years sought to protect environment, says PM Modi

World Environment Day 2022 Highlights: All the policies introduced by the Centre over the last eight years have enabled environmental protection in some way, PM Narendra Modi said at an event organised by Isha Foundation. On the occasion of World Environment Day,  PM Modi hosted a session on ‘crafting a conscious planet’ with Sadhguru on Friday morning.

“Be it Swachh Bharat Mission or programs related to waste to wealth, construction of modern sewage treatment plants in cities under AMRUT mission, or campaign to get rid of single use plastic or Ganga cleanliness campaign under Namami Gange, India’s efforts to protect the environment have been multifaceted,” the prime minister said. The Centre is set to launch a global initiative called ‘LiFE Movement’ on Sunday evening. The movement was first introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, this year.

Led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5 every year to raise awareness about degrading environmental conditions and to encourage people globally to take positive environmental actions, to help create a better future. The theme for this year’s celebration is ‘Only One Earth.’ This was also the slogan for the 1972 conference in Stockholm, where the annual global event was first instituted on June 5.