World Environment Day celebrations have been hosted in the following cities Year Theme Host city 1974 Only one Earth during Expo 74 Spokane, United States 1975 Human Settlements 1976 Water: Vital Resource for Life 1977 Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation 1978 Development Without Destruction 1979 Only One Future for Our Children – Development Without Destruction 1980 A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction 1981 Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains 1982 Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns) 1983 Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy 1984 Desertification 1985 Youth: Population and the Environment 1986 A Tree for Peace 1987 Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof Nairobi, Kenya 1988 When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last Bangkok, Thailand 1989 Global Warming; Global Warning Brussels, Belgium 1990 Children and the Environment Mexico City, Mexico 1991 Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership Stockholm, Sweden 1992 Only One Earth, Care and Share Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1993 Poverty and the Environment – Breaking the Vicious Circle Beijing, Peoples Republic of China 1994 One Earth One Family London, United Kingdom 1995 We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment Pretoria, South Africa 1996 Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home Istanbul, Turkey 1997 For Life on Earth Seoul, Republic of Korea 1998 For Life on Earth – Save Our Seas Moscow, Russian Federation 1999 Our Earth – Our Future – Just Save It! Tokyo, Japan 2000 The Environment Millennium – Time to Act Adelaide, Australia 2001 Connect with the World Wide Web of Life Torino, Italy and Havana, Cuba 2002 Give Earth a Chance Shenzhen, Peoples Republic of China 2003 Water – Two Billion People are Dying for It! Beirut, Lebanon 2004 Wanted! Seas and Oceans – Dead or Alive? Barcelona, Spain 2005 Green Cities – Plan for the Planet! San Francisco, United States 2006 Deserts and Desertification – Dont Desert Drylands! Algiers, Algeria 2007 Melting Ice – a Hot Topic? Tromsø, Norway 2008 Kick The Habit – Towards A Low Carbon Economy Wellington, New Zealand 2009 Your Planet Needs You – UNite to Combat Climate Change Mexico City, Mexico 2010 Many Species. One Planet. One Future Kigali, Rwanda 2011 Forests: Nature at your Service New Delhi, India 2012 Green Economy: Does it include you? Brazil 2013 Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint Mongolia 2014 Raise your voice, not the sea level Barbados (in Lesser Antilles) @2015 One World, One Environment- India@
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