Greener lifestyles the focus when Sweden hosts World Environment Day 2022

World Environment Day is an annual UN international day. The 'Only One Earth' theme will focus on the need to live sustainably in harmony with nature, and our possibilities for shifting to a greener lifestyle through both policies and individual choices. 'Only One Earth' was also the motto for the UN's first conference on the human environment, the 1972 Stockholm Conference. The implication is that the Earth is still our only home, and that we must safeguard its resources. A range of activities will be linked to the theme.

"We are proud to host World Environment Day 2022. Sweden invites the countries of the world to participate in the celebrations and to organise activities and events. We want to highlight some of the most urgent environmental issues, as well as a number of Swedish initiatives and our role in international environmental action," says Minister for Environment and Climate Per Bolund.

The Government has already tasked the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency with organising and coordinating communication initiatives in Sweden ahead of World Environment Day, and with highlighting activities in Sweden that are linked to World Environment Day.