• Restoring land, halting desertification and building drought resilience

  This year’s host is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a country making restoration efforts a priority.

• Latest news and updates

  Stay informed with details on what’s happening around the world.

• Get involved

  Register your event or activity, participate in the #GenerationRestoration challenge and more.

World Environment Day in 2023 focused on solutions to plastic pollution.

#BeatPlasticPollution

In 2022, the theme emphasized #OnlyOneEarth & need to bring people and nature back into balance.

In 2021, the theme called for global urgent action to revive our damaged ecosystems. #GenerationRestoration

Meanings of Environment

Descending from the Middle French preposition environ “around,” environment , in its most basic meaning, is “that which surrounds.” When preceded by the and unmodified, it usually refers to the natural world (“please don’t litter if you care about the environment”). In a less physical, more extended sense, it may signify the circumstances and conditions that make up everyday life (“He grew up in a loving environment.”) The word may also be applied in highly specialized ways, denoting, for example, “the position of a linguistic element” (“how g gets pronounced in Italian depends upon its phonetic environment”) or “a computer interface from which various tasks can be performed” (“the app works in varied environments“).