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World Environment Day 2026DATE: 5 June 2026HISTORY: 54th World Environment DayHOST: Baku, AzerbaijanTHEME: Climate ActionHASHTAGS: #NowForClimate |#WorldEnvironmentDay
16 December 2025, Bangkok, Thailand
Osaka, 21 September 2025 – At Expo 2025 in Osaka, government leaders, city representatives, businesses, and civil society joined
Punta del Este, Uruguay, 20 June 2025 – In a major step toward addressing pollution and safeguarding human and environmental health, countries have agreed to establish a new global science-policy panel focused on chemicals, waste, and pollution prevention.
World Environment Day 2025 – #BeatPlasticPollutionWorld Environment Day in 2025 will focus on ending plastic pollution. The Republic of Korea will host the global celebrations.
7 April 2025 | Osaka, Japan
17–18 February 2025 | Osaka, Japan
Nairobi, 27 March 2025 – Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste 2025, events in Nairobi, New York and across the world have shone a spotlight on waste in the fashion and textiles industry, highlighting the environmental and social challenges of overproduction and overconsumption caused by the sector’s linear business model.
Global Dialogue & Youth Day: Circular Economy Model of Waste ManagementDate:Monday, 17th February – Tuesday, 18th February 2025: UNEP Global DialogueWednesday, 19th February 2025: Youth DayVenue: UNEP-IETC Office, Osaka, Japan
Event Report: Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai Theme Week Pre-event x “Inochi Forum” Action Panel “Protecting Our Planet and Future - Action Plastic PollutionDate: Sunday, September 29, 2024, 13:00-16:40Venue: Osaka University Nakanoshima Center, 5F Inochi Kyoiku Hiroba (4-3-53 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka City)
Circular waste management is a priority for West Asia 17 - 18 September 2024, Manama, Bahrain - A two-day technical meeting focused on extended producer responsibility (EPR) was held in Manama, bringing together participants from government authorities responsible for waste management across the West Asia region.
UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre (UNEP-IETC) has been actively engaged in raising awareness of gender issues in waste management.
The Speech of Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP at the
UNEP-IETC’s 30th Anniversary Event on 3 October 2022 in Osaka
Tennoji Zoo Event "Discover, Learn, Act! The relationship between animals and waste".
Have you ever come across the term "E-waste"?
Waste from cooking and production processes, unsold food, leftovers, food that went back in a refrigerator. If we pay attention, a lot of food waste is produced in our daily lives.
How clean is the air you're breathing today?
UNEP-IETC officer participated as a lecturer in the following two events held at Hankyu Department Store:
June 2023, UNEP International Environment Technology Centre celebrated World Environment Day by hosting a webinar and an event with Kaiyukan Aquarium in Osaka, Japan. The event aimed to raise awareness, inspire action, and mobilize individuals and organizations towards a zero-waste society.
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The mandate of IETC, as agreed in Decision 16/34 of UNEP Governing Council, is the transfer of environmentally sound technologies (EST) to developing countries and countries with economies in transition.