World Environment Day 2024

June 5 is World Environment Day. Organized annually by the United Nations in 1973, World Environment Day is an international day that brings together people from more than 150 countries around the world to raise awareness of environmental issues and showcase green initiatives. This year's World Environment Day celebrations are organized by Saudi Arabia and the theme is land restoration, desertification and drought resilience.

In order to address some of these challenges, it is clear that changes in our habits and attitudes will be needed to help us live more sustainably. I also believe that innovation will play a key role in our goal of net zero, reviving ecosystems around the world and mitigating the effects of drought.

In the past few months alone, my colleagues have written about eco-tech innovations in a huge range of areas (no pun intended!) – from AI-powered precision herbicide spraying and carbon-neutral solar fuels to seaweed-based textiles and recyclable plastics themselves. from CO2. (Mairi Rudkin, more at lexology.com)