World Environment Day 2007

World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.

The World Environment Day slogan selected for 2007 is Melting Ice – a Hot Topic? In support of International Polar Year, the WED theme selected for 2007 focuses on the effects that climate change is having on polar ecosystems and communities, and the ensuing consequences around the world.

The main international celebrations of the World Environment Day 2007 will be held in Norway.
(Source: http://www.unep.org/wed/2007/english/)

U.S. Department of State Information

• 	Protecting the Environment: 30 Years of U.S. Progress An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State June 2005

  Fact Sheet: A New International Climate Change Framework
• U.S. Global Climate Change Policy
• International Polar Year
• USA: Energy Needs, Clean Development and Climate Change (PDF)
• U.S. Energy Agency Leads Effort To Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions
• Protecting the Environment: An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State, June 2005
• Clean Energy Solutions: An Electronic Journal of the U.S. Department of State, July 2006
• Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
• International Information Programs.  USINFO – Environment

UNEP Information

• Factsheet on Climate Change
• Polar Facts
• Message from Mr. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General
• World Environment Day 2007 booklet

Other Resources

• National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs
• United States Antarctic Program
• Vital Arctic Graphics - People and global heritage on our last wild shores
• Byrd Polar Research Center
• Norwegian Polar Institute