Riyadh - Sharikat Mubasher: Saudi Arabia is scheduled to host World Environment Day (WED) 2024 on 5 June at King Abdulaziz International Conference Center, in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Under the theme “Our Land, Our Future,” the event will be attended by several leaders, officials, experts, and specialists from various countries.

It will focus on land restoration, combating desertification, and ensuring drought resilience, emphasizing the need for global investment in nature conservation, land rehabilitation, and sustainable practices.

Highlighting the importance of local and global collaboration, the event aims to promote efforts to rehabilitate worldwide ecosystems to achieve sustainable development goals.

The WED 2024 will reinforce the G20 Global Land Initiative, launched during the Kingdom’s presidency of the G20 Summit in 2020.

It will call for effective global participation in the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, scheduled to convene in Riyadh this December.

According to the Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, hosting this global event reflects the Kingdom’s commitment to protecting the environment and promoting sustainable development, in conjunction with Vision 2030.

The ministry further affirmed that WED 2024 activities will boost Saudi Arabia’s efforts in land restoration and rehabilitation, showcasing the Kingdom’s initiatives in this respect at national, regional, and global levels.