World Environment Day 2025: India marks 'One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution'; global host Jeju, Republic of Korea
World Environment Day was observed on 5 June 2025 under the global theme #BeatPlasticPollution hosted in Jeju, Republic of Korea, while India's national event at Bharat Mandapam ran under the slogan 'One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution'.
Summary
World Environment Day 2025 was marked on 5 June with official global celebrations in Jeju Province, Republic of Korea, under the UNEP-led theme #BeatPlasticPollution; it was the Republic of Korea's second time hosting the Day after 1997. In India, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change held the national event at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, under the slogan 'One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution', where Union Minister Bhupender Yadav urged Delhi residents not to use plastic carry bags below 120 microns and to avoid single-use plastics. Awards were presented to 21 winners of the Ideas4LiFE initiative across seven LiFE themes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi planted a sapling at Bhagwan Mahavir Vanasthali Park in Delhi under the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam initiative, as part of the Aravalli Green Wall project to reforest the Aravalli range spanning Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi, and also flagged off electric buses under a Delhi Government initiative.
Key facts
- Date
- 5 Jun 2025
- Global theme
- #BeatPlasticPollution (ending plastic pollution)
- Global host
- Jeju, Republic of Korea (second time, first in 1997)
- India slogan
- One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution
- India venue
- Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
- PM's plantation
- Bhagwan Mahavir Vanasthali Park, Delhi; Aravalli Green Wall project
- Ideas4LiFE
- 21 winners across seven LiFE themes
Practice MCQs 5 questions
Under which slogan did the Union Environment Ministry celebrate World Environment Day 2025 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi?
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Correct answer: B — One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change celebrated World Environment Day 2025 at Bharat Mandapam under the slogan 'One Nation, One Mission: End Plastic Pollution'.
Where were the official global celebrations of World Environment Day 2025 held?
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Correct answer: D — Jeju, Republic of Korea
The official global celebrations of World Environment Day 2025 were held in Jeju, Republic of Korea, under the theme #BeatPlasticPollution.
On World Environment Day 2025, PM Modi planted a sapling at Bhagwan Mahavir Vanasthali Park in Delhi as part of which project?
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Correct answer: A — Aravalli Green Wall project
The plantation was part of the effort to reforest the Aravalli range under the Aravalli Green Wall project; the range spans Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana and Delhi.
Consider the following statements about World Environment Day 2025: 1. Union Minister Bhupender Yadav urged Delhi residents not to use plastic carry bags below 120 microns in thickness. 2. 2025 was the first time the Republic of Korea hosted World Environment Day. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: A — 1 only
Statement 1 is correct: Bhupender Yadav urged citizens of Delhi not to use plastic carry bags below 120 microns. Statement 2 is incorrect: it was the Republic of Korea's second time hosting the Day, having first hosted it in 1997.
At the national World Environment Day 2025 event in New Delhi, awards were presented to how many winners of the Ideas4LiFE initiative?
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Correct answer: D — 21
Awards were presented to 21 winners of the Ideas4LiFE initiative across seven LiFE themes.