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Dear Sir/Madam,

Theme:        “Air Pollution”

World Environment Day 2019 will be hosted by China, with a theme of “Air Pollution”. We can’t stop breathing, but we can do something about the quality of air that we breathe.

Approximately 7 million people worldwide die prematurely each year from air pollution, with about 4 million of these deaths occurring in Asia-Pacific. World Environment Day 2019 will urge governments, industry, communities, and individuals to come together to explore renewable energy and green technologies, and improve air quality in cities and regions across the world.

Air Pollution facts:

• 92 per cent of people worldwide do not breathe clean air
• Air pollution costs the global economy $5 trillion every year in welfare costs.
• Ground-level ozone pollution is expected to reduce staple crop yields by 26 per cent by 2030

As we Scouts work with 17 Sustainable Development Goals this comes under SDGS 13,14 and 15 (13 Climate Action, 14 Life below water and 15 Life on Land).

We request you to kindly take action on promoting to World Environment Day based on the theme and post you activity on scout.org under SDG 13, 14 and 15.

The reports of participation of Scouts/Guides in the World Environment Day on 5th June 2019 may kindly be sent to the National Headquarters by email to [email protected]

Thanking you,

Yours in Scouting,

OFFICIATING DIRECTOR