In March 2019, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring 2021–2030 the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. World Environment Day accelerated action on commitments, under the theme of "Our Land. Our Future. We are #GenerationRestoration."

Humanity cannot turn back time, but we can grow forests, revive water sources, and bring back soils. We are the generation that can make peace with land. This was the focus of this year’s World Environment Day. 

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Programme:

• Keynote speech by climate activist Xiye Bastida 
• Kiss the Ground screening (45 minutes) 
• Discussion and learnings from UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Advisory Board member Ayadi Mishra, UNEP's Deputy Director of the Ecosystems Division Bruno Pozzi, Kiss the Ground filmmaker Finian Makepeace and representative from the Children and Youth Major Group to UNEP Kartik Verma. 

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