Friday June 5th is World Environment Day (WED). It is on this day annually The United Nations tries to stimulate international awareness of the environment and encourages political attention and action.

To honor UN World Environment Day ammado has established the “ammado World Environment Day Fund”  to support some of the non-profit organisations around the globe working to combat climate change, to conserve our precious environment or to alleviate the pain and suffering caused to those most affected by climate change.

These organisations are:

Oxfam Ireland

Terra! Italy

ECO Singapore

Deepwave, Germany

South Coast NRM Inc, Australia

Oceanus Onlus, Italy

Environmental Justice Foundation, UK

Wildlife Alliance, USA

From May 29 to June 15, the ammado homepage will be dedicated to World Environment Day, raising awareness through the voices of organisations on the frontline of environmental issues and encouraging donations to the ammado World Environment Day Fund.

Steve Trent, Director of The Environmental Justice Foundation has said that, "WED has a powerful role to play in bringing us all closer together to both understand and deal with the mounting environmental crisis we face in our shared, common environment."

A representative of Oxfam Ireland commented "We must all play our part in calling on governments to secure a strong, just global deal on climate change in 2009.World Environment Day is a time when we should make our voices heard".

“The most important meeting mankind has ever had”

 This December, 180 days after World Environment Day, the UN will hold the International Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. 2009 is a critical year for action by the international community to tackle climate change and this conference has been deemed"the most important meeting mankind has ever had" by Oxfam’s Campaigns Director, Thomas Schultz-Jagow

The theme for this year’s WED — 'Your Planet Needs You - UNite to Combat Climate Change' — reflects the urgent need of nations to collaborate for a safe and effective climate agreement in December.

In addition to the ammado World Environment Day Fund, the ammado "Combat Climate Change" community is a space where individuals and organisations can share useful and practical information about climate change and promote awareness of the many international awareness campaigns in the run-up to Copenhagen this December.

We hope this campaign is a huge success, please visit the WED Fund profile to donate or show your support. Thank you!