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STORY: UNEP / WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY
TRT: 4:15
SOURCE: UNEP
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / KOREAN / NATS
DATELINE: 5 JUNE 2025, JEJU ISLAND, REPUBLIC OF KOREA
1.Drone shot, Jeju Island
2. Wide shot, a Jeju clean up community event: “Beat plastic pollution.”
3. Various shots, Coast ofJeju Island
4. Med shot, Signage in Korean, marking World Environment Day 2025
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations:
This World Environment Day focuses on solutions to beat plastic pollution, and rightly so. Plastic pollution is choking our planet, harming ecosystems, wellbeing and the climate. Plastic waste clogs rivers, pollutes
the ocean and endangers wildlife, and it breaks down into smaller and smaller parts. It infiltrates every corner of Earth from the top of Mount Everest to the depths of the ocean, from human brains to human breast milk.”
6. Various shots, official World Environment Day ceremony, Jeju
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP):
“Ending plastic pollution is entirely possible. But we cannot lean back solely and only on recycling. Only adopting a circular approach across the full life cycle will ensure that plastic pollution stays out of our oceans, out of our soils, and out of our bodies. And that means that we need to rethink how we design, how we make, and how we use and reuse plastic.
8. Wide shot, official World Environment Day ceremony, Jeju
9. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Byounghwa, Vice Minister of Environment for the Republic of Korea:
“Industries, citizens and the global community are all key players in making this transition possible. Let us get out of our comfort zone and start acting together in any small ways possible. If we all join forces, we can make change. Thank you.”
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP):
“Governments and businesses have a key role to play here through investments and innovation in new approaches. But we can all contribute. The choices we make can help shape industries. The choices we make can help shape industries, shift markets and redefine our collective future. shift markets and redefine our collective future. So on this beautiful World Environment Day, let us all pledge to do what we can to end plastic pollution. Thank you.
11. Various shots, performances at the official World Environment Day ceremony, Jeju
12. Various shots, plastic pollution conference at the Jeju Convention Centre
13. Various shots, portraits, residents of Jeju in support of the environment
This year’s World Environment Day focuses on solutions to plastic pollution, spotlighting upstream actions like rethinking product design, promoting reuse systems, and embracing circularity.
The Republic of Korea is the official host - its second time leading the global celebration.
Jeju Province has been chosen as the host location. Home to Jeju Island, the province is aiming to become a Zero Waste Island by 2040. Through bold policies and innovative technologies, Jeju is working to drastically reduce plastic use and improve waste management systems.
World Environment Day is a platform for accelerating action. In 2025, it calls on everyone—governments, businesses, and individuals—to act now and #BeatPlasticPollution.
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