“Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity” (Stockholm+50) will take place five decades after the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. The event will provide leaders with an opportunity to draw on 50 years of multilateral environmental action to achieve the bold and urgent action needed to secure a better future on a healthy planet.
About _ Stockholm+50
With UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
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His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden kicks off the #Stockholm50 Commemorative Moment, reminding us that we have the tools to make a healthier planet, and now is the time to use them
Fifty years since we first acknowledged the impact of development on the environment. “But we we don’t have another fifty years to turn development around” said King Carl Gustav of Sweden
Commemorative Moment dedicated to the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, held here in Stockholm from 5-16 June 1972.
“We do not have 50 more years to turn development around. The time is running out” ~ His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf
H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf reminds us that in 1972 thick, black smoke from industry was considered a sign of progress & proseperity. Not anymore
At #Stockholm+50 : The King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf: “You have the knowledge, you have the tools. Now, make it happen”
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The King said at his speech among other things:
"Fifty years ago, on June fifth in 1972, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment opened here in Stockholm, on invitation of the Swedish government. I was a young Crown Prince back then, and I attended the opening ceremony at the Royal Opera house together with my grandfather, King Gustaf Adolf.
Today, I am a grandfather myself. And I am very pleased to be here, at Stockholm +50, with my daughter, Crown Princess Victoria! (...)
For me, personally, the Conference was a starting point for a life long commitment to issues relating to the environment and nature conservation. An interest that I am pleased to share with my daughter, the Crown Princess, Advocate Emerita of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals."
The speech
H.M. Konungens tal vid FN-konferensen Stockholm +50 _ Kungahuset
Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, posted photos to his Twitter
"Honoured to have an audience with H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf, & Her Royal Highness, Crown Princess Victoria.
Commended the Swedish leadership on environment conservation & #climateaction."
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Court website, with good photos
Kungen och Kronprinsessan vid miljökonferensen Stockholm*+50 _ Kungahuset
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