April 22, The World celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day

 


Today, Thursday, April 22, 2021, the world celebrates Earth Day, in different atmospheres, as the Corona pandemic continues to spread, which makes there an urgent need to take action on climate change more than ever.

The UNEP emphasized that by the end of 2020, global carbon dioxide emissions should have decreased by 7.6%, and continued to decline by 7.6% each year in order to keep global warming below 1.5 ° C, according to the emissions gap report issued by the program United Nations Environment 2019.

Earth Day 2021 is not only the fiftieth anniversary of Earth Day, but also the anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreement for climate action. The Corona epidemic is a stark reminder of the weak capabilities of humans and the planet in the face of global threats.

Earth Day was celebrated for the first time in 1970, with about 20 million people gathering to express their anger and panic, to watch the large quantities of oil polluting the waters of the Pacific Ocean near the American coasts. As it was the largest civilian event on the planet at that time, it forced governments to take concrete measures, including passing environmental laws and establishing environmental agencies, to demand action on the crisis and to stop pollution.

In 2009, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution officially recognizing the International Mother Earth Day.

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