In 2009, the United Nations General Assembly decided to choose April 22 every year as Earth Day with the desire to encourage everyone around the world to understand the importance of and join hands to protect the values โโof the Earth. .
Up to now, Earth Day is widely held across countries and continents, including Vietnam, with different themes, aiming to solve the problems the Earth is facing.
Now let's join GREEN IN and click on each photo to discover the Earth Day message through the years!
2020: Climate action.
Climate change is one of the world's biggest challenges in the future. According to the United Nations, by the end of 2020, many countries must promote activities to implement national commitments signed in the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
Therefore, "Climate action" - "Action for climate" was chosen as the theme of Earth Day 2020, to call on people around the world to work together to carry out creative and innovative actions to reduce climate change. solve future climate problems.
2021: Restore Our Earth.
In the context of the world facing the Covid 19 pandemic, "Restore Our Earth" - "Restore our Earth" is the theme of Earth Day 2021 aimed at restoring normal life, restoring Economic recovery and Earth recovery.
The theme โRestoring Our Earthโ focuses on natural processes, asserting that green technology can restore the world's ecosystems. In this way, the theme rejects the notion that: mitigation or adaptation is the only way to solve the problem of climate change.
2022-2023: Invest In Our Planet.
The theme of Earth Day 2023 remains the same as 2022, which is "Invest in Our Planet". This theme aims to convey the message "In order to revive a dynamic and developed society, the most urgent thing now is to protect the Earth from pollution and keep a green, clean and beautiful environment."
For a green, prosperous and equitable future to become a reality, businesses, governments and societies must act to combat the climate crisis.
2024: Planet vs. Plastics.
The theme for this year's Earth Day is โPlanet vs. Plasticsโ โ โPlanet and Plasticโ, which calls on countries to reduce the production of all types of plastic by 60% by 2040.
Research by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) shows that each year the world produces 400 million tons of plastic, an estimated 79% is discharged into landfills or discharged into the environment, and 12% is burned in landfills. landfill and only 9% is recycled.
With the current level of plastic consumption and unimproved plastic waste management, by 2050, there will be about 12 billion tons of plastic waste in the world, causing environmental pollution.