FORUM: "Invest in Our Planet." International Mother Earth Day 2023.
The Earth Day 2023 theme is focused on engaging the more than 1 billion people, governments, institutions, and businesses who participate in Earth Day to recognize our collective responsibility and to Help accelerate the transition to an equitable, prosperous green economy for all. We are focused on reframing the conversation, accelerating action, and bringing everyone together to understand that this is within our reach if we work together. Follow the conversation with the hashtags; #Earthday, #Investinourearth, #22April.
Statement from the United Nations Secretary-General on International Mother Earth Day, April 22nd.
On International Mother Earth Day, we reflect on humanity’s most important relationship — our relationship with the natural world.
From the air we breathe to the water we drink to the soil that grows our food, humanity’s health depends on the health of Mother Earth.
Yet we seem hellbent on destruction. Our actions are laying waste to forests, jungles, farmland, wetlands, oceans, coral reefs, rivers, seas and lakes. Biodiversity is collapsing as million species teeter on the brink of extinction.
We must end these relentless and senseless wars on nature. We have the tools, the knowledge and the solutions. But, we must pick up the pace. We need accelerated climate action with deeper, faster emissions cuts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°Cs. We also need massively scaled-up investments in adaptation and resilience, particularly for the most vulnerable countries and communities who have done the least to cause the crisis.
Healthy ecosystems — from oceans and rivers to forests and prairies — are also critical in our fight against climate change. Let’s get to work to implement the historic United Nations biodiversity agreement to ensure that 30 per cent of Earth’s land and water is protected by 2030. At every step, Governments must lead the way. But, corporations, institutions and civil society also have a vital role.
Finally, we must learn from the time-won wisdom, knowledge and leadership of Indigenous Peoples, whose environmental stewardship stretches back millennia, and who hold many of the solutions to the world’s climate and biodiversity crises.
This Earth Day, I urge people everywhere to raise your voices — in your schools, workplaces and faith communities, and on social media platforms — and demand leaders make peace with nature. Let us all do our part to protect our common home for the sake of people and planet right now, and for the generations to come.
On International Mother Earth Day, we reflect on humanity’s most important relationship — our relationship with the natural world.
From the air we breathe to the water we drink to the soil that grows our food, humanity’s health depends on the health of Mother Earth.
Yet we seem hellbent on destruction. Our actions are laying waste to forests, jungles, farmland, wetlands, oceans, coral reefs, rivers, seas and lakes. Biodiversity is collapsing as million species teeter on the brink of extinction.
We must end these relentless and senseless wars on nature. We have the tools, the knowledge and the solutions. But, we must pick up the pace. We need accelerated climate action with deeper, faster emissions cuts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°Cs. We also need massively scaled-up investments in adaptation and resilience, particularly for the most vulnerable countries and communities who have done the least to cause the crisis.
Healthy ecosystems — from oceans and rivers to forests and prairies — are also critical in our fight against climate change. Let’s get to work to implement the historic United Nations biodiversity agreement to ensure that 30 per cent of Earth’s land and water is protected by 2030. At every step, Governments must lead the way. But, corporations, institutions and civil society also have a vital role.
Finally, we must learn from the time-won wisdom, knowledge and leadership of Indigenous Peoples, whose environmental stewardship stretches back millennia, and who hold many of the solutions to the world’s climate and biodiversity crises.
This Earth Day, I urge people everywhere to raise your voices — in your schools, workplaces and faith communities, and on social media platforms — and demand leaders make peace with nature. Let us all do our part to protect our common home for the sake of people and planet right now, and for the generations to come.
António Guterres, U.N.Secretary-General.
WORLDWIDE CELEBRATIONS:
The 2023 Earth Week will pioneer EARTHDAY.ORG’s farthest reaching efforts to date by amplifying inspiration and action worldwide from April 14th to April 22nd worldwide. Join us virtually for a series of Earth Day Lives or in person at one of our major events happening across each time zone.
Be a part of the solution. Build a brighter, greener, and more equitable future for generations to come. The time is NOW to Invest in Our Planet!
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