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Montevideo, April 23rd 2026 - 05:36 UTC

Tag: Earth Day

  • Wednesday, April 22nd 2026 - 11:16 UTC

    Earth Day turns 55 with climate challenges still unresolved

    The institutional starting point was the UN Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm in 1972, which produced the first multilateral framework for environmental protection

    This April 22 marks the 55th anniversary of Earth Day, a date formally designated by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009 but rooted in 1970, when the environmental movement began to gain political traction in the United States and Europe. Half a century on, the global climate agenda has accumulated significant institutional advances, though commitments made continue to be debated in terms of their scope and implementation.

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  • Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 05:07 UTC

    Biden's climate summit starts on Mother Earth's Day

    “This is the decade in which we must make decisions that will avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis,” Biden said.

    US President Joseph Biden Thursday pledged to reduce his country's greenhouse gas emissions by at least half by 2030 during the opening speech of a virtual Climate Summit he convened featuring several world leaders and which is regarded as a preliminary encounter leading up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this coming November.

  • Saturday, March 27th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

    Biden invites Alberto Fernández to virtual Summit on Climate Change

    The Democrat Biden wants to hear “other voices.”

    United States President Joseph Biden has invited his Argentine colleague Alberto Fernández to take part in a virtual summit on climate change to take place between April 22 (Earth Day) and 23, it was announced.

  • Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 06:35 UTC

    UN chief urges governments to address climate change emergency, on 50th anniversary of Earth Day

    “On this Earth Day, all eyes are on the COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest test the world has faced since the Second World War,” Guterres said

    United Nations chief Antonio Guterres urged governments to use their economic responses to the coronavirus pandemic to tackle the “even deeper emergency” of climate change, in a message for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.

  • Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:11 UTC

    What is Earth Day, and what is it meant to accomplish?

    Earth Day is now a global event each year, and more than 1 billion people in 192 countries now take part in what is the largest civic-focused day of action in the world

    On April 22, 1970, millions of people took to the streets to protest the negative impacts of 150 years of industrial development.

  • Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:10 UTC

    Earth Day 2019: Protect our Species

    We must work together to protect endangered and threatened species: bees, coral, elephants, fgiraffes, insects, whales and more.

    “In nature, nothing exists alone.” — Rachel Carson, 1962<br />
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    Nature’s gifts to our planet are the millions of species that we know and love, and many more that remain to be discovered. Unfortunately, human beings have irrevocably upset the balance of nature and, as a result, the world is facing the greatest rate of extinction since we lost the dinosaurs more than 60 million years ago. But unlike the fate of the dinosaurs, the rapid extinction of species in our world today is the result of human activity.

  • Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 08:52 UTC

    UN message on International Mother Earth Day

    Climate change is one of the largest threats to sustainable development globally and is just one of many imbalances caused by the unsustainable actions of humankind

    Mother Earth is a common expression for the planet earth in a number of countries and regions, which reflects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other living species and the planet we all inhabit.

  • Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 07:56 UTC

    Ban Ki moon message on Mother Earth Day 2016: Trees for the Earth

    On this day, representatives of more than 170 countries are gathering at UN Headquarters in New York to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

    This year, Earth Day coincides with the signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, which takes place at UN Headquarters in New York. The Agreement was adopted by all 196 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at COP21 in Paris on 12 December 2015.

  • Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 07:49 UTC

    Di Caprio addresses the UN on Earth Day and to celebrate the Paris Agreement

    “We can congratulate each other, but it will mean absolutely nothing if you return home to your countries and fail to push beyond the promises of this historic agreement.”

    This year, the United Nations has decided to celebrate Earth Day, 22 April, in a very special way, by signing the Paris Agreement: a landmark climate change accord that came out of negotiations at the COP21 climate summit in Paris last December. This, of course, was extremely great news for climate advocates and ambassadors all over the world, including Oscar-winning actor and UN Messenger of Peace, Leonardo Di Caprio.

  • Wednesday, April 23rd 2014 - 05:18 UTC

    On Mother Earth Day, Ban Ki-moon calls for 'global transformation of attitude and practice'

    Action on climate change presents multiple opportunities to “reset our relationship” with Mother Earth

    On International Mother Earth Day, the United Nations is urging greater efforts to promote sustainable development and use of renewable energy sources, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealing for worldwide changes in attitude and practice to curb the negative impact of human activity on the planet.

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