Enlighten Earth Day 2020

Earth Day, April 22, 2020

The theme for Earth Day 2020 is climate change. The enormous challenge — but also the vast opportunities — of action on climate change have distinguished the issue as the most pressing topic for the 50th anniversary.

Climate change represents the biggest challenge to the future of humanity and the life-support systems that make our world habitable.

For more information and digital activities that you can do it home go to: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/

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At the end of 2020, nations will be expected to increase their national commitments to the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. The time is now for citizens to call for greater global ambition to tackle our climate crisis.

Earth Day 2020 will be far more than a day. It must be a historic moment when citizens of the world rise up in a united call for the creativity, innovation, ambition, and bravery that we need to meet our climate crisis and seize the enormous opportunities of a zero-carbon future.

Greta Thunberg

Greta Thunberg is a teenage climate activist. For more than a year, she's been leading worldwide protests. On December 11, she was named Time's Person of the Year.

Every year, Time magazine selects a person or an idea that has done the most to influence the events of the year.

Thunberg, the youngest winner ever, said she was surprised and honored. She also said other young protestors deserve to share the award.

The 16-year-old Swede has become the face of a new generation of environmental activists, drawing large crowds with her appearances at protests and conferences over the past year and a half. Some have welcomed her work. Her speeches have challenged world leaders to do more to protect the environment.