Earth Day 50th Anniversary Calls for Climate Action

Join the world’s largest environmental movement to drive transformative change for people and planet - this year, completely online.

Earth Day 50th Anniversary Calls for Climate Action

Visit the official Earth Day 2020 website for more information.

We share and support the Earth Day Network‘s stance on climate action:

On Earth Day, April 22, 2020, we have two crises: One is the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The other is a slowly building disaster for our climate.

We can, will and must solve both challenges. The world was not prepared for the novel coronavirus. But we still have time to prepare — in every part of the world — for the climate crisis.

The coronavirus pandemic does not shut us down. Instead, it reminds us of what’s at stake in our fight for the planet. If we don’t demand change to transform our planet and meet our climate crisis, our current state will become the new normal — a world where pandemics and extreme weather events span the globe, leaving already marginalized and vulnerable communities even more at risk. 

Image

In the latest op-ed for Project Syndicate our Presdient Daya Reddy and Patron Mary Robinson reiterated the need for decisive actions to tackle the existential challenge of climate change, rising to the same level of alertness and urgency as we did for COVID-19.

The pandemic has shown that governments can act swiftly and resolutely in a crisis, and that people are ready to change their behavior for the good of humanity.

Read the op-ed

VIEW ALL RELATED ITEMS

  • Disclaimer: The translations are automatically generated by Google Translate and may contain errors. The ISC is not liable for any damage or issues that may arise from these translations. You can provide your feedback by emailing us at webmaster@council.science
    Note: Please note that the ‘Science Summit at the UN General Assembly’ in September 2023 is not an event of the International Science Council. The International Science Council has no association with this event nor with the organizer of the event.
    • Skip to content