PM shares a video expressing gratitude to mother earth on Earth Day

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World Earth Day

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has said that Earth Day is about expressing gratitude to Mother Earth for her kindness and reiterating our commitment to care for our planet. The Prime Minister also shared a video on the occasion.

The Prime Minister tweeted.

“#EarthDay is about expressing gratitude to Mother Earth for her kindness and reiterating our commitment to care for our planet.”

About World Earth Day

World Earth Day is observed every year on 22 April. Its aims to raise awareness and enhance support for environmental protection. Events are coordinated globally by EarthDay.org.  Theme for Theme of World Earth Day 2022 is “Invest In Our Planet”

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History of World Earth Day

In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day to honour the Earth and the concept of peace, to first be observed on March 21, 1970, the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. This day of nature’s equipoise was later sanctioned in a proclamation written by McConnell and signed by Secretary General U Thant at the United Nations. A month later, United States Senator Gaylord Nelson proposed the idea to hold a nationwide environmental teach-in on April 22, 1970.

The first Earth Day was focused on the United States. In 1990, Denis Hayes, the original national coordinator in 1970, took it international and organized events in 141 nations.

On Earth Day 2016, the landmark Paris Agreement was signed by the United States, the United Kingdom, China, and 120 other countries. This signing satisfied a key requirement for the entry into force of the historic draft climate protection treaty adopted by consensus of the 195 nations present at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.

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