Earth Day
Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22,
worldwide. various events are held to demonstrate support for environmental
protection. First celebrated in 1970, Earth Day events in more than 193
countries are now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network. On Earth Day
2016, the landmark Paris Agreement was signed by the 120 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 UN
climate change Conference in Paris.In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace
activist John McConnell proposed a day to honor the Earth and the concept of
peace, to first be celebrated 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 UN. A month later a separate Earth Day was founded by United
States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in first held on April 22, 1970. Nelson was
later awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom award in recognition of his work. While this April 22 Earth Day was focused
on the United States, an organization launched by Denis Hayes, who was the original national
coordinator in 1970, took it international in 1990 and organized events in 141
nations.
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