EARTHDAY.ORG Announces Theme for
Earth Day 2023: Invest in Our Planet
For the First Time in its History,
EARTHDAY.ORG Continues Important Theme For A Second Year
EARTHDAY.ORG, the global organizer of Earth Day and the largest
recruiter of environmental movements worldwide, announced today the
theme for Earth Day 2023: Invest In Our Planet.
Acting as a continuation of this year’s well-received campaign, the
theme is focused on engaging governments, institutions, businesses,
and the more than 1 billion citizens who participate annually in Earth
Day to do their part — everyone accounted for, everyone
accountable.
“In 2023 we must come together again in partnership for the planet.
Businesses, governments, and civil society are equally responsible for
taking action against the climate crisis and lighting the spark to
accelerate change towards a green, prosperous, and equitable future.
We must join together in our fight for the green revolution, and for
the health of future generations. The time is now to Invest In Our
Planet,” said Kathleen Rogers, President of EARTHDAY.ORG.
Investing in a green economy is the only path to a healthy,
prosperous, and equitable future. Human influence is
unequivocally to blame for the warming of the planet and the sad truth
is some forms of climate disruption will be felt for centuries to
come. However, we must collectively push towards away from the dirty
fossil fuel economy and old technologies of centuries past — and
redirect attention to creating a 21st century economy that restores
the health of our planet, protects our species, and provides
opportunities for all.
Governments around the globe enacted many significant green policy
initiatives in 2022. Yet, nearly every country in the world is not on
track to meet Greenhouse gas (GHG) neutrality by 2050. It is possible
keep global warming below 1.5C, but immediate and significant action
is needed now, and governments can’t do it alone.
Unlike previous economic revolutions, this time there are two
additional imperatives: saving humanity from the climate crisis and
building green economies in every country so that everyone benefits
from this green revolution. This can only be done if we invest
in our planet’s future together.
Governments, businesses, and citizens are essential in harnessing
the revolutionary progress needed to save humanity from the climate
crisis. Overcoming climate change is within reach if we work together
to commit to action and invest in our planet and our collective
future.
- Businesses, inventors, investors, and financial markets must drive
value for their institutions and our society through green innovation
and practices. Like other economic revolutions, the private sector has
the power to drive the most significant change with both the necessary
scale and speed.
- Governments must incentivize their citizens, businesses, and
institutions to create and innovate, advancing the public’s interests
and creating the framework for an equitable and sustainable global
economic system. Ambitious action on green energy generates increased
energy security at a time where that has never been more important,
while also simultaneously creating the positive environmental outcomes
needed to tackle the climate crisis.
- Individual citizens must push for sustainable solutions across the
board as voters and consumers. Climate change mitigation, restoration,
and adaption require the collective will and voice of the people to
make the change the planet needs.
Like the industrial, space, and information revolutions of the
past, all sectors of society can and must play major roles in the
green revolution — this time with existential responsibilities to get
it right.
Together, we must Invest In Our Planet.
To learn more about the 2023 theme, visit https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2023/
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