{"id":11733,"date":"2020-04-21T13:03:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T11:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/news\/50-aniversario-dia-mundial-de-la-tierra\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:09:55","slug":"50-aniversario-dia-mundial-de-la-tierra","status":"publish","type":"edc_news","link":"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/50-aniversario-dia-mundial-de-la-tierra\/","title":{"rendered":"50 years of Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 22, 2020 marks 50 years of Earth Day in a context of COVID-19 pandemic\u00a0and global health crisis.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This edition of the Earth Day focuses on the role of biodiversity as an indicator of the Earth\u2019s health. It reminds us that we\u00a0need to shift to a more sustainable economy that works for both people and the planet.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harmonywithnatureun.org\/\">Let\u2019s promote harmony with nature and the Earth.<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impact of the coronavirus is now our priority, but the planet\u2019s unfolding environmental crisis is a second deep emergency. Biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide and climate disruption\u00a0 is approaching a point of no return.\u00a0It is estimated that around one million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction. Educating Cities have to take action to protect citizens from both the coronavirus and to tackle the loss of biodiversity and the threat of climate disruption.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/topics\/environment\/\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0you will find our selection of projects addressing energy saving, protection of natural spaces, sustainable mobility or promotion of sustainable consumption, among other topics.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Other useful resources:<\/b><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/earth-day\">International Mother Earth Day UN website<\/a><\/li>\n<li>IAEC Monograph <a href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/12\/angles-baixa.pdf\">&#8220;City, Environment and Education&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earth Day Network offers a wide range of activities and performances to celebrate the Day: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthday.org\">www.earthday.org<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/\">UN Environment Programme<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unhabitat.org\/\">UN-HABITAT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/\">ICLEI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/\">European Environment Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"featured_media":11734,"template":"","edc_news_cat":[2340,800],"edc_news_tag":[],"edc_minisite":[],"class_list":["post-11733","edc_news","type-edc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edc_news_cat-dia-internacional-2","edc_news_cat-international-day"],"acf":{"edcities_scope":["global"],"edcities_related_city":[],"edcities_related_network":[],"edcities_related_minisite":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>50 years of Earth Day - Edcities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edcities.whads.com\/en\/news\/50-aniversario-dia-mundial-de-la-tierra\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"50 years of Earth Day - Edcities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"April 22, 2020 marks 50 years of Earth Day in a context of COVID-19 pandemic\u00a0and global health crisis. 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