The document discusses Earth Day 2022 and calls on everyone - governments, businesses, and citizens - to take action on climate change by investing in our planet. It emphasizes that time is short to choose a prosperous and sustainable future. It encourages national and local governments to incentivize climate action, businesses to drive green innovation, and citizens to make their voices heard and hold others accountable through their actions.
The document discusses Earth Day 2022 and calls on everyone - governments, businesses, and citizens - to take action on climate change by investing in our planet. It emphasizes that time is short to choose a prosperous and sustainable future. It encourages national and local governments to incentivize climate action, businesses to drive green innovation, and citizens to make their voices heard and hold others accountable through their actions.
The document discusses Earth Day 2022 and calls on everyone - governments, businesses, and citizens - to take action on climate change by investing in our planet. It emphasizes that time is short to choose a prosperous and sustainable future. It encourages national and local governments to incentivize climate action, businesses to drive green innovation, and citizens to make their voices heard and hold others accountable through their actions.
business climate, the political climate, and how we take action on climate. Now is the time for the unstoppable courage to preserve and protect our health, our families, our livelihoods… together, we must Invest In Our Planet. Because a green future is a prosperous future. We need to act (boldly), innovate (broadly), and implement (equitably). It’s going to take all of us. All in. Businesses, governments, and citizens — everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable. A partnership for the planet. And while there is still time to solve the climate crisis, time to choose BOTH a prosperous and sustainable future, and time to restore nature and build a healthy planet for our children and their children, time is short. The theme for Earth Day 2022 will be “Invest in Our Planet.” Earth Day 2022 is focused on accelerating solutions to combat our greatest threat, climate change, and to activate everyone – governments, citizens, and businesses – to do their part. Everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable. As Individual citizens we have the simple yet effective power to make our voices heard. What each of us does, and how we do it, has a huge ripple effect on our ecosystems, and on the pace of corporate and government action. We are responsible for holding business, governments, and others accountable and to support their efforts when they get it right. How can we do that? National and local government officials can open new doors by incentivizing their citizens, businesses, and institutions to create and innovate. They can create a fair global economic system to implement these innovations and changes without giving up their role to advance and protect the public’s interests in this transition. LIKE OTHER ECONOMIC REVOLUTIONS, INVENTORS, INNOVATORS, BUSINESSES, AND INVESTORS ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO DRIVE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. IT IS TIME FOR THESE CHANGE AGENTS TO STEP IT UP. IT IS ALSO UP TO US TO REQUIRE THAT THEY CREATE VALUE BOTH FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR SOCIETY AS THEY DRIVE GREEN INNOVATION. Smart companies are discovering that it is no longer a choice between going green and growing long-term profits — sustainability is the path to prosperity. So for both humanitarian and business reasons, it is imperative that companies of all sizes take action and embrace the benefits of a green economy. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates When it comes to individual action for the common good, one of the best ways that people can make an impact for our planet is by cleaning up our public spaces. Our pollution problem is getting out of hand and our environment is suffering from it. Open landfills emit dangerous greenhouse gasses, waste and pollution that enter our oceans and freshwater. Microplastics even make it into our food and the air we breathe. One of the ways that you can #InvestInOurPlanet this Earth Day is to help clean up our public spaces. Our waste and pollution problem is getting out of hand, and our environment is suffering from it.