World Earth Day 2021 trends on Twitter; Here’s the theme and significance of the day

On 22nd April,  the world celebrates 51st anniversary of International Mother Earth Day.

It’s a day when nations, international bodies, NGO’s, corporate bodies and every living being comes and boosts efforts towards the protection of Earth from environmental degradation.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been linked by many environmentalists to the continuous degradation of nature. Today the entire globe is celebrating Earth Day and are taking efforts to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic.

The theme of this year’s Earth Day as decided by the United Nations is ‘Restore Our Earth.’

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a statement on the occasion of International Earth Day that recovery of the whole planet from the COVID-19 pandemic was a chance to put the progress of Earth on a greener and more sustainable path. He also said that the world needed to shift to a more sustainable economic system that could sustain both the planet and its people in a beneficial manner.

Let’s take a look at how World Earth Day is being celebrated and how it is trending on Twitter:

 

Chitranshi Agarwal

Chitranshi Agarwal is a Journalism and Mass Communication graduate. She has worked as a Content Writer, Social Media handler and RJ. She is currently working as a journalist at USANewshour.com. She is reachable at chitra98ag@gmail.com.