Earth Day 2022: “Invest In Our Planet” to Combat Climate Crisis

The United Nations designated ‘International Mother Earth Day’, is celebrated annually on April 22 – as a call to citizens of the world to protect the environment, restore damaged ecosystems and live more sustainably. First celebrated in the year 1970, this year marks its 52nd anniversary. According to the UN, International Mother Earth Day is celebrated as a reminder that Earth and its ecosystems provide us with life and sustenance. It has played a key role in raising awareness on environmental and climate change issues.

As per the UN, the increasing number of climate change-driven events in the last decade has impacted millions of people. The oceans are filling up with plastic and turning more acidic, billions of people globally are experiencing extreme heat, tornado outbreak to wildfires, floods, and hurricanes. Even the Covid-19 pandemic is linked to the health of our ecosystem.

Since the 1880s, climate change and rising global temperatures have resulted in 8 to 9 inches of sea-level rise. However, the rate of rise has seen a sharp spike in recent decades. As per NASA, climate change will cause a rise in sea-levels by 2 to 6 feet by 2100, largely due to the ice melting in Greenland and Antarctica.

For International Earth Day 2022, the earthday.org has selected the theme – “Invest In Our Planet”. The organization urges a call to action to change it all – the business climate, political climate, and how we take action on climate.

Now, the climate crisis is on track to become the most far-reaching and catastrophic disasters the Earth has ever known. It will take more than a single initiative to curtail but the insurance industry is believed to be better suited to fuse science, economics and political muscle to devise lasting, and proactive solutions than any other.