{"id":46431,"date":"2021-04-22T11:20:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T08:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=46431"},"modified":"2021-04-22T11:22:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T08:22:49","slug":"commit-to-restoring-the-planet-un-chief-says-in-message-for-international-mother-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/chief-editors-choice\/commit-to-restoring-the-planet-un-chief-says-in-message-for-international-mother-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Commit to restoring the planet, UN chief says in message for International Mother Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\"><p>UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called for commitment to restoring the planet, and to making peace with nature, in his message to mark International Mother Earth Day, celebrated annually on 22 April. This year\u2019s observation is taking place as the planet is at \u201ca tipping point\u201d, he said, as humanity continues to abuse the natural world. \u201cWe heedlessly plunder the Earth\u2019s resources, deplete its wildlife and treat air, land and seas as dumping grounds. Crucial ecosystems and food chains are being pushed to the brink of collapse\u201d, the UN chief stated. \u201cThis is suicidal. We must end our war on nature and nurse it back to health\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General said ending this war calls for \u201cbold climate action\u201d to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Stronger steps to protect biodiversity, and reducing pollution and waste, are also needed. Mr. Guterres assured that these steps will not only safeguard the planet, \u201cour only home\u201d, but will also create millions of new jobs. \u201cOn International Mother Earth Day, let us all commit to the hard work of restoring our planet and making peace with nature\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Day highlights the need to shift to a more sustainable economy that benefits both people and the planet. UNEP has developed a Climate Action Note, which provides data showing global progress towards meeting the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, signed by more than 190 countries. \u201cAs the climate emergency intensifies, the transition towards climate stability becomes increasingly critical. Progress will depend on countries and their ability to cover ground on their commitments under the Paris Agreement and eventually, their collective contributions to keep the global average temperature well below 2\u00b0C.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2021\/04\/1090262\">The UN\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has called for commitment to restoring the planet, and to making peace with nature, in his message to mark International Mother&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5612,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":null,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":null,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5594],"tags":[1352,1182,1357,4844],"class_list":["post-46431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chief-editors-choice","tag-earth-day","tag-nature","tag-sustainability","tag-the-united-nations","wpcat-5594-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/maapallo1.jpg?fit=120%2C120&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46432,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46431\/revisions\/46432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}