Editing Earth Day (section)

=== Earth Day 2015 ===
To recognize the 45th anniversary of Earth Day, the 2015 global theme was termed "It's Our Turn to Lead."<ref name="UNFCCC-2015">{{Cite web |title=Earth Day 2015: It's our turn to lead |url=https://unfccc.int/news/earth-day-2015-its-our-turn-to-lead |access-date=February 18, 2021 |website=UNFCCC}}/</ref>

That year, Earth Day was a part of the steady drumbeat towards Paris for the UNFCCC COP 21 climate talks that December. With a binding treaty on climate change expected from this conference, this is a pivotal year for the environmental movement. Earth Day Network's (EDN) campaigns focused on instigating environmental advocacy, as well as strengthening [[climate communication]] and education.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
 
EDN designed and executed four campaigns for its major constituencies: Green Cities, MobilizeU, Climate Education Week, and Faith Mobilization, all of which concentrated on the organization's theme: "It's Our Turn to Lead".{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
In addition, EDN hosted Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day,<ref name="USAID-2015">{{Cite web |title=Five Memorable Moments from Global Citizen 2015 Earth Day |url=https://blog.usaid.gov/2015/04/5-memorable-moments-from-global-citizen-2015-earth-day |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726164322/http://blog.usaid.gov/2015/04/5-memorable-moments-from-global-citizen-2015-earth-day/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 26, 2015 |website=USAID Impact}}</ref> in partnership with Global Poverty Project (GPP) on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This venue allowed EDN and GPP to inspire and activate a new generation of global activists. The event worked to establish the intersection between eradicating global poverty and stopping climate change. Earth Day Network worked directly with major partners to garner large-scale commitments to stop climate change.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}