Editing Earth Day (section)

== Earth Day 2020–2030 ==
=== Earth Day 2020 ===
Earth Day 2020 is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hurley |first=Kimberlee |date=April 2, 2020 |title=Earth Day is 50. We have our work cut out for the next 50 years |url=https://www.sustainability-times.com/environmental-protection/earth-day-is-50-we-have-our-work-cut-out-for-the-next-50-years/ |access-date=April 22, 2020 |website=Sustainability Times |language=en-GB}}</ref> Celebrations included activities such as the Great Global CleanUp, Citizen Science, Advocacy, Education, and art.<ref name="Great Global CleanUp">{{Cite web |title=Great Global CleanUp |url=https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/greatglobalcleanup/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624192354/https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/greatglobalcleanup/ |archive-date=June 24, 2019 |access-date=October 14, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Earth Day 50th Anniversary">{{Cite press release |title=Earth Day 2020 |url=https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/ |website=Earth Day}}</ref><ref>{{Cite press release |title=Global Partners, Plans Underway For 50th Anniversary Of Earth Day |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-partners-plans-underway-for-50th-anniversary-of-earth-day-300633538.html |last1=Network |first1=Earth Day |website=www.prnewswire.com}}</ref> The theme for Earth Day 2020 was "[[Individual and political action on climate change|climate action]]".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Earth Dy 2020 |url=https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2020/ |website=earthday.org}}</ref> Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], many of the planned activities were moved online.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Laville |first=Sandra |date=April 2, 2020 |title=Earth Day goes digital to engage online gamers with environment issues |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/22/earth-day-bypasses-virus-with-journey-into-gaming-world |access-date=April 22, 2020 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Notably, a coalition of youth activist organized by the [[Future Coalition]] hosted [[Earth Day Live]], a three-day livestream commemorating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in the United States.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shaffer |first=Claire |date=April 1, 2020 |title='Earth Day Live' to Celebrate 50th Earth Day With Star-Studded Lineup |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/earth-day-live-984959/ |access-date=May 8, 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Celebratory activities centered around five components: citizen science, volunteering, community engagement, education, and the role of art in furthering the cause.

=== Earth Day 2021 ===
[[File:President Joe Biden at the Leaders Summit on Climate (02).jpg|thumb|[[Secretary-General of the United Nations|United Nations Secretary-General]] [[António Guterres]] addresses the Leaders' Summit on Climate]]
The Earth Day 2021 theme is Restore Our Earth and features five primary programs: The Canopy Project, Food and Environment, Climate Literacy, the Global Earth Challenge, and The Great Global CleanUp.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Earth Day 2021 |url=https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2021/ |access-date=March 18, 2021 |publisher=Earth Day}}</ref> During the week of Earth Day, earthday.org and lead organizers, Education International, Hip Hop Caucus, and Earth Uprising organized three separate parallel climate action summits on climate literacy, environmental justice, and youth-led climate-focused issues. Earthday.org also organized the second-annual Earth Day Live livestream event (April 22, 2021) featuring global activists, international leaders, and influencers.<ref name="YM1">{{Cite news |date=March 3, 2021 |title=Earthday.org and Global Partners Unite for Three Parallel Climate Summits |url=https://money.yahoo.com/earthday-org-global-partners-unite-172100024.html |access-date=March 29, 2021 |work=Yahoo! money|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422052402/https://money.yahoo.com/earthday-org-global-partners-unite-172100024.html |archive-date=April 22, 2021 }}</ref>

The Biden administration organized a [[2021 Leaders' Climate Summit]]. This virtual [[Zoom (software)|Zoom-like]] meeting featured 40 world leaders and dozens of speakers, including [[Pope Francis]], [[Xiye Bastida]], Danielle Merfeld, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, [[GE Renewable Energy]], Anna Borg, President and CEO, [[Vattenfall]], and Abdullah Subai, Minister of Municipality and Environment, [[Qatar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leaders Summit on Climate: Schedule |url=https://www.state.gov/leaders-summit-on-climate/schedule/ |access-date=April 23, 2021 |publisher=United States Department of State}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 2, 2021 |title=Earthday.org and Global Partners Unite for Three Parallel Climate Summits |url=https://eijournal.com/news/people-and-events/earthday-org-and-global-partners-unite-for-three-parallel-climate-summits |access-date=March 29, 2021 |work=EIJ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 26, 2021 |title=President Biden Invites 40 World Leaders to Leaders Summit on Climate |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/26/president-biden-invites-40-world-leaders-to-leaders-summit-on-climate/ |access-date=March 29, 2021 |website=The White House}}</ref>
[[File:Sure We Can Earthday clean 2021.jpg|thumb|Volunteers at [[Sure We Can]] clean McKibbin Street for Earth Day 2021]]

=== Earth Day 2022 ===
The Earth Day 2022 theme is Invest in Our Planet and features five primary programs: The Great Global Cleanup, Sustainable Fashion, Climate and Environmental Literacy, Canopy Project, Food and Environment, and the Global Earth Challenge.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 24, 2022 |title=Earth Day 2022 Invest in Our Planet |url=https://www.earthday.org/ |access-date=March 24, 2022 |publisher=earthday.org}}</ref> Earthday.org announced the continuation of the "Invest in our Planet" theme for 2023 and that more than one billion citizens participated in Earth Day 2022.<ref name="invest">{{Cite web |date=October 20, 2022 |title=Earthday.org Announces Theme For Earth Day 2023: 'Invest in Our Planet' |url=https://www.earthday.org/press-release/earthday-org-announces-theme-for-earth-day-2023-invest-in-our-planet/ |access-date=December 19, 2022 |publisher=earthday.org}}</ref>

=== Earth Day 2023 ===
[[File:Seaside-oregon-earth-day-cleanup-ocean-blue-project.jpg|thumb|2023 Beach Cleanup in Seaside, Oregon]]

The official theme for 2023 was "Invest In Our Planet"<ref name=invest/><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 22, 2023 |title=Earth Day 2023: Date, Theme, History And Significance Of This Day |url=https://www.ndtv.com/feature/earth-day-2023-date-theme-history-and-significance-of-this-day-3969814# |access-date=January 19, 2023 |publisher=NDTV}}</ref> On Earth Day 2023, a collection of images of Earth taken from various deep space distances in the [[Solar System]] was published.<ref name="MSH-20230422">{{Cite news |last=Kaufman |first=Mark |date=22 April 2023 |title=The farthest-away pictures of Earth ever taken – Our precious planet seen from deep space. |url=https://mashable.com/article/earth-pictures-images-from-space |access-date=22 April 2023 |work=[[Mashable]]}}</ref>

=== Earth Day 2024 ===
The theme for Earthday.org 2024 is Planet vs. Plastics and to mark that Earthday.org has called for a 60% global reduction in plastic production by 2040.<ref>{{Cite web |date=n.d. |title=Planet vs. Plastics |url=https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2024/ |access-date=January 19, 2024 |publisher=earthday.org}}</ref>

In November 2023, to bring public attention to the health threat that [[microplastics]] pose, earthday.org released its report Babies vs. Plastics, which collated some of the latest science on the subject. The Guardian newspaper carried an Op Ed about the report highlighting that it is the children of the Global South who are being the most impacted by exposure to microplastics.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Frias |first1=J.P.G.L. |last2=Nash |first2=Roisin |date=January 2019 |title=Microplastics: Finding a consensus on the definition |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X18307999 |journal=Marine Pollution Bulletin |volume=138 |pages=145–147 |bibcode=2019MarPB.138..145F |doi=10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.11.022 |pmid=30660255 |s2cid=58550075 |access-date=January 19, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 3, 2023 |title=The Global South is on the rise – but what exactly is the Global South? |url=https://theconversation.com/the-global-south-is-on-the-rise-but-what-exactly-is-the-global-south-207959 |access-date=January 19, 2023 |publisher=The Conservation}}</ref>

=== Earth Day 2025 ===
The Earth Day 2025 theme is Our Power, Our Planet.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Power, Our Planet |url=https://www.earthday.org/our-power-our-planet/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Earth Day |language=en}}</ref>