地球日的由来及意义介绍

地球是人类的共同家园，然而，随着科学技术的发展和经济规模的扩大，全球环境状况在过去30年里持续恶化。以下是地球日的由来及意义介绍，欢迎阅读。

世界地球日的由来

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地球日是在环境污染日益严重的背景下产生的。世界地球日活动起源于美国。1970年4月22日，美国首次举行了声势浩大的“地球日”活动，这一天，全美有2000多万人，10000所中小学，2000所高等院校和2000个社区及各大团体参加了这次活动。人们通过举行集会、游行、宣讲和其他多种形式的宣传活动，呼吁所有人都行动起来，保护和拯救我们的地球。这是人类历史上第一次规模宏大的群众性环境保护运动。这次活动取得了极大成功，以后每年的“地球日”也都备受关注。这是人类有史以来第一次规模宏大的群众性环境保护运动。

作为人类现代环保运动的开端，“地球日”活动推动了多个国家环境法规的建立。1990年4月22日，全世界140多个国家、2亿多人同时在各地举行多种多样的环境保护宣传活动。这项活动得到了联合国的首肯。从此“地球日”成为“世界地球日”。

Earth day was created in the context of the growing environmental pollution. Earth day originated in the United States. On April 22, 1970, the United States for the first time held a huge "earth day" activities, on this day, in the United States has more than 2000, ten thousand people, 10000 primary and secondary schools, 2000 universities and 2000 communities and groups took part in this activity. People are calling on everyone to act, protect and save our planet by holding rallies, parades, speeches and other forms of propaganda. This is the first large-scale mass environmental protection movement in human history. The event has been a great success, and the annual earth day has been followed. This is the first large-scale mass environmental movement in human history.

As the beginning of the modern environmental movement, earth day has promoted the establishment of environmental laws and regulations in many countries. On April 22, 1990, more than 200 million people in more than 140 countries around the world held various environmental protection campaigns. The campaign was endorsed by the United Nations. Earth day became earth day.

世界地球日的意义

地球是人类的共同家园，然而，随着科学技术的发展和经济规模的扩大，全球环境状况在过去30年里持续恶化。有资料表明：自1860年有气象仪器观测记录以来，全球年平均温度升高了0.6摄氏度，最暖的13个年份均出现在1983年以后。20世纪80年代，全球每年受灾害影响的人数平均为1.47亿，而到了20世纪90年代，这一数字上升到2.11亿。目前世界上约有40%的人口严重缺水，如果这一趋势得不到遏制，在30年内，全球55%以上的人口将面临水荒。自然环境的"恶化也严重威胁着地球上的野生物种。如今全球12%的鸟类和四分之一的哺乳动物濒临灭绝，而过度捕捞已导致三分之一的鱼类资源枯竭。

世界地球日活动旨在唤起人类爱护地球、保护家园的意识，促进资源开发与环境保护的协调发展。从20世纪90年代起，中国在每年的4月22日都举办“世界地球日”宣传活动，并根据当年的情况确定活动主题。2008年，中国确定的“世界地球日”主题与“国际地球年”中国行动的宣传口号一样，即“认识地球，和谐发展”。其目的是向社会公众普及地学知识，加强全社会对地学的认识和有效利用，提高公众对资源国情的认识，实现人与自然和谐发展。

The earth is the common home of mankind. However, with the development of science and technology and the expansion of economic scale, the global environmental situation has deteriorated over the past 30 years. The data show that since the observation records of meteorological instruments in 1860, the global average temperature has increased by 0.6 degrees Celsius, and the warmest 13 years have occurred since 1983. In the 1980s, the average number of people affected by disasters in the world was 147 million per year, up from 21.1 million in the 1990s. About 40 per cent of the world"s population is seriously short of water, and if this trend is not curbed, more than 55 per cent of the world"s population will face water scarcity within 30 years. The deterioration of the natural environment is also a serious threat to the wild species on earth. Today, 12 percent of the world"s birds and a quarter of mammals are endangered, and overfishing has depleted a third of fish stocks.

The earth day campaign aims to arouse the awareness of human beings to love the earth and protect their homeland, and promote the coordinated development of resource development and environmental protection. Since the 1990s, China has held a "earth day" campaign on April 22 each year, and the theme of the event is determined according to the current situation. In 2008, the theme of "earth day" in China was the same as the slogan of "international earth year", namely "understanding the earth and developing harmoniously". The aim is to popularize the knowledge of earth science to the public, to strengthen the understanding and effective utilization of the whole society, to raise public awareness of the national conditions and to realize harmonious development between man and nature.