Earth Day 2016
On Friday, 22nd April, leaders from 160 countries will officially sign the Paris Climate Agreement on Earth Day 2016. The deal was thrashed out in Paris last December in order to stem global warming. The signing makes this year's Earth Day one of the most important in years, and the organisers will be attempting to build on the momentum created by last year's Paris Climate Summit. To mark the day, Google has designed a Doodle, one of many that it creates year after year.
The organisers behind Earth Day, which occurs annually on April 22, are hoping to use the 2016 celebration to plant 7.8 billion trees, divest from fossil fuels and make cities 100 per cent renewable.
"Let's take the momentum from the Paris Climate Summit and build on it," said the Earth Day organisers. "Let's start now. And let's not stop."
