[Carbonstop Original] Please don't forget to celebrate the festival these days!

How much do Chinese people love festivals? We not only celebrate traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival, but we also embrace Western holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Easter. Still not satisfied? Then we create our own, like Singles' Day (11.11), Gossip Day (8.18), Cuteness Day (10.10), and Women's Day (3.8).

And the ultimate touch: if you find the right person, every day is Valentine's Day~~~

As a young person (social animal) with aspirations to make a big (sustainable) impact in the field of environmental protection and low-carbon development, I suggest that while we enjoy these festivals, we should not forget the serious issue of global warming.

February 2nd - World Wetlands Day

A quick search for "20200202" on a search engine reveals, "Civil Affairs Bureaus will be open on February 2nd for new couples." Well, congratulations to the newlyweds. (Is today's theme really about making couples happier?)

To get back on topic, on February 2, 1971, representatives from 18 countries signed the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat in Ramsar, Iran. To commemorate this initiative and raise public awareness of wetland conservation, the Standing Committee of the Ramsar Convention decided at its 19th meeting in March 1996 that starting from 1997, February 2nd would be designated as World Wetlands Day. This year's theme: Wetlands and Biodiversity—Wetlands Enrich Life.

March 12th - China Arbor Day

China's Arbor Day is set on March 12th each year, established to encourage people's enthusiasm for loving and planting forests, promote land greening, and protect the ecological environment upon which humans depend. On this day, governments, agencies, schools, and companies across the country respond to the call for afforestation by holding tree-planting ceremonies and engaging in tree-planting activities.

Each year, Carbonstop calculates the carbon emissions of the previous year and achieves carbon neutrality. This year, it also supported Ant Forest's Internet Tree Planting Day. For detailed carbon neutrality reports and related news, please visit the Carbonstop official account or website. (This is indeed a soft advertisement.)

March 22nd - World Water Day

At the "United Nations Water Conference" held in 1977, a severe warning was issued: water will soon become a profound social crisis, with the next crisis after oil being water. On January 18, 1993, the 47th session of the United Nations General Assembly made a resolution to designate March 22nd as "World Water Day" each year. The theme for World Water Day 2020 was "Water and Climate Change". The theme for China's commemoration of "World Water Day" and "China Water Week" was "Prioritize Water Conservation, Build Happy Rivers and Lakes".

A well-known fact: Earth's freshwater reserves account for only 2.53% of total water reserves. Due to technical and economic limitations, seawater, deep groundwater, and ice and snow solid freshwater are rarely directly utilized. The more easily accessible and exploitable freshwater resources, such as lakes, rivers, and shallow groundwater, account for only 0.34% of total freshwater reserves, less than one ten-thousandth of the total global water reserves. Freshwater resources on Earth are not abundant.

Closer to home, according to CNN and UN data: China is among the 13 most water-scarce countries in the world, with severe pollution. Three hundred million Chinese people lack access to clean water, and 70,000 die annually due to water shortages. The future drinking water gap is expected to be about 200 billion cubic meters. Water scarcity is no longer a distant cry.

A grain of sand in the era falls on everyone's head like a mountain.

Last Saturday of March, 8:30 PM local time - Earth Hour

Earth Hour is a global energy-saving event proposed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to address global climate change. It advocates that households and businesses turn off unnecessary lights and electrical appliances for one hour at 8:30 PM local time on the last Saturday of March each year (Earth Hour 2020 was on March 28th at 8:30 PM) to show support for climate action. Excessive carbon dioxide emissions have significantly threatened human survival on Earth. Only by changing global attitudes toward CO2 emissions can the impact of this threat on the world be mitigated.

Last year, the Earth Hour light-off ceremony and the "Living in Harmony with Nature" photo exhibition were held at the Beijing Olympic Tower, with Carbonstop (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd. invited to participate. That night, all promotional T-shirts used for the event were provided by Yingchuang and made from recycled materials, with Carbonstop involved in calculating their carbon reduction. WWF Jiang豚 Protection Ambassador Zhang Liangying, celebrity volunteer Peng Yubai, WWF celebrity volunteer Xu Weizhou, and other celebrity volunteers wore the promotional T-shirts whose carbon reduction was calculated by Carbonstop.

This year, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) hosted the "2020 Earth Hour (China)" themed light-off event online. The theme continued from 2019, "Living in Harmony with Nature," with the slogan "Speak Up for the Planet, in the Name of Life," calling on the public to pay attention to the relationship between global climate change and biodiversity.

April 22nd - Earth Day

Earth Day is a worldwide environmental protection activity. In 2009, the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly resolved to designate April 22nd as "Earth Day" each year. The aim is to raise awareness of protecting the Earth and our homes, promote the coordinated development of resource exploitation and environmental protection, and improve the overall environment of the Earth. China has been hosting Earth Day activities on April 22nd since the 1990s.

June 5th - World Environment Day

World Environment Day is observed on June 5th each year, reflecting the recognition and attitude of people around the world towards environmental issues and expressing humanity's aspiration for a better environment. It is one of the main channels through which the United Nations promotes global environmental awareness, raises government attention to environmental issues, and encourages action.

June 17th - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

On December 19, 1994, the 49th session of the United Nations General Assembly, based on the recommendation of the Second Committee, adopted Resolution 49/115, designating June 17th as "World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought" starting from 1995. The aim is to further raise awareness of the importance of combating desertification and to enhance the sense of responsibility and urgency among people worldwide.

September 16th - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

On January 23, 1995, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution designating September 16th as the "International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer" each year. This day commemorates the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on September 16, 1987, and calls on all contracting parties to take specific actions to commemorate this special day according to the objectives of the Protocol and its amendments.