DALLAS, April 25 (Bernama-BUSINESS WIRE) — This Earth Day marks the 52nd anniversary of the first Earth Day celebrated in 1970. Mary Kay Inc. joins in celebrating the environment and all of the partnerships around the world working to invest in our planet and achieve the United Nations (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
A key component of tackling climate change and achieving the SDGs is dependent on ocean action. The ocean covers 70 percent of the Earth’s surface, is the planet’s largest biosphere, and is home to up to 80 percent of all life in the world. It generates 50 percent of the oxygen we need, absorbs 25 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions and captures 90 percent of the additional heat generated from those emissions.1