A 40 years old anthology of climate change & actions our civilization took (Version 2022)

Since the official theme for 2022' Earth Day is Invest In Our Planet, here a story. The story of how our governments & businesses have adopted environment-friendly practices over the past 40 years.

Well, last month was Earth Day. Like most people probably didn’t give a s***t, we at Atlas didn’t write a Linkedin post about it, but we thought — beyond greenwashing or demagogy — of researching something a bit more interesting: since Earth Day has been around since 1970, we did an anthology, looking at actual actions taken by our civilization to cope with carbon induced climate change. We will produce this piece every year on Earth Day moving forward and track the progress.

Chernobyl was an appetizer… It is estimated that 100 million marine animals die each year from plastic… and this includes fish, mammals, and sea birds.

One study shows that the world's natural resources may run out in 2040 if the present trends continue. It is predicted that 8.3 million tons of plastic are being discarded into our oceans yearly. A year after the pandemic started, a study shows that an additional 8.4 million tons of plastics that were related to the pandemic were generated. 

Sustainability takes int…