Evolution of an idea: The idea of an International Year of Planet Earth was launched in 2000 at an IUGS Council meeting. Proclamation of an International Year was seen as a potentially powerful means of demonstrating how society could profit from the accumulated knowledge of the solid Earth as part of System Earth. Following a feasibility study, immediate support was provided by UNESCO’s Earth Science Division, making it a joint initiative by IUGS and UNESCO (Initiators). After broad consultation, it was decided in 2002 to seek proclamation of the International Year of Planet Earth by the General Assembly of the UN, with a view to providing the best possible exposure to national governments.
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