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🌍 More than 100 football fields worth of healthy land lost in Africa every ⏰ minute!
➡️ Dive into more findings from the new UNCCD Data Dashboard
📊🌱🔗data.unccd.int#United4Land
🌐Join @IPBES Online Stakeholder Dialogue!
Chance for registered reviewers to engage w/ authors of @IPBES#NexusAssessment.
Co-chairs & authors will present the draft report & answer questions.🗣️
📆18 Dec
🔗 Register to get link: ipbes.net/notification/live-…
Edible insects are an underutilized resource that can help meet our growing demands for nutritious food while caring for our planet.
Here are 3 reasons why edible insects should have a place on the menu 👇
Wetlands are disappearing! 🦆💧
According to @ramsarconv, nearly 90% of the world’s wetlands have been degraded since the 1700s, and we are losing wetlands three times faster than forests.
#Wetlands are vital #ForNature, people and our planet.🌍
#ActForWetlands
Artificial Light at Night pollution (ALAN) 💡 can damage our environment & its wildlife, and even affect human health ⚠️
Learn more about mitigation measures for environmental protection in the latest @SfEP Future Brief 👉 europa.eu/!V7NV4j#ZeroPollution#ForOurPlanet
Most crops depend, at least in part, on pollination.
Our world is made of an invisible web, & loss of species weakens this web as well as whole ecosystems.
Take #pollinators for example. Without them, most of our food wouldn't exist. #SaveTheBees
📢Calling #freshwater experts...
@IPBES is inviting reviews of two important draft reports:
1. Underlying causes of biodiversity loss & determinants of transformative change
2. Interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food & health
Sign up at ipbes.net/
Daunted by the >1000 pages of the @IPBES#InvasiveAlienSpecies report? Even the Summary is 52 pages!🤔
Dive into 4-page Factsheets to understand key elements.
2nd Factsheet on: The role of Business in the Management & Governance of Biological Invasions ➡️ipbes.net/ias
Every fraction of a degree matters!
To reach #ZeroClimateDisasters we must:
1️⃣stop the creation of new risks by rapidly reducing emissions
2️⃣ accelerate action on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction
undrr.org/zero-climate-disas…#COP28
Cities have a huge potential to provide a healthy productive environment for ALL who live in them.
We need to rethink our cities to reshape our future, starting from the way we grow & consume our food: bit.ly/3592sw2#GreenCities
Soil organic carbon sequestration is one of the most cost-effective options for:
✅ #ClimateChange adaptation & mitigation
✅ combating desertification
✅ fighting land degradation
✅ & achieving #FoodSecurity.
Protecting our #soils means protecting our planet!
♻️ How does plastic recycling work?
♻️ What do the numbers on plastic products mean?
♻️ Why aren’t we recycling more plastic?
We compiled some frequently asked questions about recycling to help you navigate this complex topic: go.undp.org/pHzx