Currently, the world's poorest people are the most adversely affected by #biodiversity loss and #ClimateChange.
If we tackle inequality as a part of #sustainability, we can achieve #SDG10. #HLPF2019
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#Biodiversity loss isn't just an #environmental issue—it's also a development, economic, social & moral issue.
The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment found that 80% of assessed targets under the #SDGs are undermined by negative trends in #nature and its contributions to people.
#HLPF2019
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"We will only succeed in protecting and restoring nature by empowering people, and we can only empower people by harnessing and investing in nature in ways that deliver truly equitable societies."
@WWFGovernance on #NatureBasedSolutions
#NatureInAllGoals
medium.com/@WWF/protecting-n…
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Nous sommes en direct!
Les experts et la secrétaire exécutive de l'@IPBES présentent les conclusions de l'évaluation mondiale devant la commission du #DeveloppementDurable de l'#AssembléeNationale 🇫🇷.
#GlobalAssessment @AN_DevDur
Diffusion par ici:
bit.ly/IPBES-AN
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At #HLPF2019 @WWF released a briefing on #NatureBasedSolutions working toward all of the #SustainableDevelopmentGoals.
Key message: nature is essential for achieving the #SDGs
See these sustainable solutions for every Goal:
wwf.panda.org/knowledge_hub/…
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What are #agroecological practices?
#Agroecology is key for sustainable production & consumption, and can also increases yields, productivity & profitability.
To fight #Biodiversity loss, #ClimateChange and #LandDegradation.
@buildresilience explains: resilience.org/stories/2019-…
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Aujourd’hui la secrétaire exécutive de l’@IPBES Anne Larigauderie est à l'#AssembléeNationale 🇫🇷 avec @YannWehrling et deux experts de l’évaluation mondiale!
#GlobalAssessment @AN_DevDur
Vous pouvez écouter leur audition en direct à 17h:
videos.assemblee-nationale.f…
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New study in @GlobalChangeBio calls for agricultural crop diversity, #biodiversity support such as connected habitats for #insects & #pollinators.
Insect population loss or extinction would directly impact crop harvests, food security & local livelihoods
eurekalert.org/pub_releases/…
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It is a common but factually incorrect belief that the only significant risk of extinction is on islands - there was an historical wave of island extinctions but today mainland species are increasingly at risk. See Q&A 9 here ipbes.net/news/million-threa…
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Demain à 17h: Accompagné de @YannWehrling, l’@IPBES présente les conclusions de l’évaluation mondiale devant la @AN_DevDur du #Parlementfrançais.
La secrétaire exécutive Anne Larigauderie sera en compagnie des experts du #GlobalAssessment.
En direct:
videos.assemblee-nationale.f…
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"Quietly but steadily, the most important environmental treaty that most people have never heard of is taking shape."
@WPReview outlines the significance of the drafted @UN #HighSeas Treaty seeking to protect marine #biodiversity.
#BBNJ #UNCLOS
worldpoliticsreview.com/arti…
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Should we try to put a price on birdsong?
A £1.6m investment by Dragon Capital & @UniofExeter will explore how economics can help protect the #environment by placing economic values on #biodiversity, creating Chair in Biodiversity Economics Professorship
phys.org/wire-news/323662678…
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#ClimateChange and #biodiversity loss crucially impact #ecosystem health.
"Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate and climate change is one of the factors driving that change."
— Guy Midgley, @IPBES #GlobalAssessment Author.
@WWF
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The #GlobalAssessment showed that #Indigenous and local knowledge is essential to #environmental health.
@KevBloom @dailymaverick reaffirms synergies between different kinds of knowledge through his conversation w/ Kummt'sa, a San healer in #SouthAfrica
dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
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A new app will help curious children (and parents!) identify plant and animal species they encounter in the wild, all the while gathering evidence as citizen scientists to map #biodiversity.
news.sky.com/story/wildlife-…
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“We need to talk about urbanization as a challenge & opportunity that we need to plan for."
Cities occupy <3% of global land but house a growing majority of its population
@GloriaDickie @HuffPost explains how innovations can make them more #sustainable.
huffpost.com/entry/big-citie…
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#Sustainability and growth are not irreconcilable.
This town in #Sweden shows that transformative changes toward a #CircularEconomy can provide communities with new opportunities which can boost employment and be pro-environment.
#HLPF2019 #SDG9
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Urban areas have more than doubled since 1992, creating major #environmental challenges, but some cities are transforming into hubs of #sustainability
@NatGeo highlights 10 smart cities that are combining eco-friendly urban innovation & community building
nationalgeographic.com/trave…
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