#wef19 @wef "We have a climate-friendly, trillion-dollar opportunity waiting to be unlocked...there is enough evidence that energy efficiency does pay back. On average, every €1 invested in energy efficiency saves €3 over the lifespan of a technology."
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Each year the @wef meeting in #Davos captures the attention of the world and addresses key global issues.
This year, #ClimateChange and the loss of #biodiversity were central to discussions at #WEF19.
Read the top 8 stories from #WEF:
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Also worth checking out the short video about this @IPBES Report here: youtube.com/Q3L3v8wbzgA
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Sir Robert Watson, @IPBES Chair:
The best available evidence points to a single conclusion:
We must act to halt and reverse the unsustainable use of nature or risk not only the future we want but even the lives we currently lead.
#Biodiversity #ClimateChange #WEF19 #Davos
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This week, key experts on #pollination, especially from #indigenous and local communities from all over the world, met in Thailand to reflect on the @IPBES Pollination Assessment.
@SwedBio @crawhall7 @BESNet_UNDP @LynnDicks
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"We need 2019 to be the year that sees a step-change in mobilising a wider public-private #biodiversity action agenda. We need a #NewDealforNature to emerge" - @WWF_DG , @Unilever CEO @PaulPolman and @wef President Børge Brende
#WEF19 #WEF2019
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New @UNEnvironment report shows why problems like #Biodiversity loss & #ClimateChange persist in spite of so many environmental laws.
Environmental laws must be understood, respected and enforced so that the benefits are enjoyed by people and the planet.
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Home to 90% of global aquaculture but also up to 95% of #ocean plastic pollution
Biodiversity in #AsiaPacific provides >4.5bn ppl with food, water, energy & health security
Rapid growth lifted millions from poverty but surviving the century will require saving the planet
#WEF19
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With the #ClimateChange science of @IPCC_CH and #biodiversity science of @IPBES, the conclusion for decision-makers is clear. We have but one choice: to halt the global destruction of nature and change course before it's too late.
#WEF19 #Davos
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Why should one care about #biodiversity?
"The oxygen we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat-they all depend on other forms of life. Without the rest of species on the planet, there would be no prosperity, no economy, no us." #WEF19 #OceanAction
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These powerful photos from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest @NHM_London @NHM_WPY are simply breathtaking. #WEF19 #Davos
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"Saving the planet won't kill growth. Rather, the accelerating destruction of nature will undermine not only the global economy but could eventually threaten many life-forms on Earth, including our own species." -@CristianaPascaP @UNBiodiversity #wef19
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Protecting & restoring nature is crucial for tackling #ClimateChange.
#VoiceforthePlanet—youth-led movement launched today by @GlobalShapers @davos #WEF19—is loud and clear. The leaders of tomorrow want a new deal for nature and people.
Add your voice: voicefortheplanet.org/globe
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At #WEF19 @davos, business leaders and decision-makers are getting serious about threats to #biodiversity and the #environment, opportunities for a new deal for nature, and long-term planning for '#globalization4'
Follow the @wef livestream and programme: weforum.org/events/world-eco…
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According to @PwC #CEOSurvey #Davos #WEF19: Global CEOs are more concerned now about ease of business than large existential threats like environmental damage and #ClimateChange - which dropped out of their Top 10 concerns this year.
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#WEF2019 #WEF19 Across Europe & Central Asia, intense agriculture, forestry & resource extraction raise GDP, but at the cost of #biodiversity loss and species #extinction.
@IPBES provides science & evidence to help leaders reduce this loss and safeguard a sustainable future.
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David Attenborough is at #wef19 @davos this week speaking up for #nature
@IPBES evidence shows that man-made #climatechange is among the greatest threats to #biodiversity
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As #wef19 @davos begins, environmental threats dominate @wef Risk Report for 3rd year in a row: "#biodiversity loss, #ecosystem collapse"
“Of all risks, it is in relation to the #environment that the world is most clearly sleepwalking into catastrophe."
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$125 Trillion: value of services nature freely provides every year, according to @WWF @wef
Nature is at the heart of our economies, societies and human survival.
Leaders today have an obligation to the children of tomorrow to change course and save Earth's #biodiversity #wef19
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