Since 1980, #PlasticPollution has increased tenfold.
Up to 400 million tons of industrial waste are dumped into the world’s waters every year.
Combined, oceanic ‘dead zones’ cover an area larger than the United Kingdom.
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
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The @IPBES assessment has shown the strong interrelationship between #ClimateChange, the loss of #biodiversity and human wellbeing...
We cannot solve these threats in isolation. We either solve both or we solve neither.
—@Guardian #GlobalAssessment
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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#Biodiversity is about much more than the 1 million species facing #extinction.
"In blow to human progress, damage to ecosystems undermines 35 of 44 @UN sustainable development targets for poverty, hunger, health, water, cities #climate, oceans & land"
dw.com/en/why-biodiversity-l…
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We apologise for breaking the internet - or at least Dropbox today - if you are looking for the #GlobalAssessement Report please go to ipbes.net #SorryNotSorry #Biodiversity
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We apologise for breaking the internet - or at least Dropbox today - if you are looking for the #GlobalAssessement Report please go to ipbes.net #SorryNotSorry #Biodiversity
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One of the next three IPBES Assessment reports is on the diverse values of nature #watchthisspace
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"The youth-led initiative #VoiceForThePlanet calls for a halt and a reversal of humanity's impact on #nature and a call to protect our planet by 2020" —Sir Bob Watson urges everyone to make a pledge for the planet and the future we want for our children: voicefortheplanet.org
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Watch the live press conference and first presentation of the key findings from the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment of #Biodiversity: bit.ly/IPBES7Webcast
A new United Nations science report says nature is in trouble and 1 million species of plants and animals are at risk of going extinct. apne.ws/XaTAHbR
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📝: Media Release: Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’
📲: bit.ly/GlobalAssessment
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Think that #ClimateChange is the only crisis facing #Nature?
The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment Report is the first to rank the relative impact of drivers of #biodiversity loss.
1. Land/Sea Use Change
2. Direct Exploitation
3. Climate Change
4. Pollution
5. Invasive Species
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We're taking questions from the audience at @IPBES #GlobalAssessment Media Launch.
Join our webcast to submit your questions:
bit.ly/IPBESWebcast
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"We have no time to waste." —Sir Bob Watson, immediate former @IPBES Chair #GlobalAssessment
"We want to leave a world for our children and grandchildren that has not been destroyed by human activities. The time for action is now. Hopefully this report will stimulate the world."
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#GlobalAssessment Launch: "Our goal, all of us, is elevate the topic of #biodiversity, to really bring it to the same level as #ClimateChange for policymakers."
“What we really want to do is to make biodiversity great again." - @IPBES Exec Sec Anne Larigauderie
#IPBES7
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What are the 5 direct drivers of change in nature with largest relative global impacts?
1: Change in land & sea use.
2: Direct exploitation of organisms.
3: Climate Change
4: Pollution
5: Invasive Species.
— Newly launched @IPBES #GlobalAssessment #IPBES7
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Watch live the #IPBES7 Media Launch of the landmark #GlobalAssessment Report on #Biodiversity and #Ecosystem Services
📹: ipbes.net/webcast-0
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.@CestPasDuVent host @BrasAnne held a 1-hour ‘round-table’ discussion with @IPBES #GlobalAssessment experts at the on-site studio at @UNESCO.
At 1pm CEST the Global Assessment Summary for Policymakers will be launched at the same venue.
Watch live here: bit.ly/IPBESWebcast
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Ahead of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment launch, 500+ prominent figures incl. Marion Cotillard, and @JulietteBinoche lend their voices to #CallForNature:
"There is still time to protect what is left and to start restoring nature... We urge you to act now."
wwf.org.uk/call4nature
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Listen to the live interview of @IPBES Executive Secretary Anne Larigauderie now on @franceinter
#IPBES7
franceinter.fr/direct
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