The @UNBiodiversity Open-Ended Working Group kicks off this week!
196 countries will meet in #Nairobi 🇰🇪 to officially begin negotiations on the #Post2020 global framework for #biodiversity.
Follow #Biodiversity2020 for updates.
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UPDATED: at #G7Biarritz, President of #Egypt, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi announced:
"Egypt's accession to the Metz Charter, believing in the need to preserve #biodiversity, which is an essential element for achieving sustainable development..." @AlsisiOfficial
egypttoday.com/Article/1/742…
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BREAKING: At #G7Biarritz @EmmanuelMacron announces #G7 Biodiversity Charter "result of @IPBES & shows the international community is committed to #biodiversity”
"All countries we have been working with, incl 🇨🇱 🇦🇺 🇮🇳 🇿🇦, will be signing"
Also coalition to fight #AmazonFires
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The full financial reports of IPBES for every year are public - and we face the scrutiny of more than 130 Governments every year. You want to make wild accusations of irregularity? Offer proof (ANY proof) or find something better to do with your time.
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New article by @WorldBank cites @IPBES #RegionalAssessment for #Africa about the loss of #biodiversity across the continent
The African continent is experiencing a dramatic loss of #biodiversity. Discover how African countries are creating solutions to protect their #ecosystems wrld.bg/458h30poxVr #G7Biarritz
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Actually you are 100% incorrect. Not one of the thousands of leading global scientists who write our reports ever receives a cent of payment - they all volunteer their time free of charge. Facts not fiction - a useful prescription to counter ignorance.
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Among so many burning issues at the #G7Summit, world leaders can take a united stand to address global threats to #nature and champion the May 2019 #G7 Metz #Biodiversity Charter - which recognized the science of the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment
#G7Biarritz
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No it’s not - population trends are very important but they are indirect drivers of biodiversity change - the findings in this tweet are the five most important DIRECT drivers of change in nature.
"Scientists agree 1 million plants & animals are at risk of disappearing due to changes humans are making"
"fires in the Brazilian #Amazon are the latest heartbreaking, and infuriating, example"
@TierraMussel scientist, @CenterForBioDiv #GlobalAssessment
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For 1st time #biodiversity is on the #G7 agenda.
This week at #G7Biarritz leaders will try to address key environmental goals:
🌎 Reduce inequality through climate finance & a fair ecological transition
🌍 Preserve biodiversity
🌏 Preserve #oceans
Info:
sdg.iisd.org/events/g7-leade…
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We know that you know what #Biodiversity is—but do your friends & family?
thousands of different wild habitats
millions of different species
billions of different individuals
trillions of different characteristics
Share #SirDavidAttenborough w/ someone:
youtube.com/watch?v=b6Ua_zWD…
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Here's a "moss"-terful idea!
The @mycitytree naturally filters pollutants to clean up urban air. So far, 50 units have been sold across #Europe.
If we want to #BeatAirPollution & enjoy healthy cities, we need #NatureBasedSolutions like these.
web.unep.org/youngchampions/…
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"I am deeply concerned by the fires in the #Amazon rainforest"
"In the context of the global #climate crisis, we can not afford to further damage a major source of oxygen and #biodiversity" @UN Secretary-General @antonioguterres
@UN_News_Centre @ONUinfo: news.un.org/fr/story/2019/08…
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A major milestone for the @IPBES #InvasiveAlienSpecies Assessment has been reached!
Thank you for a great week of collaboration & congrats to all #IPBES authors, fellows and organizers for a very successful first author meeting and important step in the three year process!
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“Any forest destroyed is a threat to #biodiversity and the people who use that biodiversity."
In response to the #AmazonFires, experts mourn the loss of such vital biodiversity and consider the impact of #deforestation.
@Sarah_Gibbens @NatGeo
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🌲#Deforestation contributes around 10% of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions.🌲
If we want to prevent further #LandDegradation, halt #ClimateChange and protect #biodiversity, we cannot continue with business-as-usual.
@BBCWorld @BBCEarth
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"We can use important data insights to help solve important issues related to water, #agriculture, #biodiversity and #ClimateChange."
In response to the @IPBES #GlobalAssessment, @Microsoft_Green is working with @uwanews to make a difference.
#AIforEarth
news.microsoft.com/en-au/fea…
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In @sciencemagazine: @IPBES #GlobalAssessment leaders address criticisms of estimate of 1 million species threatened with #extinction
"policy and action need estimates of the true state of #nature, not numbers chosen for political or social acceptability"
science.sciencemag.org/conte…
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“The Łutsel K’e Dene have had a relationship with the land since time immemorial.
That relationship...is what keeps it healthy."
In #Canada 🇨🇦, a new #conservation commitment will empower #Indigenous land stewards.
@aballinga @katecallen @TorontoStar
thestar.com/news/canada/2019…
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