"As so many of us commemorate #EarthDay and #MotherEarthDay from confinement in our homes, the current challenges also offer us a moment to really reflect on our relationship with #Nature."
–Anne Larigauderie, @IPBES Executive Secretary
#Biodiversity2020 #COVID19
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As millions of people around the 🌎 observe #EarthDay, @UNEP invites us all to draw inspiration from people and projects working to make the world a better place
From creating communities to dreaming big, learn how you can spread #EarthOptimism
unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
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En effet ! Le #JourdelaTerre est une opportunité parfaite pour parcourir le rapport d'@IPBES sur l'évaluation mondiale de la #biodiversité, disponible ici ➡️ bit.ly/GASPMFR
#EarthDay vous invite à relire le rapport @IPBES pour la #biodiversité ... plus que jamais, cette année, pensons au vivant et notre propre fragilité dans ce vivant dont nous faisons intimement partie
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This year, @UNEP reminds us why #EarthDay2020 is more important than ever
Like on the first #EarthDay, it is time to demonstrate solidarity and take action:
🌎 Act on #ClimateChange
🌏 Halt #biodiversity loss
🌍 Prioritize nature as we #BuildBackBetter
unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
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This #EarthDay, all eyes are on the #COVID19 pandemic
But there is another emergency—the 🌍's unfolding environmental crisis
Amidst the intertwined threats of #biodiversity loss and #ClimateChange, @antonioguterres offers 6 principles to #BuildBackBetter
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We’re all on this planet together🙌🌏and today we celebrate #EarthDay!
Join @EarthOptimism and @EarthDayNetwork to discover successful conservation stories and flood the world with #EarthOptimism!
➡️earthoptimism.si.edu/
➡️earthday.org/
#EarthDay2020
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A new report from @Europarl_EN explores #biodiversity as a human right
It looks at how a holistic and human-rights based approach can help address the loss of #biodiversity and #ClimateChange
#EarthDay #EarthDay2020
👉europarl.europa.eu/RegData/e…
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Happy #EarthDay from @IPBES #TransformativeChange Assmnt scoping team!
Huge thanks to these experts (& more in all timezones!) for their commitment to #MotherEarth and helping decision-makers w/ the best evidence & science-policy to make better decisions about🌍& our future
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For #EarthDay2020 @AlGore is raising his #VoiceforthePlanet:
"What we need now are policy changes"
"That means your voice is more important than ever. Don't get discouraged"
"Remember: the will to change is a renewable resource"
Want to speak up?⬇️
voicefortheplanet.org/add-vo…
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Happy #InternationalMotherEarthDay!
This year #MotherEarthDay highlights #biodiversity as indicator of Earth’s health
@IPBES experts to examine links of biodiversity, water, food and health in our new #NexusAssessment!
#Biodiversity2020 @UNHwN #EarthDay
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#Nature is speaking. Are we ready to listen?
#MotherEarth is a living system of relationships, of ecosystems, plants, animals, insects & other lifeforms that have evolved over millions of years
#EarthDay2020 is a call to evaluate our relationship with 🌍
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Scoping of @IPBES #TransformativeChange assessment is underway - to help fill the #SciencePolicy gap on societal drivers of #biodiversity loss, keys to #SystemChange & options for a sustainable future
Big thanks to our experts for next 2 weeks planning a 3 year process & report
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🌏22 April is #EarthDay2020 🌍
Instead of filling the streets, people around the🌎are being asked to use their voices📣 to drive action online
@EveningStandard delves into the history of #EarthDay and explains how we can all issue digital calls to action
standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ear…
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Happy #EarthDay2020!🌍
On #EarthDay, millions of people will flood the world with environmental hope, optimism and online action
@NatGeo has compiled some incredible footage of animals in #nature—reminding us why protecting #biodiversity is so essential
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"Olive oil is under pressure from a potentially deadly disease that new research shows could infect nearly all the productive areas of #Italy, #Greece and #Spain"
@fionaharvey parses some economic & cultural impacts of this potential loss of #biodiversity
theguardian.com/world/2020/a…
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"The evidence is clear. #Nature is in trouble. Therefore we are in trouble" —@sdiazecology
In 12 portraits of endangered species, @RollingStone poignantly illustrates how #ClimateChange can exacerbate loss of #biodiversity
@liseljane @andreaa_marks
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Off the coast of #Australia, scientists have discovered as many as 30 new #marine species—as well as a 45m-long siphonophore
The deep-sea predator resembles 'a spiral UFO'
Full story via @guardianeco↘️
theguardian.com/environment/…
@SchmidtOcean @Ian_W_Evans
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In light of the #COVID19 pandemic, @UNEP presents 6 important nature facts related to coronaviruses
The @IPBES #GlobalAssessment also identified #InvasiveAlienSpecies as a major driver of #biodiversity loss - worth considering in pandemic risk as well
unenvironment.org/news-and-s…
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"There is no contradiction in fighting zoonotic diseases alongside protecting #nature"
"It is time to move beyond seeing investments in nature as costly indulgences but as a critical first step to protecting human health"
@GomeraM @UNEP #COVID19
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'The chemotherapy did its job, but the researchers who experimented with the compounds derived from #nature could not have developed the drugs that saved my life without #biodiversity"
@SandyKnapp explains why plants are indispensable to human health
nhm.ac.uk/discover/nature-an…
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