🌱"By 2050, #LandDegradation & #ClimateChange together are predicted to reduce crop yields by an average of 10% globally and up to 50% in certain regions"🌾
—@IPBES #LandDegradation Assessment📖bit.ly/IPBES_LandDegradation
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☀️👩🔬A 14-year-old girl, troubled by the heaps of used charcoal left by her local ironing vendor and by his painful wheeze from #pollution, has developed an alternative: an award-winning #solar-powered iron
✍️@ManipadmaJena via @Reuters & @DeccanHerald
deccanherald.com/national/in…
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"The main message of the @IPBES #PandemicsReport is that we need to complement our current strategy of responding to pandemics with an approach that focuses on preventing pandemics, by addressing the root causes" - Dr. Anne Larigauderie at @OECD_ENV #GGSD
ipbes.net/pandemics
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Without #biodiversity, we would not have the #food we eat today.
🌏🙌 Our life and #wellbeing on #Earth depend on biodiversity. It is the common thread that connects us all.
Food and Agriculture Organization
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🦠'The cause of #pandemics is really simple - it's what we do to our planet
If we can make that more #sustainable, it's better for our #health, #conservation & reduces #ClimateChange'
- @PeterDaszak
@audreytrp & @FogartyClimate via @STcom #Podcast
omny.fm/shows/green-pulse-1/…
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Thanks @Henry_McGhie.
@IPBES assessment reports and summaries can be found here: ipbes.net/assessing-knowledg…
Since 2016, #IPBES has published 8 assessment reports, on: Pollination, Scenarios & Models, every region of the world, Land Degradation & Restoration & the #GlobalAssessment
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🌳#DYK that @IPBES was created in 2012 to bridge the gap between #science & policy #ForNature?
🌿@IPBES presents evidence to better inform decision-makers on #biodiversity & #ecosystem services at all levels, including multilateral environmental agreements, like @UNBiodiversity
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♻️🚘We hear a lot about #pollution from single-use #plastics like bottles and packaging, but tyre wear from vehicles is another big #environmental issue.
A group of graduate design students may have come up with a solution💡
📰 via @BBCNews
bbc.com/news/av/science-envi…
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💡Transformative change in #land & #freshwater use is needed to achieve the #SDGs
Hear @IPBES Exec. Sec. Anne Larigauderie talking about securing terrestrial natural capital
Tune in today at 3.05 PM CET!
@OECD_ENV #GGSD Forum 👉 oe.cd/ggsd2020
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Researchers just found #microplastics in snow samples collected near the summit of #MountEverest - 8,440 metres above sea level
Via @PlymUni: plymouth.ac.uk/news/micropla…
@ProfRThompson @Imogennapper @NatGeoUK @InsideNatGeo
University of Plymouth
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🔬🌿#Science & knowledge are key to preventing & addressing #pandemics:
"Fair & equitable access and benefit-sharing derived from genetic resources have led to more equitable access to #vaccines & therapeutics"
— @IPBES #PandemicsReport ipbes.net/Pandemics
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📚A new #handbook by @BiodivERsA3 and @BelmontForum on the use of #biodiversity scenarios in support of decision-making
@IPBES #Scenarios and Models Assessment serves as a key resource on the use of biodiversity scenarios for policy- & decision-making
👉biodiversa.org/1816
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🌪️What role do #sand & dust storms play in a healthy #ecosystem?
🌊How do they affect #oceans?
🐟'#Desert dust carries nutrients & is a principal driver of oceanic primary productivity, at the base of the marine #food web'
➡️Learn more w/ @UNEP report
unep.org/news-and-stories/st…
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🏙️"That familiar urban glow means that most people on🌍never see a naturally dark night sky, but it also affects migrating birds, insects & other animals, by disrupting the light-dark cycle they are tuned into."
@Vic_Gill shines a light on #LightPollution
bbc.com/news/science-environ…
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#ClimateChange is already affecting the ocean – and us – but #NatureBasedSolutions from marine ecosystems are key for adaptation, mitigation, and building resilience
@emilykellyocean via @wef
#EcosystemRestoration #GenerationRestoration
weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/o…
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🌳 "#Trees are currently the most cost-effective & best technology for carbon removal & storage"
🏞️'The need for restoration is so urgent & the opportunity is so big that we must find common ground...'
@DanLambe @ArborDay via @WEF
weforum.org/agenda/2020/11/h…?
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2020 has nearly ended.
The @UN Decade on #EcosystemRestoration awaits.
On average, $1 spent on restoration returns $9 of benefits in #ecosystemservices & #naturescontributions to people, according to @UNEP
Read more & get involved: decadeonrestoration.org/reso…
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🌿What is #Nature for you?
"Nature embodies different concepts for different people, including #biodiversity, ecosystems, Mother Earth, systems of #life & other analogous concepts"
—@IPBES #GlobalAssessment
🎥 @Gabriele_Corno
Gabriele Corno
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