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Saiga Antelopes rely on their ability to migrate over large distances to avoid unfavorable weather conditions. Thanks to conservation efforts, recent counts have shown an increase in most populations.
🌡️ The Heat Is On 🌡️
🚨 The clock is ticking loudly 🚨
New @UNEP#EmissionsGap Report highlights that to stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, we have just 8 years to almost halve greenhouse gas emissions⚠️
#COP26#ForNatureunep.org/news-and-stories/pr…
The 16th @UN Climate Change Conference of Youth starts today in Glasgow!
💬#DYK that one of the major outputs of #COY16 is a policy document crafted by youth voices globally, which will be forwarded during the @UNFCCC Negotiations?
ukcoy16.org#UnifyingForChange
TODAY!
Join a webinar w/@UNBiodiversity & @GOBIsecretariat on the “special places” of the ocean & seas to discover achievements, experiences & lessons learned since the beginning of the EBSA process.
📅28 Oct, 1pm CEST
➡️attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg…
💭🌳#DYK that large urban trees are excellent filters of urban pollutants & fine particulates?
The right trees in the right places can do so much #ForNature and for people
🏙️🟢🌆🔵
Learn more w/ @FAO#CitiesWithNature#WorldCitiesDay
Marine Heat Waves (MHWs) threaten marine #biodiversity and ecosystems, make extreme weather more likely, and negatively impact the fisheries, aquaculture, and tourism industries.
🌊🐠🌊🐙🌊🦈
Learn more from @IUCN's new Issues Brief on #MarineHeatwavesiucn.org/resources/issues-br…
Cities can be a part of the solution #ForNature 🌆🌿🏙️
Both people and nature benefit when the natural environment in and around cities is enhanced.
Watch the video to learn about the cities that propose sustainable solutions
#Connect2Earth#WorldCitiesDay
🎥@WWF
Plastics are the largest, most harmful & persistent fraction of marine litter, acc. for at least 85% of total marine waste.
👀#NowReading: From Pollution to Solution: a global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution via @UNEP#BeatPollutionunep.org/interactive/polluti…
RT @CECweb: Despite vast freshwater resources in , several environmental & sustainability issues are affecting the continent’s #WaterSecurity
Learn more in the #JPAC Public Forum on #Sustainable Management of Transboundary Waters
Oct 29, 11-12:45pm ET
bit.ly/3FYJcTi
What is the link btw #OurOceans, #ClimateChange & #Biodiversity?
Marine and terrestrial biodiversity in boreal, subpolar, and polar regions is projected to decline mostly because of warming, sea ice retreat, and enhanced ocean acidification 🌊🐟🌱
via @IPBES#GlobalAssessment
Thanks for pointing this out! You are right - our message here was focused on the beauty of relationships that form in nature, and we missed the bigger picture on this one. Thank you for making our communications and community better.
Thanks for pointing this out! You are right - our message here was focused on the beauty of relationships that form in nature, and we missed the bigger picture on this one. Thank you for making our communications and community better.
Just a week ahead of the @COP26, the newly released @WMO Bulletin highlights that greenhouse gas levels are at new records, again.
The world is set for an increase much higher than the #ParisAgreement target of 1.5°C-2°C.
Learn more:
public.wmo.int/en/media/pres…
What is the @IPBES Nature Futures Framework? And why is it important for decision-makers?
Watch this short explainer video to learn more 🎥🔎
External review of the Nature Futures Framework is open until 31 October👉 ipbes.net/nature-futures-fra…
'Speaking about the “unparalleled” severity of the issues the Earth faces, such as the climate and biodiversity crises, he [David Attenborough] said his hope came from the fact that all nations will experience impacts'
✍️@HarryCockburn@Independentindependent.co.uk/climate-ch…