RT @UNEP: Seeking maps & data on nature, climate change & human development?

Explore UN Biodiversity Lab 2.0, a platform by UNEP, @UNDP, @unbiodiversity & @unepwcmc, which provides insights #ForNature & on sustainable development. unbiodiversitylab.org/en/

UNEP-WCMC

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#Galapagos giant tortoises 🐢 are true ecosystem engineers, shaping vegetation, dispersing seeds, and cycling nutrients. Their crucial role in maintaining biodiversity highlights the importance of conservation efforts.

Learn more ⬇️ buff.ly/46OvG1u
Via @SmithsonianMag

Red List of Ecosystems

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Download a free @FAO publication offering an improved understanding of the role of forests in sustainable development

The role of forest ecosystem services to support the green recovery

👉bit.ly/3qhc2ve #SOFO2022

FAO Forestry

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"We need to think about undoing our environmental mistakes,like damming rivers, bulkheading our shorelines, and concretizing streams,"landscape architect Kate Orff says in a new interview.
"We need to start making room for rivers and floods."
Via @YaleE360 e360.yale.edu/features/kate-…

UN Biodiversity

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🌍 Europe and Central Asia face complex disaster risks driven by climate change, interconnected economies, and changing demographics.
The 2023 Regional Assessment Report makes 5️⃣ recommendations to address these risks.
Learn more➡️ ow.ly/66fu50Qaxg8 @UNDRR_ECA

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Public transport can be a powerful ally against the climate crisis and inequalities.

Alongside many other organisations, we are calling on world leaders to prioritise public transport and double its use in cities by 2030. thefutureispublictransport.o… #FutureIsPublicTransport

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RT @florikafink: Cruel reality check: Even if NDCs are fully implemented global temperature rises to 2.9°C‼️ according to UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2023 unep.org/resources/emissions…

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#Permafrost contains substantial amounts of mercury and other heavy metals that have accumulated over long periods. Thawing has the potential to release these substances into the food chain, raising concerns for #HumanHealth 😷🍽️

Source: GRID-Arendal, 2020 #ClimateChange

Red List of Ecosystems

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Maritime 🚢 shipping has an important impact on #AirQuality

We should not trade off economic development and health against each other. "We are either going to be rich but ill, or less rich but healthy" - MEP @PetrosKokkalis at the #CleanAirEU Forum

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RT @LIFEprogramme: 📢Get ready for the #EULife23 call submission results!

The #LIFEProgramme has received 653 project proposals from across the #EU on:

🌲nature conservation
♻️ #CircularEconomy
🌍#ClimateAction
💡clean #EnergyTransition

👉europa.eu/!bVc3JP

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Single-use plastics are a major contributor to plastic pollution.

Join Anjali Acharya on #ExpertAnswers as she explores these products' environmental and health risks and @WorldBank's efforts to address the issue: wrld.bg/gCfw50Q9IPt #BeatPlasticPollution

World Bank Climate

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11/23 - Infrared satellite imagery depict a few sources of deep convection & t'storms across the central #Atlantic & SW #Caribbean. Developing low in the north-central Atlantic is producing #gale-force winds & #seas to 13 ft (4 m). More info at hurricanes.gov/marine #marinewx🦃

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RT @NatGeo: A young plains zebra follows her mother as they begin their yearly migration

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Tropical cyclones substantially raise the social cost of carbon: With #GlobalWarming the share of the most intense tropical #cyclones is expected to increase so that economies may not be able to recover fully in between storms, a new study shows. pik-potsdam.de/en/news/lates…

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RT @greenpeacepress: A new Greenpeace publication sets out nine principles that put the wellbeing of nature, people and society before the need for making profit and growing Gross Domestic Product (GDP). #AlternativeFutures greenpeace.org/international…

Greenpeace International

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#ProtectedArea Highlight for 🦈

The #Indonesian government’s conservation efforts over the past 15 years, such as the creation of marine protected areas, have made #RajaAmpat one of the most effectively enforced #MarineProtectedAreas in Southeast Asia 🇮🇩 eu1.hubs.ly/H06gsds0

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