Heavy rainfall and flooding risks have plagued South Florida today as a low-pressure system moved eastward across the Gulf of Mexico.

Places within the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metro area have received between 3-6 inches of precipitation in the last 24 hours.

CIRA

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260 million Indigenous Peoples live in the Asia-Pacific region. As traditional knowledge holders and guardians of the forest, their contributions to climate action are vital.

We spoke to @CelinaYong at #APClimateWeek on how @UNDP is supporting countries on their forests goals.

UNDP Climate

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#DYK that the above-ground carbon storage in Sabah’s forests exceeds that found in the Amazon and Congo Basins? 🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲

Read more about how @MyUNDP supports #climateaction in the Heart of Borneo: ow.ly/qFn250Q88Tv #ForPeopleForPlanet #APClimateWeek

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Persons with disabilities often have unique skills and resilience to meet the challenges of daily life that equip them to lead in disaster situations.
Inclusive disaster risk reduction means #ResilienceForAll.
Read more about inclusion at the MTR: ow.ly/4hav50OJP7h

UNDRR

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To protect ocean climate refuges, we first need to manage fisheries sustainably.

Evidence from a climate refuge on the Kenya-Tanzania border shows – there's more work yet to be done. doi.org/10.1111/csp2.13043

Via @WCSocean @TheWCS

UN Biodiversity

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RT @greenpeacekorea: <해양보호능력시험'저는 누구일까요?'
남극의 귀염둥이 제 이름을 맞춰주세요.

수능보는 수험생분들 모두 힘내시고 화이팅!
남극의 신사🐧가 응원할게요!
저를 도와주실 분들은 <🌊해양보호구역act.gp/46jy5As>

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About 1 billion animals are herded by pastoralists,including sheep, goats, cattle, camels, yaks, horses and reindeer.

Pastoralists 👨‍🌾are key to the food security in such areas as drylands, highlands, wetlands, and shrublands where crop production is difficult.

Via @FAOLivestock

UN Biodiversity

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“Despite decades of warnings from the scientific community, thousands of pages of reports and dozens of climate conferences, we are still heading in the wrong direction.”

It's time we #ActOnClimate. bit.ly/49Rddn9

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Successful #DisasterRiskManagement interventions save countless lives, prevent untold suffering and reduce losses by billions of dollars every year, but are almost never reported, let alone celebrated.
Nominate one of them for the @AvertedAward: wrld.bg/gFan50Q7g9x

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In an investment in the next generation of environmental leaders, the GEF is sponsoring 13 youth ambassadors from across Latin America to participate at #COP28 as part of their national delegations.

🔗 bit.ly/3smYEGI

Via @theGEF

UN Biodiversity

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RT @ASteiner: New report released by @UNFCCC is a needed wake up call.

The world is far behind on its climate goals & progress remains much too slow. Time is now - not only for stronger national climate plans but also bold action #COP28 must become a turning point: go.undp.org/m9Pd

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Thu Nov 16 0430 UTC: A Gale Warning is in effect for the Atlantic High Seas and the Gulf of Mexico. More info: hurricanes.gov/text/MIAHSFAT…

NHC_TAFB

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Nestle and PepsiCo are claiming to be “plastic neutral” by doing plastic offsets, a process that usually entails using plastic waste as fuel.

“The negative impacts far outweigh any benefits,” said @gpph zero-waste campaigner Marian Frances Ledesma. bloom.bg/3T0EXjd

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A lot is happening at the #GenevaMeetings! 🌏

Today is the final day for the Working Group on Article 8(j), discussing the #KMGBF🌿and:

✅Other matters

✅Adoption of the report

✅Closure of the meeting #AgreementToAction

🔗: cbd.int/conferences/geneva-2…

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RT @GreenpeaceEAsia: BNEF @BloombergNEF ranked China’s 5 biggest corporate clean energy buyers in 2023.

Altogether, total signed & planned clean energy volume is still growing since 2021.

But companies need to do more.

THREAD/

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