📣 Meet @UNDP ’s 2024 #EquatorPrize winners!

The latest winners from 8 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean showcase how nature-based solutions led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities tackle the climate crisis. 🌿

See @equatorinitiative's bio! https://t.co/sD3nKIFkqB

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Western Indian Ocean faces environmental crisis. Climate change, pollution, and overfishing threaten marine life and coastal communities. @NCSecretariat works to protect this vital ecosystem through conservation efforts and regional cooperation. 🌊

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protectedplanet

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The #InflationReductionAct is already creating hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs across the United States, in urban and rural communities alike. Here are all the benefits the law can deliver across the nation.

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RT @ESA_EarthOnline: 🌍 July 2001: 📸 @NASA_Landsat Landsat 5 🛰️ over Romania 🇷🇴, where the River #Danube ends its journey into the Black Sea, branching into smaller channels to form a complex delta (#UNESCOWorldHeritage). Several lakes, including coastal ones, are visible. The area is rich in natural reserves and parks, such as Vătafu-Lunguleț Park (north) and Pădurea Babadag Reserve (west of the coastal lakes).

Learn how to access data and view more imagery via @ESA's archive: 🔗https://t.co/30xGwbXypL

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RT @NASAEarth: Let’s turn back the clock 🕰️

Southern England’s Glastonbury, pictured here, has a storied past that includes paganism, Christianity, and King Arthur himself. Read more about the alleged resting place of the apocryphal King ⬇️

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RT @USGSLandsat: #OTD in 1937, Congress authorized the creation of @CapeHatterasNPS. Although established by law, the park didn’t open until 1953. This unique stretch of #BarrierIslands off the coast of #NorthCarolina encompasses portions #HatterasIsland, #BodieIsland, and #OcracokeIsland. https://t.co/prIuuZ1JY6

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RT @esa: 🔵 Check out this evening's full moon - also called a 'blue moon', a name usually given to the second full moon in a single month (it's not really blue). But tonight's blue moon is different, it’s the third of four full moons in a season. 🔗https://t.co/y59yxk9EEC https://t.co/MThYVrccR2

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Navigating the complex world of value chains🌿

UNEP-WCMC’s Head of Nature Economy sheds a light on the importance of understanding value chains and addressing its myriad challenges to help tailor pathways to impact.

Read more here: https://t.co/BL9mZVtlPT

via @unepwcmc https://t.co/j2piEqys6O

UN Biodiversity

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RT @UNBiodiversity: 🌳Strengthened pledges to reduce and halt #deforestation by 2030 and to financial support this transition from both, developed and developing countries are needed to scale up forest-based targets

Learn more 👉 https://t.co/FjbQQB2KZw

#SaveForestsNow

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UNEP-WCMC

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The ocean powers food systems and economies. It also badly needs to be protected from overexploitation. Humanity can do both — with some science, money and humility, experts say. https://t.co/gWdvMAiZ9j

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RT @CopernicusEU: El Hierro is the smallest of the Canary Islands. 🇪🇸

It is known for its rich biodiversity and unique marine ecosystems.

Recently, local authorities approved the first proposal to designate Mar de las Calmas, an area south of El Hierro, as Spain's first marine national park. https://t.co/lSwWJvvmng

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RT @Energy4Europe: EU #SolarPower is growing fast and so is the number of jobs 👷‍♀️ in the sector!

☀️ 466 000 workers in 2021
☀️ 648 100 workers in 2022
🔮 over 1 million jobs expected by 2025

More on EU 🇪🇺 #SolarEnergy ↓

EU Climate Action

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RT @EUClimateAction: Renewables in EU 🇪🇺 are booming!

The share of renewable electricity ⚡️ in the EU increased to 46% in Q1 2024, (40% in Q1 2023) 📈

The share of fossil fuels fell significantly to 25% (31% in Q1 2023) 📉

Read DG ENER's electricity market report👉 https://t.co/a0sfGi7Ofs https://t.co/bH9b7DIQYa

EU Climate Action

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Fuelling a satellite is a hazardous task: last Friday they propulsion team loaded @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 C’s tank with 133 kg of hydrazine and then pressurised the tank with helium up to 21 bars.

After that, teams switched ON the satellite: all went well!
More in our latest blog: https://t.co/MtXXEtO3ay

📸 @esa - @CNES -@Arianespace /Optique vidéo du CSG–S. Martin

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IUCN contributed further to historic legal #ClimateChange proceedings in the World Court, submitting written responses to the @CIJ_ICJ as part of their ongoing participation in a case that will address State obligations to protect the climate system.

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IUCN

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RT @satelliteevo: The first of a series of receiving stations to capture data provided by MTG satellites has been installed in Nairobi https://t.co/yvObm2kj1s @eumetsat
#data #satellite #GEO #meteorologists #weather

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RT @NWSMiami: 8/18 at 9am: A quiet start to the day across South Florida as a nearby surface trough remains situated over the Florida Keys.

Just to our north, a plume of smoke from distant Canadian wildfires is visible over the western Atlantic waters on @NOAASatellites imagery. https://t.co/LswcUtLwmq

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Hurricane #Ernesto Advisory 32: Ernesto Strengthens a Little More. Dangerous Beach Conditions Continuing Along the Northeast U. S. Coast and Atlantic Canada. https://t.co/tW4KeGe9uJ

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RT @NHC_Pacific: Tropical Storm #Gilma Advisory 5: Gilma Continues Westward Over Open Waters. https://t.co/Oy8uoeSibM

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NASA is one of 15 federal agencies involved in the first National Nature Assessment (NNA). The NNA is taking stock of U.S. wildlife, land, and water and the benefits provided by these natural resources.

Learn more about this initiative: https://t.co/njuvULAgm0 https://t.co/PTf2yP6V40

NASAEarthdata

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Forests are vital for human survival but have been hit hard by human activity.

Every year, approximately 12 million hectares of forest are destroyed.

Here’s how UNEP supports the protection & sustainable management of forests: https://t.co/MIDeBNFkVw

via @UNEP

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