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🇮🇳 India is home to 500,000+ small wetlands, essential for rural livelihoods and ecology. To safeguard these vital ecosystems, we've introduced ‘7 Steps for Rejuvenation’ – a simple, actionable guide to help communities restore and protect them.

via @giz_india https://t.co/7gUKyxSSnb

UN Biodiversity

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RT @ifrc: The climate crisis is escalating, with extreme weather events—heatwaves, floods, droughts—threatening lives and livelihoods worldwide. Yet, too many vulnerable communities remain without access to life-saving early warnings.

With a new $100M grant, we are 7 countries closer to our goal of ensuring Early Warnings for All by 2027. This project will strengthen will focus on Antigua and Barbuda, Chad, Cambodia, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, and Somalia, helping communities anticipate and act before disaster strikes.
#EarlyWarningsForAll

World Meteorological Organization

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🌳🦜The Amazon rainforest is a treasure we can't afford to lose! Check out this infographic for ways to prevent further biodiversity loss in the Amazon.🌿 #BuildBackBiodiversity

via Hannah Summers and Jacklyn Yoon https://t.co/3IBWfWr94n

UN Biodiversity

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Our brains just aren't very good at weighing up risk.🧠⚖️

Cognitive biases prevent us from making the right decisions – leading to some lethal decisions in the face of disaster.

Discover how we can manage cognitive bias to reduce disaster risks 👉 https://t.co/BrQ8qKqfuN https://t.co/hFZbUl3sED

UNDRR

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The crested crane, on the #IUCN red list since 2012, is facing extinction. Once numbering over 100K in the 1970s, Uganda now has only 10K.
https://t.co/C14OqO1ak9?

via @BirdLifeAfrica

UN Biodiversity

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How can we spend better – not just more – so that development investments improve the resilience of physical assets but also of communities and people? Better information about climate risks and stronger regulations are key: https://t.co/E9yvuxlbnL https://t.co/paiZd8qfw3

World Bank Climate

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Good afternoon! Check out the Weekly Marine Weather Briefing from Feb 23 through Feb 28, 2025: https://t.co/qjh1CrNwsB

NHC_TAFB

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🌿The #HumanRight to a healthy environment is about protecting life—in all its forms.

Discover how we can work hand in hand with rights-holders to ensure the well-being of nature 🌳🐞 and the diverse communities 🛖🏡 that call it home.

via @BESNet_UNDP https://t.co/8HfPpn5c1i

UN Biodiversity

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Some turtles "dance" when they anticipate food, which gives us clues as to how they navigate during their epic ocean journeys.

➡️https://t.co/6o26i81ycU

via @newscientist

UN Biodiversity

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The Painted Lady butterfly is an important pollinator.

🔎Life Cycle:
✔Egg: Light green, laid singly.
✔Larva: Changes color, forms silk button.
✔Chrysalis: Brown with gold flecks, transforms in 7–10 days.
✔Adult: Matures in a week, lays 500 eggs, migrates.

via @CarolinaBio https://t.co/iYw3sO3Ujb

UN Biodiversity

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🛳️🚢 The Panama Canal is key to global food supply, but lower water levels could cut cargo capacity. This could delay shipments, raise food prices, hitting the most vulnerable.

🌍 Climate change threatens the systems we rely on.

Learn more: https://t.co/KV5z4dtDLi https://t.co/zTDJEo6Khf

UNDRR

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🌊 #BlueCarbon ecosystems demonstrate how development, climate, and nature work together to feed, protect, empower, and uplift communities. Learn how!

Download the @WorldBank report on #BlueCarbonEcosystems 🔗 https://t.co/jmjYPjOCDU #PROBLUE_Ocean #UnlockingBlueCarbon https://t.co/xug4oMVDlG

World Bank Climate

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In Kenya, the Maasai people have long maintained a traditional lifestyle adapted to the dry environment.

When the country faced its biggest drought in 40 years, they began fighting to reclaim their lives and livelihoods: https://t.co/PpL2KUtvnW

via @UNUEHS https://t.co/rvjOi3ftUg

UN Biodiversity

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📑#COP16Resumed sessions are fast approaching and
@cbd_wc has published its position paper!

Find the full paper on the link below (available in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Arabic):
https://t.co/Cd2Sn7Fhpg

via @BfNCoalition https://t.co/7a60nh4uQz

UN Biodiversity

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#GOESEast True Color RGB images from 21 February and 23 February showed that some areas in southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina still had some residual snow cover today (after the snowfall event last week produced up to 14" in #NCwx and 13" in #VAwx). https://t.co/IUyvBeVpux

UW-Madison CIMSS

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Nature-based tourism has many positive economic impacts.

Discover how the @WorldBank Group's methodology measures the ripple effect of #NatureBasedTourism spending on local communities.
🔗https://t.co/Lx1nv9fowt

via @WBG_Environment https://t.co/GkMEIJL3nx

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The #IPCC opened its 62nd Session in Hangzhou, China today. The Panel is meeting to agree on the outlines of the key contributions to the Seventh Assessment Report.

“This is a pivotal session for IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report.” - IPCC Chair Jim Skea.

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IPCC

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