🌊The ocean, the lungs of our planet, is at a state of emergency. World leaders united to adopt the #BBNJ, a crucial step in protecting marine life, combatting climate change, and reducing plastic pollution. 

Learn more about SDG 14: un.org/sustainabledevelopmen…

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Hurricane #Nigel Advisory 21: Nigel Headed North. hurricanes.gov

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RT @cassie_flynn: UN Climate Ambition Summit starting now. World leaders must step up. We know the solutions, and we have no time to lose.

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More than 1,500 members of the #climatechange adaptation community from around the world gather in Montreal to share their knowledge on the challenges and opportunities of adaptation. @AdaptFutures

🗓️OCT 2-6, 2023 - Hybrid format
✍️Register now: adaptationfutures.com/

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RT @UN: “We can still build a world of clear air, green jobs, and affordable clean power for all.”

At #UNGA’s Climate Ambition Summit, @antonioguterres calls on leaders to focus on urgent climate solutions and unite for turning plans into action to save our planet. #ClimateAction

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Does the idea of #InvasiveAlienSpecies have you confused?🤔 @IPBES just launched a major Report on this global threat to nature & people.

More: ipbes.net/IASmediarelease

Via @IPBES

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It’s #WhereInTheWorld Wednesday! 🛰️🌎🔍
Time for a new quiz!

Yesterday, #NOAA20 had a view of these colorful salt lagoons near the Sea of Azov. The lagoon sometimes appears red or pink in color due to the salt-tolerant micro-alga Dunaliella salina.

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We have to admit we do not think about the Roman Empire that often! 🤷‍♀️

When we do it's simply because we see a lovely image of its remnants from space!

Like this Pléiades Neo image of the historic centre of Rome at 1.2 m resolution.

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"Issues of race, gender, income, and disability play a central role in people’s ability to move.

Making transport, and transport decision-making, more inclusive and accessible would benefit us all."

– @PirisNerea, @greenpeace_esp #MobilityWeek2023 greenpeace.org/international…

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RT @NASAGoddard: 🌱 Satellite tech in the palm of your hand!
Using a handheld device called STELLA, students and citizen scientists can monitor individual plant health using the same measurements of light that spacecraft like #Landsat take globally. bit.ly/3Rvmr1C

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RT @RamsarConv: With the conclusion of the #SDGSummit let us remember that wetlands are the unsung heroes of Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.

They prevent flooding, purify water, and enhance urban biodiversity.🏙️🌱 #SDG11 #WetlandsForSustainableCities

UN Biodiversity

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RT @VSinkevicius: 🌍Today is a day for celebrations! 🎉

Because today, the 🇪🇺 and so many of our partners from around the world will sign the historic agreement.

Our signatures will show that the #BBNJ is a truly global agreement, with a very large support base across our planet. #UNGA78 twitter.com/i/web/status/170…

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Multilateral Development Banks back Early Warnings for All
Multilateral Development Banks (MDB’s) are coalescing around the Secretary-General’s US$3.1B initiative to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected by life-saving early warning systems in the face of increasingly more extreme and dangerous weather. At a cost of just 50 cents per person, this is a feasible and achievable sum to protect everyone in the face of escalating climate risks

The announcement at the United Nations Secretary-General's Climate Ambition Summit comes as catastrophic flooding in Libya magnifies the need for end-to-end early warning systems and coordinated disaster risk and response policies.

António Guterres launched an Acceleration Agenda at the summit, which “calls on governments to hit fast forward.” It sets targets for developed countries reach net zero as close as possible to 2040, and emerging economies as close as possible to 2050.

Mr Guterres said that government should push the global financial system towards supporting climate action.

“All parties must operationalize the Loss and Damage Fund at COP28. Developed countries must meet the $100 billion commitment, replenish the Green Climate Fund, and double adaptation funding. And everyone must be covered by an early warning system by 2027 – by implementing the Action Plan we launched last year,” he said.

The declaration of support for Early Warnings For All was endorsed by the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, European Investment Bank, the Council of European Development Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

“We, the Multilateral Development Banks, welcome the United Nations Secretary-General’s Early Warnings for All (EW4All) initiative, which aims to ensure that early warning systems protect everyone by 2027,” said the joint declaration.

“We recognize that with climate change rapidly leading to more frequent extreme weather events, this initiative will protect lives, livelihoods, and the environment, helping countries and people adapt to the changing climate,” it said.

“Building on our long history of investing in and supporting countries to modernize early warning systems, often in partnership with the EW4All lead agencies, we further commit to work together in support of the EW4All initiative in order to enhance coordination, improve efficiency and scale up action to achieve this shared ambition, in line with countries’ development plans and requests,” said the statement.

Achieving Early Warnings for All requires targeted investments of US$3.1 billion over the next four years – around 50 cents for each person to be covered. This is a feasible and achievable sum to protect everyone in the face of rapidly rising climate risks.

Half of all countries globally do not have multi-hazard early warning systems – especially least developed and fragile countries which need it most.

Multilateral development Banks have a crucial role to play in injecting much-needed funding to implement the initiative worldwide. They have a long history in supporting early warning systems and are expected play a key role as investors, implementers and financiers to achieve the ambitious goal. This includes enhancing coordination, improving efficiency and scaling up action in line with countries’ development plans and requests.

Momentum is building around the initiative. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a multi-country project to scale up early warning systems. Initial funding from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will be used to kick-start a project preparation facility, which aims to deliver U[...]

S$157 million from the GCF and partner governments to advance towards universal early warning coverage.
Background to the initiative

The Early Warnings For All Initiative (EW4All) was formally launched by the UN Secretary-General in November 2022 at the COP27 meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh.

The Initiative calls for the whole world to be covered by an early warning system by the end of 2027.

Early Warnings for All is co-led by WMO and UNDRR and supported by pillar leads ITU and IFRC. Implementing partners include FAO, OCHA, UNDP, UNEP, UNESCO, REAP, and WFP, among other partners.
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Make no mistake, the biodiversity crisis is also a #climate crisis. Well-implemented #NaturebasedSolutions are an effective tool in tackling both.  

The IUCN Global Standard for #Nature-based Solutions™ helps ensure projects are strong, effective & just. #UNGA

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Multilateral Development Banks back #EarlyWarningsForAll: US$3.1B to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected by life-saving early warning systems in the face of increasingly more extreme and dangerous weather. #UNGA public.wmo.int/en/media/news…

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WWF supports seaweed farming for its:

🔵Positive climate impact
🔵Coastal community benefits
🔵And more!

Learn more about seaweed farming in this short video featuring a young couple starting a regenerative seaweed business in Maine.

World Wildlife Fund

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We are one step closer to #EarlyWarningsForAll. @UNDPClimate announced a large-scale investment of the Green Climate Fund to establish life-saving Early Warning Systems in some of the world’s most climate-vulnerable countries @UNDRR @WMO @ITU 👉 ow.ly/s4zJ50PNImr

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RT @AIDAorg: The #HighSeasTreaty is open for signature! 🖊️

What does signing mean?
🌊 Willingness to proceed to ratification
🌊 Act in good faith to uphold the Treaty's purpose

Following signature, countries can ratify at any time.

The #RaceForRatification is on! bit.ly/highseasalliance-trea…

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RT @WeDontHaveTime: "Restoration is seen as such a great opportunity -- to secure food, but also to secure livelihood" 💡 @mathaiwanjira, Managing Director for Africa and Global Partnerships @WorldResources, tell us more on our broadcast from #ClimateWeekNYC

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