COMING UP: The Nairobi @‌UNBiodiversity Meetings

🌍 WHAT: 25th session of #SBSTTA

🌍 WHEN: 15 to 19 October

🌍 WHY: Advance progress on the #KMGBF & other work to #BuildBackBiodiversity

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UN Biodiversity

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🌍 Explore the rich tapestry of Indigenous cultures and their vital contributions to our world in this eye-opening infographic. 🌿

Let's honor, respect, and learn from the wisdom of Indigenous Peoples.

Via @FAO

UN Biodiversity

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"Extreme inequality and wealth concentration undermine humanity’s ability to stop climate breakdown." #ClimateCrisis #TaxTheRich #BanPrivateJets greenpeace.org/banprivatejet… fortune.com/2023/10/04/ultra…

Greenpeace International

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Power accounts for 23% of global greenhouse gas emissions annually, and transforming the power system will require major shifts in how we supply, store and distribute electricity. 🔌

These shifts and their progress are outlined by #SystemsChangeLab: bit.ly/3ODQUcc

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#ForEveryChild, a safe and clean environment.

In 2015, world leaders agreed to meet the #GlobalGoals by 2030. With only seven years to go, the time to act is now.

Via @UNICEF

UN Biodiversity

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🌀Cyclone Gabrielle triggered 140,000 landslides in 🇳🇿 New Zealand in February 2023.
Understanding how rainfall causes landslides will help create a predictive system to protect protect people, property and infrastructure. ➡️ preventionweb.net/quick/8062…

UNDRR

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Octopuses are unlike any other species on Earth.

A recent study found that octopuses living in #Antarctica 🇦🇶 may use RNA editing to keep their nerves firing in frigid waters!

🎥Learn more via @LewisPughFDN 🐙👀

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📉 Striking Data: High-hazard settlements in East Asia are expanding 60% faster than their flood-safe counterparts. As urban areas continue to grow, so do the challenges. Get insights in the latest @WorldBank @Nature article: wrld.bg/VhuQ50PTaSf

World Bank Climate

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Where there was a green, flowery landscape, now there is only mud 💔

Stella, a resident of Larissa, Greece, explains the devastation that #StormDaniel has left behind.

The damage fossil fuels are causing by turbo-charging extreme weather events is unacceptable. #EndFossilCrimes

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UNEP-WCMC marine experts have identified and synthesised information from #MarineRestoration projects globally to help support evidence-based planning and action that delivers impactful and equitable outcomes for #ForNature and people ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdhvxb3c

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How often does a satellite see another satellite? #OTD in 2022, Maxar’s WorldView-3 satellite snapped a sequence of images showing #Landsat 8 in orbit. 🛰️

Read more at: go.nasa.gov/3LRBTkW

You’ve probably seen artists’ renderings of #Landsat satellites in orbit... but how about an *actual image* of a satellite in orbit?

Thanks to Maxar, we now have images of Landsat 8 orbiting Earth from the WorldView-3 satellite.

Enjoy! 🛰️ - NASA Landsat Program

NASA Landsat Program

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ICYMI: The "GUARDIAN— Monitoring Earth’s Ionosphere for Natural Hazards in Near Real-Time" Earthdata webinar is now available online. #GNSS #CDDIS

Check it out at: youtu.be/BEpZmRPPWFo?si=-FFZ…

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The time to act is now! According to the report by @UNESCO & @IUCN, regarding biodiversity at #WorldHeritage sites, every 1°C increase in temperature could double the number of species exposed to dangerous climatic conditions.

Learn more: whc.unesco.org/en/futurekeep…… @UNESCO

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"We’re prosecuting the wrong people."

Four @greenpeace_be activists facing prosecution tell the story of their action against Fluxys’ destructive gas imports #GasKills #ClimateCrisis greenpeace.org/international…

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Creative minds today among weather presenters and communicators for this first @WMO @eumetsat #earlywarningsforall serious game at #FIMC2023 on how to communicate around #earlywarnings!

#FIMC2023 #Mediaworkshop Serious Game #earlywarningsforall
@WMO & @EUMETSAT created an interactive & immersive game to give weather presenters the opportunity to better understand the “Early Warning for All” initiative & the effort it takes to support & implement it - Forum Météo Climat #FIMC2023 🌎 #RestonsPrudents

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🌱 In the coming decade, it's crucial for conservation efforts to uplift community livelihoods. Here are 5 compelling reasons why: earth.org/why-conservation-e…

Via @EarthOrg

UN Biodiversity

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Surprising news from @esa's SMOS!

👶🌳Forests between 50-140 years old dominate the absorption of atmospheric carbon and biomass accumulation

🧓🌳Forests > 140 years old were approximately carbon neutral - the opposite of vegetation model predictions
🔗 esa.int/Applications/Observi…

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Enter if you dare ☠️

Deception Island, located off the Antarctic Peninsula, is one of the only places in the world where ships can sail directly into the center of an active volcano. #Landsat 8 captured this image in March of 2018. go.nasa.gov/3Q1vMgp ⛴️🌋

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The Sun's overall brightness varies on timescales from minutes to millennia, and these changes are detectable in the global temperature record. Read more: climate.gov/news-features/un…

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From international progress on #ProtectedAreas to helping businesses understand and reduce their impact on nature, here's how UNEP-WCMC aims to understand and support the implementation of joined-up action towards #nature and #climate goals ➡️ eu1.hubs.ly/H05y5tq0 #ForNature

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