UNEP-WCMC’s Head of Nature-based Solutions @najma_safrica will be moderating a side event at #UNEA6 tomorrow 🌱

Title: Intergovernmental Consultations on Nature-based Solutions: Moving forward with the recommendations
📅 26 February
🕧 13:30 - 14:45

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UNEP-WCMC

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Colombo, the world’s first #RamsarWetlandCity and part of the #RamsarSites network, has set a pioneering example where the state has officially recognized the city’s remaining freshwater wetlands as an invaluable protected asset. Learn more: wrld.bg/VfFv50QCOgF #SouthAsia

World Bank Climate

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🌳 Not only does Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) benefit people and biodiversity, it can help us achieve the #SDGs. #GlobalGoals @IUCN_forests @IUCN

UN Biodiversity

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Floods are unequal in their impacts.

This @AGU study identifies these 5️⃣ needs to address flood injustice:
📊Better flood data
🚧Less risky development
📐Fairer flood metrics
🗺️ Address transboundary flooding
🤝Coproduction in research

Learn more: ow.ly/lyv650QHbcb

UNDRR

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RT @unep_espanol: Acompáñenos el lunes en la sesión plenaria de apertura de #UNEA6.

Sintoniza en directo y en español para ver a la comunidad internacional debatir sobre el futuro de nuestro planeta.

Mira la Asamblea sobre el Medio Ambiente aquí ↓ unep.org/environmentassembly…

ONU Cambio Climático

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#goodnews @theGEF approved 48 new @FAO-led projects and programs fostering sustainable agrifood systems transformation in 46 countries. fao.org/newsroom/detail/glob…

Via @FAOnews

UN Biodiversity

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#Kenya is well positioned to quicken private sector-led growth and explore the use of climate financing options. Learn how in the Kenya #ClimateAndDevelopment report: wrld.bg/sWMN50QHuF0 #KenyaCCDR

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Indigenous traditional knowledge is a treasure trove of wisdom that can offer solutions to the many challenges we face today
From preserving biodiversity to adapting to climate change, let's work alongside Indigenous communities to protect our planet. #WeAreIndigenous Via @UNESCO

UN Biodiversity

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People everywhere are rising up in resistance against the fossil fuel industry because it is driving us deeper into the climate crisis, causing death, destruction and displacement around the world.

Let’s keep up the pressure >> act.gp/48uAp8K

Greenpeace International

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The latest Tropical Marine Weather Briefing produced by TAFB is available at the following link: youtu.be/V8xTkRDkIj8

Thank you for watching!

NHC_TAFB

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Mangroves are ecosystems that protect us from #ClimateChange, preserve biodiversity, support livelihoods & more. For the first time, @FAO & experts have mapped the current state of mangrove forests & how they have changed over time. 👉 bit.ly/3QdrWRU

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"We must [be able to] anticipate storms, heatwaves, floods & drought," @antonioguterres @UN Secretary-General calls for investment in both adaptation AND resilience.

Discover the GAR - the @UN flagship report on #DisasterRiskReduction👉 bit.ly/GAR2022Report #StopTheSpiral

UNDRR

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In the coming decades, sea level rise will increasingly raise an array of legal challenges concerning coastal communities and low-lying Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Learn about the international law aspects of sea level rise: wrld.bg/y0n550QHuEV #BlueEconomy

World Bank Climate

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The Madagascan Christmas Orchid was one of Charles Darwin's evolutionary predictions.
With a spur measuring up to 12 inches, Darwin predicted that a pollinator must exist with a tongue that can reach the nectar at the bottom.
41 years later, a giant moth was found🦋@kewgardens

UN Biodiversity

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Even cherry blossoms aren’t safe from #GlobalWarming. A hotter spring season means that sakura trees are now blooming earlier, prompting tourists to rethink their plans. bbc.com/travel/article/20240…

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#DYK that 1 in 3 mountain people in developing countries are at risk of food insecurity?

According to @FAO: ⛰️Mountains are home to many endangered species.

Read more about the key roles mountains play in many areas: lnkd.in/dUZfS8F2

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RT @GreenpeaceNZ: QUIZ: How good is your nature?

FInd out here greenpeace.org/aotearoa/stor…

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RT @GreenpeaceNZ: Plastic has polluted every area of our lives!⁣⁣
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It's in our food, in the air that we breathe, and it's even in our blood.
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We urgently need a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty to protect our health.
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✏️Sign the petition now: greenpeace.nz/global-plastic…

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RT @GreenpeaceMY: Orang Malaysia memang suka mendaki. Tapi... sejak beberapa tahun yang lalu, penebangan hutan semakin menjadi-jadi. Dari tahun 2001-2021, Malaysia telah kehilangan hampir 8.67 juta hektar hutan. Hentikan penebangan hutan> bit.ly/setiap_sumbangan_amat…

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The GBFF has now been officially established as the newest member of @theGEF family of funds.
At #GEFCouncil66, delegates shared why the new Global Biodiversity Framework Fund is critical to rapidly reaching our shared #biodiversity goals #sustdev #SDGs
Via @IISD_ENB

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