Forests are vital in slowing climate change and increasing resilience, serving as critical carbon sinks. However, deforestation and forest degradation threaten this essential role. 🌍
Sustainable management of rural landscapes can reduce pressure on forests. 🌳
Via
@WorldBank
Governments must take urgent steps to protect nature, making it a top priority in all decisions.
And each city, business, and person has a role in reversing nature loss this decade too. 🌿
We are all part of the solution, for people and nature.
#WWFUntangled
This
#WorldCleanAirDay
, we're turning up the volume for
#CleanAirNow
. Dive into a mix of
@Spotify
tracks that inspire action and serve as reminders of why clean air matters.
“Peace is at the heart of all we do.
I will never give up fighting for peace.”
—
@antonioguterres
Learn about the UN's efforts to secure a peaceful future for
#OurCommonFuture
:
The climate crisis is an economic sinkhole, sucking the momentum out of economic growth. Delivering on
#ClimateAction
will unlock a goldmine of benefits.
@UNCCD
’s Executive Secretary
@simonstiell
at
#AMCEN
:
Air pollution is the biggest environmental health risk, worsening climate change & harming
#biodiversity
.
#Mercury
, a highly toxic chemical, intensifies this when enters the atmosphere.
Discover:
☣️ risks
🏭sources
✅ solutions
🔗
Soil is a living, non-renewable natural resource, crucial
#ForOurPlanet
and our lives
#DYK
soil
🌱stores the most carbon
🌱hosts 25%+ of biodiversity
🌱provides 95-99% of food for 8 billion people
Read our proposed
#EUSoil
Monitoring Law to
#SaveSoil
👉
How are you celebrating this weekend's
#WorldCleanAirDay
?
Latest updates from partners and more on actions and events around the world for
#CleanAirNow
:
Climate and air pollution are closely linked, with chemicals that degrade air quality often emitted along with climate-warming greenhouse gases.
This week,
@WMO
issued its latest Air Quality and Climate Bulletin for
#WorldCleanAirDay
:
🌳Restoring forest landscapes helps fight
#ClimateChange
, but it also helps the survival of many species.
Learn more about forest landscape restoration in our Issues Brief. 🦍
➡️
Via
@IUCN
Climate change, wildfires & air pollution are having an increasing negative impact on human health, ecosystems & agriculture.
Latest
@WMO
report highlights why we need more ambitious
#ClimateAction
now:
3 calls to African leaders from
@andersen_inger
at
#AMCEN
:
1. Unite action on land under the three Rio Conventions
2. Account for the value of nature.
3. Back circular approaches to minerals
Info
250 scientists have been discussing an advanced draft of
#GEO7
this week in Nairobi, part of a highly-anticipated series for policymakers with peer-reviewed data & evidence-based analysis on everything from pollution to climate change.
New Q&A:
Scientific studies have shown that being in nature can help improve mental health and cognitive function.
Learn more about some of the benefits of urban trees 🌳
Via
@nature_org
Register now for
#OurCommonFuture
Summit side event to explore what changes are needed in education and across society to build green skills and green jobs to deliver a just and sustainable transition.
Deadline 6 Sept:
While
#Pollution
and
#ClimateChange
impacts are severe in cities, we still have a chance to make them desirable living places.
Urban
#forestry
is our unsung hero, turning grey to green, slashing stress, cleaning air and water AND fighting off urban heat.
Via
@BHI_GLOBAL
Although a human right, clean air is still denied to 99% of the world’s population.
Ahead of
#WorldCleanAirDay
,
@andersen_inger
calls for urgent global action to tackle air pollution, set strong standards, and invest in solutions for
#CleanAirNow
.
Record-breaking heatwaves are wreaking havoc worldwide which are further exacerbated by climate change.
UNEP Goodwill Ambassador
@deespeak
calls on governments, industries & more to finally get serious about sustainable cooling in this
@htTweets
piece.