🚨 The Nile River is suffocating under the weight of plastic and waste, threatening water quality and health in South Sudan and the upper Nile. 🌍 Can Africa's longest river still be saved?
#Nile
#Africa
The COP system is a sham.
#BigOil
runs the show, sabotaging any real progress on climate action to protect their profits at the expense of the planet. These
#corporate
polluters have no place organizing events meant to solve a crisis they perpetuate.
Construction and climate change are eating away the Spanish coast at an alarming rate. Between 2016 and 2022, the Arraijanal-San Julián coast between Torremolinos and
#M
álaga receded up to 45 metres.
#Spain
🇨🇻Cabo Verde is battling the effects of climate change on its agriculture. Through South-South Cooperation with FAO, 🇨🇻 is learning innovative solutions to tackle pests, soil erosion, and water scarcity.
#ClimateAction
Successful two-day operation to free humpback whale caught in fishing lines in Australia.
The line was wrapped around the whale's pectoral fin, through the mouth, and then around the body.
The reality of fishing industry pollution.
“A mega-leak of property records reveals how suspected drug traffi ckers and othercriminals call the United Arab Emirates a safe haven as the Gulf state looks the otherway.”
@theage
“The United Arab Emirates’ opaque financial system and lack of extradition treaties have made the country a magnet for some of the world’s most dangerous criminals and individuals evading sanctions.”
@ICIJorg
UAE's destructive meddling in
#Sudan
must end . Fueling war, strangling economies, plundering resources to support the brutal RSF- these mafia tactics are reprehensible. Int'l community must hold
#UAE
accountable for the suffering they've caused.
🦏 Rising temperatures threaten Africa's rhinos, adding to the dangers of poaching and habitat loss. New research urges conservation efforts to also focus on climate impacts, ensuring these iconic animals can survive .
#ClimateChange
Japan to add Fin Whales to commercial whaling target species.
Last year Japan caught a total of 294 minke, Bryde’s and sei whales.
Japanese whale meat consumption peaked at 230,000 tons in 1962 but has declined to 2,000 tons in recent years.
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