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RT by @EU_ENV: Debt-for-nature swaps: Financial instruments that reduce a country's external debt in exchange for commitments to protect nature and biodiversity, tackle nature loss and the climate crisis.
Learn more in @UNDP’s new #ClimateDictionary, Nature Edition: http://go.undp.org/oxv
[2024-10-29 10:40 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: COP16 Biodiversity Summit: Urgent Calls for Action as Global Leaders Gather in Cali https://www.euronews.com/2024/10/29/cop16-biodiversity-summit-urgent-calls-for-action-as-global-leaders-gather-in-cali?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1730182712
[2024-10-29 07:03 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: The High-Level Segment of #COP16Colombia starts today! 🌿
The 4⃣ main topics for the discussions will be:
🔹 #KMGBF implementation
🔹 Financing
🔹 Biodiversity and #ClimateChange
🔹 #PeaceWithNature
Learn more: https://www.cbd.int/conferences/2024/cop-16-hls
[2024-10-29 06:00 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Biodiversity is the foundation of life – from microbes to plants, animals and humans. If lost, it impacts human societies & economies.
At #COP16Colombia, efforts to reverse nature loss can pave the way for humanity to thrive. https://www.unep.org/we-are-nature #GenerationRestoration
[2024-10-28 09:05 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Over 600 actions have already endorsed the #MissionOcean Charter 🎉!
Charter actions get access to an online #community, match-making events 🤝 and increased visibility for their actions 💡.
Learn more and join the Charter today 👉 https://tinyurl.com/ctpydbuu
[2024-10-28 12:00 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: The EU helps Member States to address the biodiversity finance gap. These are just a few examples of #TSI support in mobilising finance solution, preparing for green budgeting and applying revenue-neutral environmental tax reforms. #COP16Colombia @EU_ENV
👉https://europa.eu/!BWcp67
[2024-10-28 10:33 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: IPBES invites Governments and relevant organizations/institutions to submit their offers to host the technical support unit for the @IPBES #SpatialPlanningAssessment. 📖🌐
Learn more ⬇️
[2024-10-28 10:00 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Our #CEMS #drought team has contributed to a 🆕 study on the interactions between #heatwaves & drought
It found that drought 🚱 significantly affects where heatwaves ♨️ occur, with more regions impacted by both events simultaneously than ever before
🔗https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024GL111117
[2024-10-28 08:16 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Tomorrow 29 October 2024 at 9.00 CET, the 6th Annual Forum on Endocrine Disruptors kicks off in 🇧🇪 Brussels!
You can still register to join online 👉 https://europa.eu/!4TY34D
Interpretation will be available in 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇵🇱 🇵🇹
[2024-10-28 09:42 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: In the context of EU’s biodiversity strategy 2030, we support over 230 green reform projects in all member states and more than 150 additional projects in various policy areas with an indirect but clear green impact #COP16Colombia @EU_ENV #PeaceWithNature👉https://europa.eu/!47nnkG
[2024-10-28 10:03 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: C is for Carbon sink. Anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases. Forests, wetlands, oceans, and soil are the world’s largest carbon sinks.
Check out our everyday guide to #ClimateChange & #NatureAction in #ClimateDictionary:http://go.undp.org/oxv
[2024-10-28 08:26 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: #COP16Colombia is underway, bringing stronger action to protect & restore the world’s nature🌱
The #LIFEProgramme provides innovative solutions to help endangered species thrive & expand the #Natura2000 network🌿
Listen to our podcast how:
http://tco.li/092oj
[2024-10-28 08:13 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: 94 proposals submitted for four #HorizonEU calls that contribute to the #EUGreenDeal.
They are competing for €124 million in EU funding. Awarded projects will be announced in December-January 2025.
Stay tuned for more news 👉 http://europa.eu/!bHUYQP
[2024-10-28 07:30 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Negotiations at #COP16Colombia have reached the halfway point.
Here in Cali at this 'People's COP' we need to see progress on turning Global Biodiversity Framework commitments into real, tangible action.
Lots of work ahead, but together, we can make #PeaceWithNature.
[2024-10-26 12:08 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Sustainability never tasted so good🍪
At the first #EULife23 meeting, #LIFEProjects celebrated GREAT LIFE’s eco-friendly cookies 🍃 showing how sustainable practices can uplift farmers & protect #OurPlanet 🌎
Learn more: http://great-life.eu
[2024-10-25 11:54 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: 💼What are "Green jobs" according to @UNDP's #ClimateDictionary: Nature Edition?
Learn more: https://climatepromise.undp.org/news-and-stories/climate-dictionary-nature-edition
[2024-10-25 08:00 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: An @EU_Eurostat report finds that 186.5 kg of packaging waste was produced per person in 🇪🇺 in 2022
Of all the packaging waste generated
📦41% were paper & cardboard
🥤19% plastic
🍾19% glass
🪵16% wood
🔩5% metal
How much is recycled?👉https://europa.eu/!hfQWpY
[2024-10-24 09:51 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: LIFE on the global stage 🌍
At the UN Biodiversity Summit, #LIFEProjects @4Pollinators & LIFE BEAVER show that protecting nature boosts pollination🌸& cuts flood risks🌊
A win #ForOurPlanet💚
#LIFEProgramme #COP16Colombia #EUBiodiversity
[2024-10-24 10:30 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: 📣Calling all #soil health research enthusiasts
🌱 Watch the European #MissionSoilWeek 2024 LIVE on 12-13 November!
Register & follow online⬇️
https://www.europeanmissionsoilweek2024.eu/en/registration/66013089861712035540eada?force_new_registration=true
[2024-10-24 09:14 UTC]
RT by @EU_ENV: Since 1945, @UN has been making a difference in the lives of everyone, everywhere.
In cooperation with #EU, @UNDP supports the most vulnerable communities across the world to:
▶️Recover from disasters & crises
▶️Increase resilience
▶️Climate action
& much more
[2024-10-24 08:06 UTC]
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