Harmonization of biodiversity measurement & valuation is on its way in the 🇪🇺 and beyond 🌍
Today, #AlignforNature is releasing recommendations providing clarity on how & what to measure when approaching biodiversity in a business context: https://europa.eu/!JrqXfp
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600488440067407875
Nature and biodiversity help us fight #climatechange by:
🌲 capturing and storing carbon
🌡 cooling our air
🏞 purifying our water
With #COP15 underway, read the latest #EUClimatePact article for tips on protecting biodiversity: https://europa.eu/!Y8nG4h
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUClimateAction/status/1600412976665837569
The @UNBiodiversity #COP15 starts today in Montreal 🇨🇦
From 7-19 December, countries will aim to reach a 🌍 deal #ForNature, with long-term goals by 2050 & milestones for 2030
The 🇪🇺 is ready to aim high to turn this into a ‘Paris moment’ #ForOurPlanet 👉https://europa.eu/!Q47tjr
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600458142726336514
RT @UNBiodiversity: 🚨Global biodiversity is in crisis🚨
One million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction.
Watch @UNDP explain what is #COP15 is and why it is important💡🌿
To learn more: ⬇️
https://www.cbd.int/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600465771804520450
RT @LIFEprogramme: Despite ongoing efforts, biodiversity is deteriorating worldwide. 🌏
We are losing plants & animals at a rate 1000 times greater than any other time in recorded human history.
Discover how our #LIFEprojects' work delivers a myriad of benefits #ForOurPlanet.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600459051980279809
The @UNBiodiversity #COP15 starts today in Montreal 🇨🇦
From 7-19 December, countries will aim to reach a 🌍 deal #ForNature, with long-term goals by 2050 & milestones for 2030
The 🇪🇺 is ready to aim high to turn this into a ‘Paris moment’ #ForOurPlanet 👉https://europa.eu/!Q47tjr
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600458142726336514
RT @VSinkevicius: With #COP15 starting today the EU 🇪🇺 is there leading negotiations to:
🟢 Protect 30% of land & 30% of oceans by 2030
🟢 Restore 3 billion ha of land & 3 billion ha of oceans by 2030
🟢 Tackle direct drivers of biodiversity loss
🟢 Mobilise financing
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_7538
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600456940370374657
What is #NaturePositive?
We are losing nature at an alarming pace.
To fully restore ecosystems & biodiversity by 2050, we need to work with and #ForNature, not against it
As #CoP15 kicks off today in 🇨🇦 Montreal, learn more about what it means, for our lives & #ForOurPlanet 👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600406548315971584
RT @HorizonEU: To tackle the #naturecrisis, we need sound science!
Discover @BiodiversaPlus, the European Biodiversity Partnership launched by the 🇪🇺!
€800 million to support excellence in research with an impact for policy & society.
👇
#ForNature #COP15 #ForOurPlanet
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600424882533068800
RT @CBD_COP15: #Biodiversity is the variety of life forms we encounter all around us but may know 🤔 surprisingly little about.
The wide range of #ecosystems, ecological processes & #species 🦜🦀🐘 is vital to our survival.
It's time we #ActNow #ForNature
👉#COP15: https://www.cbd.int/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600420888838430720
An important turning point in the global fight against #deforestation!
Combatting deforestation is an urgent task for this generation, and a great legacy to leave behind for the next.
#ForOurPlanet #EUGreenDeal
RT @VSinkevicius: Major news before #COP15
We just agreed with @europarl_en & @EUCouncil on the 1st law in the world to fight global deforestation!
We take responsibility for our EU 🇪🇺production & consumption in a historic moment to protect the world…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/TimmermansEU/status/1600054610655412224
What is #NaturePositive?
We are losing nature at an alarming pace.
To fully restore ecosystems & biodiversity by 2050, we need to work with and #ForNature, not against it
As #CoP15 kicks off today in 🇨🇦 Montreal, learn more about what it means, for our lives & #ForOurPlanet 👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600406548315971584
The #COP15 is kicking off today!
It’s crunch time for global biodiversity. After 4 years of negotiation, we need to land with an ambitious agreement #ForOurPlanet to stop and reverse the loss of our invaluable biodiversity.
Follow @EU_ENV & @VSinkevicius for latest developments
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_Commission/status/1600384614081728512
Change your habits, think about the future!
That's what our🆕#LIFEproject GrowLIFE is doing.
The project aims to encourage behavioural change throughout the food system by promoting #sustainable practices in 12 municipalities across 🇵🇹
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LIFEprogramme/status/1600392028386304002
#COP15 kicks off tomorrow, right after we launched the 1st law in the world to curb deforestation.
The European Union 🇪🇺 arrives in Montreal with 1 goal:
Get an ambitious deal to protect & restore the only planet 🌍 we have.
Bringing back Nature means securing our future.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1600175350608060424
RT @vonderleyen: Nature is our best ally to fight climate change.
So the EU will use all its clout for an ambitious deal at #COP15
🟢 Restoring 3 billion ha of land and 3 billion ha of oceans by 2030
🟢 Bringing back nature in degraded areas
🟢 Funding biodiversity in vulnerable countries
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600179736579256321
RT @UNICEF_EU: It is time to be ambitious #ForNature🌱and climate.
As #COP15 kicks off tomorrow in🇨🇦 Montreal, let's join forces with youth, taking #ClimateAction around the🌎 #ForOurPlanet and helping communities impacted by climate change.Big changes start small!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600158364712828928
RT @EUClimateAction: Big news #ForOurPlanet ahead of #COP15
We agreed with @europarl_en & @EUCouncil on the 1st law in the 🌎 to fight global deforestation.
It will ensure products such as palm oil, cocoa, coffee & more, placed in the 🇪🇺 market are deforestation-free.
📌 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_7444
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600084857006137344
Did you know pollinators can be active all year-round, not just in the spring and summer months? 🌺
Pollinator species 🐝 are vital for our #environment and #ecosystems yet face the threat of extinction.
Learn more in our #EUPollinators Future Brief ⬇
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/integration/research/newsalert/pdf/issue-23-2020-05-pollinators-future-brief_en_v2.pdf
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1600067782720163841
🆕Major achievement #ForOurPlanet & #EUForests ahead of #CoP15
With the @europarl_en & @EUCouncil, we agreed on the 1st law to fight 🌍 deforestation driven by major goods on the 🇪🇺 market such as:
🌴 palm oil
☕️ coffee
🍫 cocoa
and more!
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1600057387985301504
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