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RT @EUClimateAction: In the 🇪🇺, almost 6 million tonnes of textiles are thrown away yearly.
We need to change that.
Join the @EU_ENV #ReFashionNOW campaign calling for more sustainable clothing.
Together, we can make fast fashion out of fashion!🧣👗👟
More➡: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/circular-economy/reset-trend_en
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1622910086036291584
RT @EESC_NAT: 📺Tune in on 16/02 to our #EcologicalOvershoot event to understand:
🌍 What is the EU's ecological footprint
👥 How is organised #Civil Society affected
🏗️ The solutions to tackle #ResourceDepletion
🇪🇺 #EUGreenDeal #ClimateNeutralEU
👉All info: https://www.eesc.europa.eu/en/agenda/our-events/events/ecological-overshoot
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1622884976323600386
RT @LIFEprogramme: More #EUBiodiversity in cities for a healthier life!
@aytoSalamanca 🇪🇦 installed nest boxes 🪹 for various bird species, 🦇 & 🦋 across the the city.
A pest control & sanitation solution provided by the #LIFEproject @LIFEViaPlata
More 👉https://www.lifeviadelaplata.com/el-ayuntamiento-instala-184-nidos/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1622872205884358658
RT @UNECEForests: It is estimated that 100 billion items of clothing are produced each year, 20% of which go unsold.
From buying clothes made of #woodfibers to donating wearable garments, consumers can make #sustainable choices and support #circularity🪵🌳👗
#RefashionNow #Forests4Fashion
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1622604655518797829
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Fast fashion isn't free. Someone, somewhere, is paying.🧥🥻
There is an urgent need for all of us to make textile fashion more sustainable. ♻️
The #LIFEprojects @waste_resources & @LIFEKANNAGREEN are following the 🇪🇺#ReFashionNow trend.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LIFEprogramme/status/1622564714008965122
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First meeting with the representatives of the European Citizens’ #StopFinning Initiative, asking to end the trade of shark fins that collected 1.1 million signatures!
We will be assessing it thoroughly in the next months to react & act properly on this very important request.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/VSinkevicius/status/1622553133120380928
RT @UNBiodiversity: A 20-year project to reintroduce Iberian lynx across Spain has seen their numbers rise from 94 to 1100. Imagine if that population grew to 3,000 lynxes by 2040.💭
Well, if we work together, we can help make it happen. #TogetherFor2030
via @WWF
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1622549745892835328
RT @EuropeanYouthEU: We celebrated the closing legacy of #EYY2022 on Friday by planting trees in the Sonian Forest! 🇧🇪
The #DiscoverEU ambassadors contributed to the 🇪🇺 #3billiontrees initiative by planting 1600 trees in less than two hours. 🌲 #greendeal
Here's how the event went👇
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1622547234221850626
RT @ChristophidouEU: A true message of hope from #DiscoverEU travellers & active young people #EYY2022 who planted 1600 trees in 2 hours last week.
Great to see 🇪🇺 youth planting 🌳🌳🌳 for the future.
Get involved & plant a tree of your own!
➡️https://environment.ec.europa.eu/strategy/biodiversity-strategy-2030/3-billion-trees_en
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1622547192144621569
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The #EUGreenWeek 2023 is about the #EuropeanYearOfSkills towards a net-zero 🇪🇺 industry with the #EUIndustrialStrategy
Planning an event between 3-11 June related to skills for sustainable, resilient & fair communities?
Make it one of our partner events:
https://europa.eu/!J3kD8c
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1622522217954217987
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A substitute to single-use #plastic film in food packaging?
That's what the SeaFilm food #packaging project aims to create, by conserving frozen #fish with edible biofilm.
It will reduce #foodwaste and the amount of single-use plastics.
Full story: http://europa.eu/!gPwbQ8
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_MARE/status/1622532811965050881
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As part of the #3BillionTrees initiative #DiscoverEU travellers met in 🇧🇪#foretdesoignes to plant 1600 trees!🌳
Despite muddy shoes and cold weather the travellers got the job done💪
Find out how you can contribute!➡️http://europa.eu/!PvrVGK
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GabrielMariya/status/1622520547471925248
The #EUGreenWeek 2023 is about the #EuropeanYearOfSkills towards a net-zero 🇪🇺 industry with the #EUIndustrialStrategy
Planning an event between 3-11 June related to skills for sustainable, resilient & fair communities?
Make it one of our partner events:
https://europa.eu/!J3kD8c
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1622522217954217987
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Nature conservation is a must 🦤
In 🇧🇬, a 🆕 breeding platform was built to help conserve the largest member of the pelican family: the Dalmatian pelican!
Read ➕ about the work developed #ForNature by the #LIFEproject Pelican Way of LIFE
👉 https://bit.ly/PelicanWayofLIFE
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LIFEprogramme/status/1622495250848616452
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Yesterday was #WorldWetlandsDay! Many northern landscapes are covered by carbon-rich #wetlands, known as peatlands.
Due to #ClimateChange, forests 🌳 could outgrow 20% of peatlands, leading to a release of roughly 4% of European soil organic carbon.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1621499732593090560
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A study finds that 1/3 of heat-related deaths in cities could have been avoided if there were more trees 🌲🌳
Our #NatureRestoration Law proposes a minimum of 10% urban tree canopy cover in 🏙️
📢 EU mayors, help save lives from 🌡️heat, plant more trees!
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02585-5/fulltext#%20
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1621477597048700928
RT @LIFEprogramme: It always rewarding to see our #LIFEprojects thrive!
@lifeclimark solution to help forests cope with #climatechange didn't escape the #InnovationRadar 🛰️
Discover how the team's tool is key to enhancing the mitigation capacity of forests.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1621481372689776643
A study finds that 1/3 of heat-related deaths in cities could have been avoided if there were more trees 🌲🌳
Our #NatureRestoration Law proposes a minimum of 10% urban tree canopy cover in 🏙️
📢 EU mayors, help save lives from 🌡️heat, plant more trees!
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02585-5/fulltext#%20
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1621477597048700928
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Are you in 🇧🇪 Brussels on 27-28 February?
If yes, come to the #CEStakeholderEU Conference 2023 & join the discussion on the role of #CircularEconomy with 🇪🇺 Commissioner @VSinkevicius, EVP @TimmermansEU & @EU_ENV Director General @florikafink
Register👉 https://europa.eu/!j6KJCq
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1621433698804551680
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📢Our latest #CopernicusObserver is out❗️
This week, discover how #Copernicus 🇪🇺🛰️ supports forest 🌳 monitoring for the benefit of #CimateAction, #EUForest strategy and the protection of natural capital
📌Read more at
🔗http://copernicus.eu/en/news/news/copernicus-supports-forest-monitoring-benefit-climate-environment-and-natural-resources
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/CopernicusEU/status/1621433458923814913
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