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India’s bold move against disposable plastic will drastically stem the flow of plastics from 1.3 billion people & business in the fastest growing economy in the world. #BeatPlasticPollution #WorldEnvironmentDay unenvironment.org/news-and-stori
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Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay!
Thank you to international sand artist for this beautiful contribution to #GenerationRestoration!
We rely on nature for our health, jobs & so much more.
For #WorldEnvironmentDay, #StayHome & raise your voice with & citizens around the planet.
Reply & tell us why it’s time #ForNature
Why you 💚 nature & what you’re doing to care for it.
The world needs bold action #ForNature more than ever. Champions of the Earth is the ’s highest environmental honour - these are the 2020 laureates: unep.org/news-and-stori #EarthChamps
Women are responsible for over half the world’s food production, particularly in developing nations. Strong #foodsystems mean empowering women and bolstering their livelihoods around the globe.
bit.ly/3vYrESm
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“Let today be the start of a new decade – one in which we finally make peace with nature and secure a better future for all."
More from on the launch of #GenerationRestoration
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For our planet 🌏 and for our health 🏥 we need to #BeatPlasticPollution. Get involved for #WorldEnvironmentDay 👉bit.ly/2HZPzLA
Arpit Dhupar of India is a Young Champion of the Earth.
His groundbreaking technique filters 90% of particulate matter from diesel generators & turns it into ink, without impairing mechanical performance. bit.ly/2QIddwQ #YoungChamps
🔴 We're on perilous ground 🔴
We are on track for a temperature rise of over 3°C. This would bring mass extinctions & large parts of the planet would be uninhabitable.
We need to supercharge our #ClimateAction ambition NOW to close the #EmissionsGap: bit.ly/2KU0kPb
Just announced: the 2022 #EarthChamps winners:
🇱🇧 Conservationist
🇵🇪 Enterprise
🇬🇧 Economist
🇮🇳 Wildlife biologist
🇨🇲 Women’s rights activist
Find out about their impressive #GenerationRestoration achievements.
#WorldEnvironmentDay in India brought major commitments to #BeatPlasticPollution:
Eliminating single-use plastic in the country by 2022
Joining the UN Environment #CleanSeas campaign
Pledging litter-free zones around 100 monument sites worldenvironmentday.global
Tag, you’re all it!
It takes just a few moments to play #BeatPlasticPollution tag for #WorldEnvironmentDay - challenge your friends to join in the push for a cleaner, greener future. 💚🌍
⚠️ 1️⃣1️⃣ million tonnes of plastic ends up in our lakes, rivers & ocean every year.
It's time to #FaceThePlasticTruth.
Act now before it's too late.
Join the #CleanSeas campaign, share this post & sign our pledge to #BeatPlasticPollution: cleanseas.org/take-action/fa
🌡️ The Heat Is On.
🚨 The clock is ticking loudly.
⚠️ To stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, we have just 8 years to almost halve greenhouse gas emissions.
The world needs urgent #ClimateAction ambition NOW to close the #EmissionsGap: bit.ly/3EhBBxn
The next 10 years are critical in combating climate change & saving 1 million species from extinction.
The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration’s strategy identifies 10 actions that can make a difference.
Learn more: decadeonrestoration.org/strategy
#GenerationRestoration
Healthy air 💨 🌫️
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Healthy planet 🌍 🌏 🌎
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Healthy people 👩🏽 👨🏻🦳 👧🏻 👱🏾♂️
Learn more about #WorldCleanAirDay: bit.ly/3CgZ1TA
#ActNow for #HealthyAirHealthyPlanet
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🚨⚠️The world is set to see its warmest 5️⃣ years on record – in a trend which is likely to continue - & is not on track to meet agreed targets to keep global temperature increase well below 2 °C or at 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.
#UnitedinScience…
Prime Minister 🇮🇳 of India and President of France 🇫🇷 are #EarthChamps for their pioneering work on the International Solar Alliance & for promoting new areas of cooperation on environmental action: bit.ly/2N6VeNV
🚨 New & updated climate commitments fall far short of what is needed to meet the goals of the #ParisAgreement, leaving the world on track for a global temperature rise of at least 2.7°C this century.
We must close the #EmissionsGap
bit.ly/3jDEuRe
People's health will be increasingly threatened unless urgent action is taken to protect our planet.
This means:
🔵 Investing in green innovation & circularity
🔵 Using more renewables
🔵 Eating less meat
🔵 Reducing waste
#GEO6 Report: bit.ly/2TACyhy
#WorldEnvironmentDay 2018 in India 🇮🇳was a landmark day for our planet with impactful #BeatPlasticPollution & #CleanSeas commitments. & share some of the biggest highlights.
Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at record levels and continue to increase.
Climate change has not stopped for #COVID19.
🆕 #UnitedinScience report ⤵️ unenvironment.org/news-and-stori
Break up for #ValentinesDay
It's time to end your toxic relationship with single-use plastic and find a new love ❤️ for #CleanSeas! bit.ly/cleanseasbreak
To #BuildBackGreener we need to 👇
➡ Invest in green jobs
➡ Not bail out polluting industries
➡ End fossil-fuel subsidies
➡ Take climate in all decisions
➡ Work together
➡ Leave no one behind
#ClimateAction
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Show the air you care for #WorldEnvironmentDay
🔵 Be a clean transport champion 🏆
🔵 Fight food waste ❌
🔵 Plant a tree 🌳🌲🌴
Let’s make this a global push to #BeatAirPollution
Congratulations to the Champion of the Earth , Prime Minister of India, recognized for his political leadership: pioneering work in championing the International Solar Alliance and eliminating all single-use plastic in India by 2022. #EarthChamps
The #BeatPlasticPollution momentum is still strong thanks to all of your wonderful efforts to clean up our planet! Make sure you register the #WorldEnvironmentDay event you held to receive your certificate:
bit.ly/2jGWwD2
Air pollution harms our natural environment. It decreases the oxygen supply in our oceans, making it harder for plants to grow & contributing to the #ClimateCrisis.
Taking action to ensure #CleanAirForAll is also taking action #ForNature & #ClimateAction
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5 June is #WorldEnvironmentDay and this year’s theme is #BeatAirPollution.
Join the global community in the celebration by taking action – organize an event that helps clean our precious air. Register here ⤵️ worldenvironmentday.global/get-involved/r
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Indian 🇮🇳 Prime Minister is a Champion of the Earth for his bold environmental leadership on the global stage: bit.ly/2IjrTPp #EarthChamps #BeatPlasticPollution
Even if the world were to cut emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, winter temperatures in the Arctic would rise
3-5°C by 2050 &
5-9°C by 2080
devastating the region & unleashing sea level rises worldwide. #UNEA4 #ClimateAction unenvironment.org/news-and-stori
The world’s first solar power airport shows that our ever-expanding network of global movement doesn't have to harm the environment.
in India is a 2018 Champion of the Earth: bit.ly/2On7le5 #EarthChamps
BREAKING: On #WorldEnvironmentDay, India commits to eliminate single-use plastics by 2022. Together, we can #BeatPlasticPollution!
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#GlobalTigerDay #WildforLife
1 million plastic bottles are sold around the world per minute, adding to the plastic pollution that ends up in our landfills & oceans.
We can all make a difference if we bring our own refillable bottle. Log your #ClimateAction & #BeatPlasticPollution ➡ bit.ly/3sIQjYU
Open defecation = a health concern that touches nearly a billion lives
& @psbhumi address this global issue in
Ahead of #WorldEnvironmentDay in India🇮🇳 & launched #HawaAaneDe to inspire the push to #BeatAirPollution with
The world has risen to the challenge to #BeatPlasticPollution by playing tag!
If you haven't joined yet, show us how you are taking action to reduce single-use plastic & tag three friends, asking them to do the same.
This is the amount of plastic waste generated annually & how much of it is inadequately managed.
On #WorldEnvironmentDay, join the call to #BeatPlasticPollution for people 🙋🏿♀️🧒🏼👧🏻🙋🏽♂️ and planet 🌏🌍🌎 bit.ly/2stoBSg
Happy #WorldOceansDay! 🌊🐟🌊🐡
We all have a responsibility to use the resources provided by our oceans sustainably because future generations will also depend on the oceans for their livelihoods. 🌊🦈🌊🐠🌊🐙
Our ocean is our future.
bit.ly/2Jj07Gh
It’s #WorldEnvironmentDay!
Get outside today and take time to enjoy our beautiful common home 🌏🌎🌍
We’re all part of the push for better future. Together, we can #BeatAirPollution
“We are flirting with climate disaster.”
at #WEF23 this week on the urgent need to #ActNow, in the face of potentially devastating consequences.
Facts on the climate emergency: unep.org/facts-about-cl
Pangolins are at risk of disappearing from our planet. RT to show your support & go #WildforLife wildfor.life #WorldPangolinDay
The #COVID19 pandemic is a wake-up call.
On average, 1 new infectious disease emerges in humans every 4 months. 75% of these emerging infectious diseases come from animals.
To prevent further outbreaks, the illegal wildlife trade & destruction of habitats must stop.
#ForNature
In Karnataka, India, is working to #BeatPlasticPollution for #CleanSeas through community education & beach clean-ups.
Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay
We may be apart, but our voices will join as one.
It’s time to appreciate the benefits that nature provides.
It’s time to take action to protect & restore our natural world.
It’s time #ForNature
#WorldEnvironmentDay is an opportunity to show our 💚 for this beautiful planet and the stunning benefits it brings us every day.
Let’s all commit to help heal Mother Earth. Let’s all join #GenerationRestoration
Here’s just one example of what you can do to #BeatPlasticPollution. Learn more about the problem & the solutions here: bit.ly/2stoBSg #WorldEnvironmentDay
Resetting humanity’s relationship with nature will be the focus of #WorldEnvironmentDay, which also marks the launch of the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global push to prevent, halt and reverse ecosystem degradation. #GenerationRestoration
. wasn’t able to make the #EarthChamps award ceremony to join laureate , but she took time to share a message on her way to Montreal.
Let’s all continue to raise our voices and demand #ClimateAction!
What can you do to go circular?
♻ Do not buy more than you need
♻ Buy local
♻ Reject packaging & single-use items
♻ Buy products that have a long life and that can be repaired and re-used
bit.ly/2JDCsBj
Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay
We must all do our part to #BeatPlasticPollution and protect this and all other wonderful ecosystems on planet earth. Tag, you're all it! Do your part to clean up our environment and be the change for a happier healthier planet!
A timelapse depicting just a few days of livestream. Raw & unaltered.
⚠️ Every year, between 0.8-2.7 million tonnes of plastic comes from 1000 rivers & 67% comes from 20 rivers, mostly in Asia.
It's time to #FaceThePlasticTruth for #CleanSeas: cleanseas.org/make-pledge
Costa Rica 🇨🇷 has received a 2019 Champions of the Earth award for its role in the protection of nature & its commitment to ambitious policies to combat climate change. #EarthChamps #ClimateAction unenvironment.org/championsofear
Plastic pollution is preventable.
On #WorldEnvironmentDay, this new Practical Guide shows how everyone can contribute to the solutions to #BeatPlasticPollution.
bit.ly/PlasticSolutio
UNEP Goodwill Ambassador invites you to join the #RaceAgainstClimateChange.
#ActNow by making your own climate pledge and partner will plant a tree for you. Enter code AIDAN.
bit.ly/3onzQsQ
🚨BREAKING🚨
UN Environment Assembly adopts landmark resolution in the push to #BeatPlasticPollution at #UNEA5!
In a major win for people and planet, nations have committed to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution.
They...
cover 2/3 of the planet
produce 50 % of the oxygen on Earth
regulate our climate &
provide food for over 3 billion people.
This #WorldWildlifeDay is dedicated to our oceans.
Learn more & go #WildforLife: bit.ly/2Ew5Sv1
“The use of animals for food is the biggest environmental problem.”
#EarthChamps & produce a sustainable alternative to beef burgers that are more environmentally friendly and rival the taste of meat. bit.ly/2xI7P52
Happy #WorldOceansDay!
We can all play a part in a better future for the 🌊
Let’s take action for #CleanSeas
🔵 Reduce your single-use plastic footprint 👣
🔵 Clean your local beach to help raise awareness about the need to #BeatPlasticPollution
This holiday season, celebrate a new, long-lasting relationship.
Commit to reduce plastic pollution for #CleanSeas: bit.ly/cleanseasholid
Climate change has ripple effects. Some of the most devastating chain reactions to climate change are:
🔹Extreme weather⛈
🔹Loss of biodiversity☘🐢
🔹Rising sea-levels🌊
🔹Extreme heat and drought☀
We need to #ActNow
#ClimateAction
From activists to biologists, UNEP’s #EarthChamps highlight trailblazers at the forefront of efforts to protect the natural world.
Meet the 2022 winners of the UN’s highest environmental honour. #GenerationRestoration bit.ly/3nM3sxP
100 weeks & 7.2 million kg of trash later, is working harder than ever to #BeatPollution.
Join him: beatpollution.org
On #WorldCleanAirDay helped raise raise public awareness in tackling air pollution & #ClimateChange & called for small changes in our everyday lives to fulfil our promise to keep clean air & blue skies.
#BeatPollution
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Primatologist and Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall made ’s 100 most influential people list!
Thanks for your important work in environmental protection & for your urgent call against climate change. 👏👏👏 bit.ly/2DhdG4c #ClimateAction via
According to , the #ClimateCrisis poses severe risks to people's mental health and well-being.
This #WorldMentalHealthDay, find out why it's critical to ensure mental health becomes a global priority for all: bit.ly/3Mg1nap
The world has become addicted to single-use plastic with severe environmental consequences. Explore the extent of the issue & action you can take to #BeatPlasticPollution in this interactive. bit.ly/2stoBSg #WorldEnvironmentDay
Biodiversity is being lost at up to 1,000 times the natural rate.
This loss & the degrading of ecosystems increases the vulnerability of communities to #climatechange. #UNBiodiversityConference
The world must go circular by embracing the need to:
♻ REcover
♻ REcycle
♻ REpurpose
♻ REfurbish
♻ REpair
♻ REfuse
♻ REthink
♻ REduce
♻ REuse
♻ REmanufacture
bit.ly/2XXI38H
#GEO6
Sad news - leading elephant conservationist Wayne Lotter of shot & killed in Tanzania: bit.ly/2uNg1BE #WildforLife
Happy #WorldOceansDay!
Our ocean connects, sustains & supports all life on Earth.
Yet, the triple planetary crisis puts it under serious threat.
It’s time to restore our relationship with the ocean to one with respect and of balance.
unworldoceansday.org
#ClimateAction
In Ethiopia🇪🇹 over 350 million trees 🌳🌴🌲 were planted in 1 day - an ambitious move to counter the effects of deforestation & #climatechange.
This is a race we CAN win. This is a race we MUST win. bit.ly/2KczEJi
Let's make history together on #WorldEnvironmentDay.
Let's make 2019 the year we took decisive action to #BeatAirPollution: bit.ly/2MwpLtx
#BeatAirPollution for #WorldBeeDay
Bees🐝🐝 rely on their sense of smell to identify different flowers, making them effective pollinators.
But air pollution can mask scent molecules from plants, which means bees need to forage longer & become less effective pollinators.
Nations must raise their #ClimateAction ambition by
🔴 3X to meet the 2°C warming target
🔴 5X to meet the 1.5°C warming target
We urgently need a large-scale push to bridge the #EmissionsGap: bit.ly/2KBR54Q
#WorldEnvironmentDay celebrations kicked off in Mumbai, India, where we joined volunteers & in a clean-up. And we launched a partnership with to green the sport of cricket in India. bit.ly/2IZbyyN #BeatPlasticPollution
Access to water 💧 and sanitation is a right for ALL, regardless of
Nationality
Status
Income
On #WorldWaterDay, join the call for #Water4All: worldwaterday.org
1️⃣/3️⃣ of the world’s food production depends on bees 🐝🐝
But they are increasingly under threat from human activities.
On #WorldBeeDay, let’s celebrate the G.O.A.T. of pollinators by working to protect them & their habitats. unenvironment.org/news-and-stori
Ecosystems support all life on Earth 🌍
The healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier the planet - and its people
Join #GenerationRestoration and be part of the solution 💚
Learn more: decadeonrestoration.org
Sir David Attenborough has been awarded the #EarthChamps Lifetime Achievement for his dedication to research, documentation & advocacy for the protection of nature & its restoration.
Here is his interview with 👇
unep.org/news-and-stori
#GenerationRestoration
“Nothing is waste until you waste it” Precious Plastic demonstrates how plastic waste can be reused & given a new purpose.
The tools 🛠they develop are shared online, open source, allowing anyone to download the recycling blueprints.
#SolveDifferent to #BeatPlasticPollution
Happy #EarthDay!
Today is your last chance to be part of the #WildforLife Big Cats Challenge - join a team to support conservation efforts for these magnificent creatures: bit.ly/2HWtQ3z
Plastic has reached the world's deepest oceans: scientists found microplastic ingestion by organisms in the Mariana trench, with a depth of 6,000m: “it is highly likely there are no marine ecosystems left that are not impacted by plastic pollution”.bit.ly/2TtlgCg
Happy #WorldOceansDay!🌊
Thanks to international sand artist for this beautiful celebration of the occasion.
#SaveOurOcean
🌎📣Earth Hour takes place today📣🌏
As we battle #COVID19, Earth Hour marks a moment of solidarity for us to unite and show our support for the environment, digitally. Join online events and find ways to celebrate from home here: bit.ly/3btGPI7 #Connect2Earth
To preserve our beautiful planet 🌍, we need to take action to reduce emissions in our daily lives. When was the last time you walked 👣 or biked 🚲 instead of taking a car? #BeatAirPollution
A more planet-friendly diet🥦🥕🍓 is also better for our health.
Eating less beef & more beans would cut deaths by 5-7%.
More from 🔽
Happy #WorldBicycleDay!
Riding a 🚲 helps #BeatAirPollution and is a great way to get some exercise and see the beautiful world around you 🌍🌎🌏
Get together with your friends and organize a bike ride for #WorldEnvironmentDay bit.ly/309EeOG
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News: Côte d'Ivoire has signed on to host #WorldEnvironmentDay in 2023, focusing on the need to scale up & speed solutions to #BeatPlasticPollution.
Make plans to join in on 5 June. worldenvironmentday.global
Our very survival depends on bees & other pollinators.
From food security and livelihoods to biodiversity – these tiny heroes play a vital role for #ForNature & humanity.
Let’s raise awareness & create some buzz on Saturday’s #WorldBeeDay.
bit.ly/3IqkXAe
Pakistan's 30+ national parks are home to a rich diversity of animal & plant species.
A new initiative will expand protected areas coverage from 12% to at least 15% of Pakistan’s area by 2030.
bit.ly/2RS7F8M
#GenerationRestoration #WorldEnvironmentDay
Lower costs are not the only benefits of wind and solar. It's 2017 and the #futureisclean: bit.ly/2hBoXU3
Are you ready to rise up for people and planet? We're looking for the next Young Champions of the Earth to tackle the world's environmental challenges. Apply to be one of the #YoungChamps: bit.ly/youngchamps
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Canadian climate scientist has received a 2019 Champions of the Earth award, the UN’s highest environmental honour, in the science and innovation category. #EarthChamps #ClimateAction
Western Indian Ocean's pristine #ecosystems, valued at US $25 billion annually, under threat: bit.ly/1N51tvJ
