Join us as we spotlight young individuals championing Zero Waste in Ghana 🇬🇭 ahead of #ZeroWasteDay

Let's work together to #BeatWastePollution and make a difference.

Register: twitter.com/i/spaces/1OyKA…

#ZWD2024

UN-Habitat UN Environment Programme Buzstopboys

Scientific studies have shown that being in nature can help improve mental health and cognitive function.

Learn more about some of the benefits of urban trees 🌳🌳🌳

Infographic via The Nature Conservancy

Oh GHANA🇬🇭, our beloved country. What does the future hold for you? Our present is already filled with mayhem & gloom. Our sun has been drenched of its light.
Changfans lined up at Dadieso in the Western Region on the Bogosso-Ayanfuri Highway. #Galamsey
Credit: Edem Srem

NGL, I didn't really rate 遠藤 航 (Wataru Endo) when I heard we were gona sign him. What a bargain! Clearly we robbed #Stuttgart .

Man was cooking that expensive City midfield lika Michelin chef! Wrapped them up nicely like Endo sushi rolls.

Ma signing of the season.♥️

#lfc #ynwa #LIVMCI

Wataru Endo locked up the Man City midfield 🔒

(via Liverpool FC)

Marine heatwaves have increased in frequency by 50% in the past 10 years. By investing in Nature-based Solutions and ambitiously reducing #FossilFuel -based emissions, we can limit the impacts of the #ClimateCrisis .

Are you a #DRR professional? Stay up-to-date with the latest engagement opportunities by visiting the community announcement section on PreventionWeb bit.ly/3mVx24H

🌍🌱 My #EarthEngine course is now available on the United Nations University Open edX platform! Enroll now and earn a certificate upon completion of the course 📚🎓

wlc.unu.edu/courses/course…

Humanity continues to do more harm than good to nature, pushing ecosystems at the brink of collapse.

The #BiodiversityPlan is the world’s blueprint to halt & reverse nature loss.

Here’s how: unep.org/resources/kunm…

#DRRretrospective
🌡️🌧️ In July 2023, the world experienced the hottest month on record.
This is how the #ClimateCrisis is driving the frequency and intensity of weather-related hazards ➡️bit.ly/3kr4qAF

Curious about the role of #biodiversity and #NatureBasedSolutions at #COP28 ?

Watch our event with Kew Gardens, Tony Juniper, Youth4Nature, Oluwaseun Adekugbe, Abraham Bugre, Prof Nathalie Seddon, Oxford & Bethan_Laughlin on putting nature at the heart of climate action! ⬇️
youtube.com/live/z0bEXfXTs…

Weekly #Y4N recap from #COP28 ! 🌿

The #Y4N dream team has been all over COP talking about NbS, access to education, forestry, youth leadership, community building, storytelling, and more as powerful solutions to the interlinked #climate and #biodiversity crisis. ✨

We are live at #COP28 discussing #biodiversity for building climate resilience & enabling #mitigation !

📍come by, side event room 4 (B6 83)

👉 bit.ly/COP28DRAFTTEXT

“The COP28 Presidency has been clear from the beginning about our ambitions. This text reflects those ambitions and is a huge step forward. Now it is in the hands of the Parties, who we trust to do what is best for humanity and the planet.”

– COP28…

Launching the Africa Youth Climate Action Plan (AYCAP) Assessment Report was a powerful moment at the Zimbabwe Pavilion at COP28.

The AYM4COP community and other African youth delegates united to propel the narrative to drive impactful change for a sustainable future in Africa.

Are you at #COP28 ? Join us today at 16:45 GST in Side Event Room 4 (B6 83) for conversations about #NbS for #adaptation , #mitigation , local #communities and #biodiversity ! 🌿📣👇🏿

Amazing !!!
Our speakers Abraham Bugre Apamaku Joshua Aiita and Melyn of INUKA are sharing amazing experience on NBS, our INUKA project’s impacts. NBS should always consider the needs of communities!

Passionate about climate action? Ready to be the voice Africa needs at COP28? AYM4COP is looking to sponsor delegates to COP28! Apply now!!

Eligibility:
Age: 18-35
African nationality
Climate change knowledge & experience
Active in climate initiatives
Secured a COP accreditation

'if this El Nino peak is as high as we project it will be, global temperature will oscillate about the yellow region... There will be no need to ruminate for 20 years about whether the 1.5°C level has been reached, as IPCC proposes.'

twitter.com/DrJamesEHansen…