OK, so I may have come for the quokkas (seeing some of W Australia post Global #NaturePositive Summit), but Rottnest Island / Wadjemup & its salt lakes is also a stopover for many migratory bird species 💚 #WorldMigratoryBirdDay #GlobalBirdWeekend BirdLife International #quokkaselfie

Critical stages… time for compromise recognising the reality of what is at stake… 🙏🤞

Why care at all? ❓ You have heard the word COP numerous times by now, so why does this new COP29 meeting matter? 🦉 Taking place this week in Azerbaijan, COP29 is vital to tackling climate change for nature and people. 🌎 Decisions will shape our future, but we must continue

Such a pleasure to meet you here at UN Climate Change #COP29 and discuss collaboration #ForNature and #ClimateAction in East Africa and the Lake Victoria Basin! BirdLife Africa BirdLife International BirdLife Policy LVBC

📣 Do join the first of our two UN Climate Change #COP29 events tomorrow, on #naturepositive #renewableenergy at the We Mean Business pavilion 1030-1200! More info ⬇️ #ForNature #ClimateAction Iberdrola Power We Mean Business BirdLife International World Economic Forum Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership CAF America NCF

If you’re at #COP29 come & join us shortly!

To make progress at #COP29 we certainly need both political will and to address the core constraints… and on #NatureDay, to recognise that we can’t address the #ClimateCrisis without nature!

On #NatureDay here at #COP29 we’ve been celebrating 60 years of the IUCN Red List (which assesses species extinction risk from threats inc #climatechange), flagging the importance of investing in #naturebasedsolutions like wetlands & working to get this reflected in the outcomes!

The revised #NCQG text at #COP29 remains deeply flawed for developing nations: it acknowledges the need for higher climate finance and systemic reforms, yet it falls short of binding commitments and prioritizes private over grant-based public finance, perpetuating the inequities

Chaotic hiatus at #COP29, now over 24 hours delayed, with anger on (nearly) all sides at deliberate obstruction of petrostates… ⬇️ Water and food in the venue running out, and concern whether there will be a quorum of Parties left if/when talks resume…

⬇️ Our take on the inadequate deal finally agreed at #COP29: birdlife.org/news/2024/11/2… On the upside, am back from Baku after 6 days travel overland (following COP en route 😉), just in time to speak at Cambridge Conservation Initiative’s fab event on the nature of business: eventbrite.co.uk/e/andre-hoffma…

Thanks to all who joined us for André Hoffmann and Peter Vanham’s talk on their book 'The New Nature of Business'! 🌿 Their insights on achieving sustainable prosperity were inspiring. It's fantastic to see leaders embracing collaboration to drive positive change for nature.

With again just a week’s break 😰, we’re now onto the third Rio Convention COP, #UNCCDCOP16 in Riyadh, where we need to see strengthened synergies between the nature, climate and land agendas on more than just timing… #COP16Riyadh

Biodiversity is on the brink. Multilateralism is our only hope 🌍. United Nations & UN Environment Programme call on all parties to find common ground & seek solutions. Nature cannot wait 🌳🐝   Honored to open UN Biodiversity #COP16Resumed sessions on behalf of U.N. SG António Guterres.

#CawForTheMacaw! 🦜With just 3 weeks til I attempt a Guinness World Records world record for WWF UK TCS London Marathon for the fastest marathon as a bird, a fab day to swoop around #HampsteadHeath & oblige some selfie requests! (Great to see you Ed Miliband!) BirdLife International 2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/noelle-kump…

📣Caw for support! 🦜 Our own Noelle Kumpel is highlighting the need to achieve the #naturepositive and #netzero global goals by attempting a global goal of her own at the #LondonMarathon on 27 April! ➡️Read more & support her here: 2025tcslondonmarathon.enthuse.com/pf/noelle-kump… #CawForTheMacaw

📣First news (literally!) for my #WorldRecord attempt at the #LondonMarathon! 🦜Inspiring the decision-makers & conservationists of the future 🙏💚🤼‍♀️🌎 Help #CawForTheMacaw here: lnkd.in/e9r53jiu First News Guinness World Records TCS London Marathon WWF UK BirdLife International #NaturePositive

🦜#CawForTheMacaw TCS London Marathon tomorrow!!! Could have done without yet more costume modification this evening to avoid garrotting with every step, but sure I’ll fly along now! And🤞BBC Sport will catch me en route! Guinness World Records WWF UK BirdLife International #WorldRecord #NaturePositive

👏💪🙌 Amazing! So good to meet you briefly with other Guinness World Records contenders, David, and really glad you got the #worldrecord! Gave the fastest marathon as a bird (female) a good shot but was no match for this penguin 🤷🏼‍♀️🦜🐧