🍊🥭🥕 Orange-coloured fruits & vegetables are great sources of carotenoids, so make sure to include them in your diet to keep your eyes healthy. #HealthyDiets

Each of us has a role to play in protecting our ecosystems, which all of humanity depends on for survival. Yet, nature is in crisis. Take UN Environment Programme's quiz and see how much you know about nature loss & how it impacts us all.

Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following 10 years of negotiations!🌊 The High Seas Treaty aims to place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature. bbc.com/news/science-e…

Can’t stand that old bookcase and dining table with the mismatched chairs you once thought looked so cool? If you bought them at IKEA UK, the retailer will pay you to get them back! 🛏️🪑🛋️ IKEA is making its Buy Back & #Resell program permanent after piloting the offer in 2020!

Most people who lack access to digital technology are women & girls. On Wednesday's #InternationalWomensDay, UN Women is calling for more investment to help women get equal access, skills & opportunities in the tech industry. unwomen.org/en/news-storie…

My colleagues Shakila Islam (YouthNet) and Humayara Jeba Jeba, two leading climate activists, have been invited by the French and German ambassadors in #Bangladesh to a reception in honor of International Women's Day. #EmbraceEquity #IWD2023 Rüdiger Lotz Marie Masdupuy

Women move mountains & they are vital to conserving these ecosystems. They contribute to: 🌎 resource management 🌾 agricultural activities 💧 water & food security at household & community levels & so much more! #MountainsMatter #IMD2022 Via Food and Agriculture Organization

🌲The world’s forests absorb 2.4 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year meaning reversing the effects of #deforestation is essential in the fight against #ClimateChange. Via IUCN

Happy #InternationalWomensDay There's much to celebrate about women's achievements, yet we all know there's more to do. Let's embrace #equality & build a better world for women everywhere. Collectively we can all forge positive change 🙌 🌎 #futurepositive #IWD2023 #change

The #UN2023WaterConference is just 1️⃣0️⃣ days away! Get set to take #WaterAction & 👀check out WorldBank events : wrld.bg/xC6w50NfSnb #SDG6

#NaturebasedSolutions offers our cities and #ecosystems 🏙️ a wide variety of benefits for: 🌿 #Biodiversity 📉 Disaster risk reduction 🩺 #Health 🌡️ #ClimateChange Learn more below ⬇ EU Environment EU Climate Action EU One Health Connecting Nature NetworkNature Via @SfEP

Planting trees in cities is good for people, good for the economy and an important answer to the #climatecrisis. We have solutions. Time to ditch fossil fuels and implement them. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #ClimateAction #Renewables #solar #nature #rewilding #GreenNewDeal

What benefits do people derive from #mangroves? @wwf & @iucn list the following contributions to people 🌳wood 📸tourism 🎣fisheries 💚livelihoods 💧water filtration 🌊coastal protection 🌡️climate regulation & mangrove ecosystem services Via ipbes

Scotland is aiming to be the world's first rewilded country. It's looking to rewild 30% of the country by 2030. We have the solutions. Replenishing and protecting nature is one of them. #ActOnClimate #climate #biodiversity #GreenNewDeal

In Norway, 79% of new cars sold in 2022 were electric. There are now over 600,000 electric vehicles in Norway. We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #Climate #energy #transportation #GreenNewDeal

Scotland has become the first country to stop its hospitals using the anaesthetic desflurane because of the threat it poses to the environment!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Banning it in Scotland would cut emissions equal to powering 1,700 homes a year!👏 #futurepositive #nhs #scotland #carbonfootprint

We have moved us dangerously close to irreversible #climate tipping points. It's time to reverse course. There is no planet B, there is no time to waste. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate #energy #ClimateAction #GreenNewDeal

Protecting people’s livelihoods means protecting their future. Food and Agriculture Organization is helping to build that future by supporting communities who need it the most with... 🐮animal feed 🌾drought-resistant seeds 🚜farming and storage tools 🐛pest control #AnticipatoryAction

Ocean Waves can be a source of unlimited #cleanenergy. This Wave Power Plant, could power thousands of homes. We have the solutions to the #climateemergenecy. Stop the delays. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climatecrisis #climate #energy #Tech #renewables #GreenNewDeal

92% of the UK’s seagrass has been lost, and restoring it is vital for ocean health. To help restore seagrass, Project Seagrass planted almost 1 Million seagrass seeds over two hectares along the coast of Wales in 2020!🌱🌊 #futurepositive #seagrassoceanrescue #climatechange #sea