Happy International Women's Day! We're celebrating women who have changed the world. Here's all of the amazing women who have received the #NobelPrize and their remarkable achievements at the time of the award. Who are the women who inspire you the most? #IWD2024

We can see signs of progress in the fight against the climate crisis. Industries are changing. A revolution in renewables is underway. But it must move farther and faster for the benefit of all. Let’s keep fighting, keep speaking the truth, keep creating change, and keep up

Since early in my tenure as Secretary-General, the UN system has had an equal number of women & men in senior management positions – a first for our organisation. We are pursuing full gender parity – at all levels, and in each and every entity. Equality is overdue.

Consumer Cooperative Society Kagoshima collects used cooking oil brought in by co-op members and from store delicatessens, refines it into biodiesel fuel at own plant, and uses it as fuel for delivery vehicles. Read more: jccu.coop/eng/news/2024/… #SDGs

5 million fish are killed every minute by fishing industry Super trawlers are devouring the ocean of marine life These ships can catch, process and store hundreds of thousands of tonnes of fish This is not sustainable Make it stop Ban super trawlers now

Water follows gravity in Murcia, Spain, as humanity loses all sense of the gravity of this situation. Every day is disaster day. The #ClimateCrisis never takes a holiday. #flood

More evidence that new bike lanes lead more people to ride: In Fribourg, Switzerland, a new bike lane increased cycling traffic 20% during weekdays. Researchers found "a latent demand that has been triggered by an improvement in cycling infrastructure." doi.org/10.1016/j.trip…

Unthinkable just a few years ago: For the first time renewables (wind, solar, hydro) produced more EU electricity than fossil fuels in 2023. 2/3 of EU electricity is from non-fossil fuel generation. Source @EmberClimate

The trains in the Netherlands are 100% #windpowered. Over 5,500 trips a day 100% #renewable. We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climateemergency #climateaction #climate #energy #renewableenergy #renewables #GreenNewDeal

Weird, I thought Governor DeSantis successfully deleted climate change from Florida.

Over 1 million marine organisms are killed each year due to plastic pollution in the ocean. It's time to end plastic pollution. There is no planet B. Use less, buy less, waste less. #ActOnClimate #climate #PlasticsTreaty

It would be reasonable to conclude that the 2 most inspirational cities in the world right now in city-building for people are Paris & Montreal. It might be the french culture for place-making and civic sociability. On the other hand, it might be about 2 progressive women mayors.

This separated, protected lane fights #ClimateChange. And air pollution. And inequality. And preventable diseases. And public health cost increases. And cost of living increases. And tax increases. Plus it supports economic devt, and allows a lot more trips in a lot less space.

Nearly 80 years have passed since Nagasaki was incinerated by an atomic weapon. It is not enough to remember what happened. We must never allow such devastation again. The only way to eliminate the nuclear risk is to eliminate nuclear weapons.

Walkable neighborhoods promote health, happiness and social cohesion in ways your weekly Costco run never can.

I must call out the flood of fossil fuel expansion we are seeing in some of the world’s wealthiest countries. In signing such a surge of new oil and gas licenses, they are signing away our future. Countries must phase-out fossil fuels – fast and fairly.

On #UnitedNationsDay we're looking ahead to the UN International Year of Co-operatives 2025, which officially launches at the International Cooperative Alliance conference in New Delhi nxt mnth. The conference is also extra special after our CEO Rose Marley joined the Board of the ICA earlier this month.

‘I was arrested for civil disobedience … I turned 82 in jail!’ — Actor and activist Jane Fonda sounding the alarm about the need for ‘bold action’ on the climate crisis. There's no time to wait. This planet is all we've got. Defend it. #ActOnClimate #ClimateEmergency #climate