BREAKING: On #WorldEnvironmentDay, India commits to eliminate single-use plastics by 2022. Together, we can #BeatPlasticPollution!

This #WorldEnvironmentDay, it’s time for a change. We’re pledging to #BeatPlasticPollution, and you should too! Read about our commitment to the SDG’s: wp.me/P9pdu6-4Yw

Happy to welcome Pope Leo XIV to Geneva on Thursday, where he will speak at World Council of Churches (WCC)’s 70th anniversary. His Holiness' support for the environment is appreciated, ahead of #Agenda2030. Special praise for his recent #ClimateChange talk to #BigOil CEOs. bit.ly/2laJyy4

"We agree with Prince El Hassan bin Talal that we need to wage peace, not war, even though peace is less lucrative and rewarding" - Water for Life & Peace Programme Director, mlvercambre, with His Royal Highness today at the #WCRCV #Religions4Equality #WaterInTheMENAregion

Water for Life and Peace programme Director ML Vercambre emphasizes the interconnectedness of water, sanitation, and girls’ education on #MalalaDay. Learn more about our Smart Water for Green Schools projects and how they promote girls’ enrolment here: wp.me/P9pdu6-YT

Green Cross Belarus President Vladimir Shevtsov shares his thoughts in honour of Malala Yousafzai Yousafzai. On this #MalalaDay, see what GCI is doing to promote #education through our Value Change programme: wp.me/P9pdu6-10c

Comprehensive study: carbon taxes won't hamper the economy | Dana Nuccitelli theguardian.com/environment/cl…

South African Chief Justice Hon Mogoeng Mogoeng delivered a rousing speech at the United Nations Geneva on #MandelaDay – calling on world leaders to take #ActionAgainstPoverty and asserting that “overcoming poverty is not an act of charity, it is an act of justice” #Mandela100

Green Cross Burkina Faso is proud to join forces with ANEW, a network of CSOs active in sustainable water supply and sanitation. Green Cross is excited to work with them towards achieving #SDG6! Read more here: wp.me/p9pdu6-56u #GlobalGoals #SDGs #water #sanitation

“… there is no doubt that we can and should constrain the increasing likelihood of all kinds of extreme weather events by restricting greenhouse gas emissions as sharply as possible.” Dr Friederike Otto bit.ly/2LEmp5N GCI climate change initiatives: wp.me/p9pdu6-56S

Green Cross Switzerland is currently hosting their annual therapy camps. Young people affected by nuclear radiation from around the world gather to learn how to improve not only their own health, but that of the environment as well. Learn more here: wp.me/p9pdu6-57r

Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings, 73 years ago, August 6 and 9, 1945, with commitment to never allow such indiscriminate and inhumane use of nuclear weapons again. Green Cross RLAFoundation Arms Control Assoc

Celebrating Kofi Annan’s life & dedication to the environment. "I have repeatedly stressed that climate change is a global and all-encompassing threat to life, to our water and food supplies, to our health, security, prosperity and stability.” Kofi Annan, 2015 The Guardian interview

#Waterscarcity is the new norm of so many parts of the world. We need to adapt the ways to manage water. Getting water right is the cornerstone of achieving all #SDGs. — Mr. Torgny Holmgren, Executive Director, SIWI, opening plenary of #WWWeek

See GC France et Territoires President Nicolas Imbert's article in Atlantico about the opening of Arctic trade routes due to global warming, and the consequences this may pose to the environment...(French)po.st/koMHci via @technoscopie

Water for Life and Peace programme director ML Vercambre speaks with United Nations Geneva about the importance of #SDG6 to the pursuit of peace and sustainable development #WorldWaterWeek #ClimateAction #Water #Peace سـوريـاء🇸🇾

1000 new shoes were distributed to students in Nakura County schools in the Rift Valley, Kenya by Green Cross Japan, Green Cross Sweden and Green Belt Movement to promote health and the prevention of illnesses. More info: wp.me/p9pdu6-500

#WorldWaterMonitoringDay #NorraKarr endangers the ecosystems and public health around #LakeVattern. Green Cross Sweden and Urbergsgruppen ask that civil society play an active role in Environmental Impact Assessment that TSM Delisted must submit by 28/09. wp.me/p9pdu6-58V

Everyday is #PeaceDay at GCI – we are pursing the achievement of #Goals16 through our Water for Life and Peace, Environmental Security and Sustainability and Value Change programmes. More info: wp.me/P9pdu6-54n

"September 26th is an important annual reminder that the world has pledged for over half a century to abolish nuclear weapons." Paul F. Walker United Nations Geneva wp.me/p9pdu6-59V #nuclearban #safertomorrow