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Official account of @UN Environment Programme. Updates on triple planetary crisis: climate change, nature & biodiversity loss, & chemicals, pollution & waste
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https://www.unep.org/ 06-05-2009 09:34:32
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En route to #Abidjan for the 10th Special Session of #AMCEN. An estimated 65% of Africa's land is degraded, impacting over 400M people. This week, Africa unites to raise ambitions and combat land degradation, desertification, and drought on our way to COP 16 Riyadh. #UNited4Land




Africa is rising to the challenge of land restoration and combating desertification. Now is the time to unite for our continent’s future. The commitment demonstrated by Ministers at #AMCEN, alongside the Global Environment Facility (GEF), marks a vital step towards securing our ecosystems_ Carlos Manuel Rodriguez



Transparency is a crucial enabling #climateaction tool for countries to: ➡ take informed decisions ➡ craft stronger climate policies ➡ attract vital climate finance I welcome the launch of the Baku Global Climate Transparency Platform by the incoming COP29 Azerbaijan Presidency.


A pleasure as always to run into UN Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador Rocky Dawuni here at #AMCEN in Abidjan. Very grateful to Rocky for his dedication and using his voice - for both singing and advocating! - to champion the solutions we need to fight the triple planetary crisis.


Join UNEP Columbia Global Paris Center City Diplomacy Lab & Denise Bauer, Ambassadrice des USA en France on 6 Sept for a discussion on how the Olympic and Paralympic Games have become catalysts of sustainable urban transformations: unep.org/events/confere…


From pushing for financing to adapt to the climate crisis to strengthening governance through #AMCEN & more, UNEP works with African countries to respond to the most urgent environmental challenges. More on our work: unep.org/regions/africa… For more updates follow UN Environment Programme in Africa




The climate crisis is an economic sinkhole, sucking the momentum out of economic growth. Delivering on #ClimateAction will unlock a goldmine of benefits. UN Land and Drought’s Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at #AMCEN: unfccc.int/news/deliverin…


3 calls to African leaders from Inger Andersen at #AMCEN: 1. Unite action on land under the three Rio Conventions 2. Account for the value of nature. 3. Back circular approaches to minerals Info unep.org/news-and-stori…


Although a human right, clean air is still denied to 99% of the world’s population. Ahead of #WorldCleanAirDay, Inger Andersen calls for urgent global action to tackle air pollution, set strong standards, and invest in solutions for #CleanAirNow. cleanairblueskies.org