Here is my full speech at the #COP26 World Leaders Summit Opening Ceremony with a key message from Earth to COP: "Open your hearts"! The youth voices at the World Leaders Summit will probably get the least coverage! So I'll upload them here! Share widely!

We’re live from #COP27 as more than 100 world leaders gather in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt 🇪🇬 for Day 1 of the World Leaders Summit. #AWFatCOP27 COP27 UN Climate Change NANCY G Collins Shava Frederick Kwame Kumah Andrea Athanas

#Tanzania says its elephant population recovering - good news from one of the most important elephant range states & founder member of Elephant Protection Initiative voanews.com/a/report-tanza…

The Congo basin forests hold about 8 years of global carbon emissions - what does that mean and why does it matter as we go into #COP27? Find out on a new episode of #AfricaForward brought to you by AWF & produced by Foreign Policy Studios. foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/afric…

'Why Does Biodiversity Matter to All of Us?' Looking forward to presenting on this important topic Les Roches Marbella 'ShiftIn' 2022' on 16 November: 👉 Register: fal.cn/3tiud 👉 More about ShiftIn': fal.cn/3tiuc #Biodiversity #Innovation #Nature #Sustainability

"The network of rivers, lakes and peatlands surrounded by miombo woodland in these highlands together maintain the year-round flow of water into the Okavango River Basin, and ultimately the wildlife-rich Okavango Delta in Botswana." via Mongabay news.mongabay.com/2022/11/protec…

Africa has about a 5th of the world's population but produces less than 4% of global CO2 emissions, major driver of #ClimateChange. Africa's unfairly affected by climate impacts. There's a need for countries to invest in projects that protect infrastructure and improve resilience

Some for you , some for me, Naisiriria and Bule share the precious and delicious fresh water from the hose pipe.

For Mongabay’s team of journalists it's been a busy year reporting on our planet’s most pressing issues. By year-end, we’ll have published +4,000 articles! If you’ve read any, please donate to make make more #environmental journalism possible. donorbox.org/2022-mongabay?…

🌍#COP27 delivered an historic breakthrough on #lossanddamage support to countries most vulnerable to the devastation of #climatechange. But the Sharm El-Sheikh talks made little headway on the ambition required to reach the goals of the Paris & Glasgow agreements. Read more ⬇

Deepy grateful to everyone finding the time to provide key updates, summaries & detailed threads on all of the vital environmental conferences happening around the world, including #COP27, #CITESCoP19 & ahead of #CBDCoP15🌿🌊🌳🐾🌍🙏🏽🤲🏽 It's no easy task, so you are appreciated!

🚨 Calling all policymakers! CBD COP15 is our best chance to set an ambitious Target 15 that will #MakeItMandatory for businesses to assess and disclose their impacts on nature. At #COP15 #MakeItMandatory 👇 bit.ly/COP15_Target15

New piece of #conservationtechnology in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park and its surroundings: @earthrangertech helps us visualize real-time data to make more informed decisions that helps keep wildlife, habitats and communities safe! @thegef #wildlife #antipoaching #conservation

Long'uro’s herd have been spending most of their their days out in the wilderness. Namunyak Conservancy is home to the largest population of free ranging elephants on community land. This gives the orphans a wonderful head start when it comes to their rewilding journey one day!

'Member states agreed on new trade regulations for more than 600 animal and plant species, including the protection of sharks, glass frogs, turtles, songbirds and tropical timber species.' news.mongabay.com/2022/11/new-pr… via @Mongabay

Can you lend us a hand today? Today, on #GivingTuesday, you can help us raise over $300,000 for the Reteti elephants and for the keepers who give their hearts and souls to the elephants every day. Please tap our link reteti.org/givingtuesday

The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) is expected to go extinct in the wild in just over a decade, largely due to a lack of sardines, their main food. news.mongabay.com/2022/11/will-s…

Congratulations to our 2022 #EarthshotPrize Winners!!

🧵So we have a Global Biodiversity Framework 🌍 After 4yrs of tedious, often frustrating & emotional negotiations, i’d like to firstly congratulate the countless unsung heroes who lobbied day in and day out for stronger, more equitable targets for our planet & our people. #COP15

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL 🚨 Nations have agreed on a plan to protect 30% of the planet's surface by 2030. A HUGE moment for nature!! nytimes.com/2022/12/19/cli…