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🗳️ With the EU elections just a few days away, we want to help everyone make informed decisions at the polls: 🌡️ Over the past five years, the European Parliament has faced the critical task of tackling the twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change, both posing severe threats to our wellbeing and future. 🔍 However, a research by WWF European Policy Office, BirdLife Europe, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, European Environmental Bureau, and Transport & Environment, reveals a stark reality: 🌎 Merely a minority of MEPs during the 2019-2024 mandate have truly acted as “Protectors” of our planet and the European Green Deal. ⚠️ The majority of MEPs have taken on the roles of either “Procrastinators” or “Prehistoric thinkers”, obstructing substantive progress with patchy and inconsistent voting records. Learn more here: https://buff.ly/3x48boz

#Wetlands are essential to achieve global biodiversity, climate, water & development goals. Building partnerships and mobilising finances to protect and safeguard these ecosystems should be considered both as a priority and a solution for global challenges. 📆By bringing together #EU officials, ambassadors, and representatives of Convention on Wetlands, EU Environment and Climate, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, we'll explore the power of #WetlandPartnerships in tackling global environmental challenges. 📌Register online ➡️https://lnkd.in/egQCyczm #EUGreenWeek Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) Barbara Pompili Dr Musonda Mumba Aleš Bizjak Veronica Manfredi Chris Baker Artur H. L. Falcette Wetlands International #WaterWiseEU #wetlandsmatter

📢 Just in: the summary of the "Connecting the Spanish & Belgian EU Presidencies for a Just #GreenTransition" workshop is now available! 👉 Dive into the insights, key takeaways, and future directions discussed during the workshop shaping the future of EU #climateaction. 🟢 Access the summary here: https://shorturl.at/dovB8 Conama | Bond Beter Leefmilieu| Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe | European Environmental Bureau | Klimaatcoalitie Coalition Climat Belgium | ECODES (Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo) | Greenpeace España | UGT Unión General de Trabajadoras y Trabajadores | Ecologistas en Acción

If you love polling data as much as I do 🤓, hope you'll join TNC for a discussion around climate action during #climateweeknyc. Learn more below.

For those of you attending NY Climate Week: I hope you'll come hear the amazing Hazel Wong talk about the importance of social science research to influence governments and stakeholders to invest in climate solutions!

We are almost three full weeks into 2024, and I have started full of energy because in this new year, we will all climb new heights for #nature.   We have already seen multiple milestones for the #environment. Earlier this week, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) announced that over 300 companies from almost 50 countries committed to start making nature-related disclosures.   Today is also the last day of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting. One of the four key themes for the week was “A Long-Term Strategy for Climate, Nature and Energy”, an encouraging sign of how the environment continues to rise up the global agenda.   IUCN is proud to participate in these two networks, and looks forward to an eventful year ahead. Over the next 12 months, I invite you to join us as we deliver impact on the ground, hand in hand with Members, experts and partners; host nine Regional Conservation Fora; actively engage in major global environmental discussions; and quicken the pace towards the IUCN World Conservation Congress.   Together, let us Unite for Nature. Happy new year.

‘Rights of nature’ are being recognised overseas. In Australia, local leadership gives cause for optimism Alexandra McEwan et al As each day passes, the need to protect Australia’s environment grows more urgent. As noted in the most recent State of Environment Report in 2021, we are increasingly turning to “measures of last resort” to prevent species extinctions and the collapse of ecosystems. https://lnkd.in/g-MfUfVy #stateofenvironmentreport #stateofenvironmentreport21

#MazingiraDay2024 is not just day off from work. It is a critical moment to accelerate environmental conservation. By amplifying grassroots voices, together let's play our role in mitigating the catastrophic effects of climate change around the world. Journalists for Human Rights (JHR)

Are you still in the process of building a solid ground for your vote in the European Elections coming up in June? 🇪🇺 📩 Then you should take a look at the EU Parliament Scoreboard, recently published by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, BirdLife Europe and Central Asia; European Environmental Bureau, WWF European Policy Office and Transport & Environment (T&E). It provides an overview of votes by political groups at EU levels and parties at national levels on key policies on climate action, nature restoration and protection from pollution. Unsurprisingly, there are huge differences with regards to their willingness and reliability to promote laws in favour of a just sustainability transition ❗ Scores range from as little as 6-25 in the group of 🦖Prehistoric thinkers to 70-92 in the group of the 🛡️Protectors. Thank you to the MEPs with The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament; The Left in the European Parliament; and Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats for using your mandate in 2019-2024 to vote for our common future. #VotefutureEU

🌿🇮🇪 Ireland could become the first country in the EU to enshrine the rights of nature into its national constitution. This follows the insightful recommendations from the March 2023 Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss. This groundbreaking move challenges conventional views, treating nature not just as a resource but as a rightful entity. Globally, this concept is gaining momentum, reshaping our relationship with the environment. 🤔 How might this change impact your business practices and sustainability strategies? #RightsOfNature #BusinessSustainability #EnvironmentalLeadership #Ireland #LinkedInDialogue https://lnkd.in/eYdNV9C5