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Posts by Jennifer (Trenholm) Ferguson-Mitchell

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🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲

👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest

This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity!

Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚

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What would you do if the water you rely on suddenly stopped flowing? 💧

For many refugees around the world, this is a growing reality.

Severe funding cuts are threatening access to safe, clean water.

On #WorldWaterDay, we’re reminded that access to safe water is not a luxury, it’s a human right.

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5 Ways Conflict in the Middle East Impacts Children Conflict disrupts and endangers children's lives in many ways. Here are five of them, and how UNICEF is responding.

As multiple, overlapping, conflict-related crises intensify across the Middle East, UNICEF is working with partners to expand emergency assistance measures and reach more children and their families with urgently needed protection and support.

Here is a look at five critical areas of impact:

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New congressional caucus urging research, funding for sarcoidosis A bipartisan team of U.S. lawmakers, led by a congressman whose mother died of sarcoidosis complications, is pushing for research and funding.

Fabulous news for those suffering with Sarcoidosis and their loved ones!

Finally, much needed bipartisan push for Sarcoidosis support, funding and research.

#Sarcoidosis #RareDiseases

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Children should never pay the price of conflict.

This weekend’s military escalation in the Middle East marks a dangerous moment for millions of children.

Read our full statement: https://unicef.au/4rH0Ths

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It’s simple, be kind. 😊

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The trauma children across the US are experiencing is heartbreaking. Whether seeing their own parents violently ripped away with no notice, or the parents of their friends and neighbors, is something no child should experience. It will have longtime, if not lifetime, impact. It’s a tragedy.

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When journalists are prevented from reporting firsthand, transparency and accountability are diminished. Without direct access, independent coverage is constrained, and press freedom is weakened.

“Lifting the information embargo is long overdue,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini

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Fast fashion creates immense waste worldwide and costs consumers billions of $$$s. This manufactured culture designed to generate huge profit for clothing producers is hurting people and the planet.

#StopFastFashion

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Investing in #ClimateAction is good for the planet—it creates stability, security, and peace.

See how UNEP is working with partners in helping countries integrate climate solutions with resilience and security efforts: https://ow.ly/sQBC50Y9QG5

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An important reminder🫶

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🌳📸 Participez au concours photo de la Journée internationale des forêts 2026 et montrez comment les forêts dynamisent les économies du monde entier !

Les détails sont ici 👉 https://bit.ly/3LiaR9o

#JournéeInternationaleDesForêts

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“Disinformation against UNRWA has been weaponised throughout the war in #Gaza as part of a sustained campaign to defame and destroy the main UN agency helping #Palestine Refugees.”

Full report by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini:
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...

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36 days left in our 87-day push.

Help us save #87MillionLives.

Thank you to the governments who have already stepped up.

Here’s how that support is turning into life-saving action on the ground. 👇

You can help too by donating here: https://bit.ly/3M41N8b

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As land degradation threatens essential ecosystem services such as regulating climate and providing benefits to people, the world has a bold plan: the Global Biodiversity Framework.

How much do you know about biodiversity loss? Take the quiz & test your knowledge: https://ow.ly/pFlg50Y5iwm

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@governorwalz.mn.gov the President is not going to end this, YOU and other political leaders must take action. Now!

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@forbes please copy edit your posts

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WHO statement on notification of withdrawal of the United States WHO regrets the United States’ notification of withdrawal from WHO – a decision that makes both the United States and the world less safe. The notification of withdrawal raises issues that will be con...

Health risks have no borders. The US’s withdrawal from @who.int threatens the country’s national security.

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➡️Read a case study from @FAO.org’s State of the World’s Forests 2024

🌱Developing the framework for ecosystem restoration monitoring platform through collaboration and data interoperability

🔗https://bit.ly/3XAMGF5

#SOFO2024 #GenerationRestoration #FERM
@UNEP.org @unbiodiversity.bsky.social

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The world faces the risk of a dangerous and deepening global hunger crisis.

WFP Chief, Cindy McCain, calls on world leaders to help halt famine and stabilize communities in 2026.

"We can't end hunger on our own."

Read more: https://ow.ly/7hjo50XVsQC

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UNICEF has called for the protection of children and adolescents amid public unrest in Iran.

Children must be safeguarded from any actions that endanger their lives, freedom, or well-being.

Every child’s right to life must be respected and safeguarded.

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Let us not lose sight of important human rights and child welfare events happening around the world. Our global support for the world’s most vulnerable people must never waver, never.

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#DidYouKnow?

@FAO.org - @WHO.int Codex sets standards for nearly 200 food products and has over 120 guidelines and codes of practice on a vast range of issues linked to food safety, quality, and trade.

Discover a world full of standards👉 bit.ly/CodexTexts

#FoodSafety #Codex

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This is what delivering WFP assistance looks like just 16 km from the frontline in #Ukraine, with a constant risk of shelling.

Around 420,000 people living near the frontline face severe food insecurity. Humanitarian support is essential to help get them through the winter months.

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In #Myanmar, conflict and disasters have pushed millions of people into humanitarian need.

The UN Global Emergency Fund CERF will support urgent aid in one of the world’s most constrained and underfunded crises.

#InvestInHumanity

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Can we feed a growing population without exhausting our land, soil and water resources?

Take an interactive look at two possible futures: buff.ly/f5QKGhL

#SOLAW2025

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Climate adaptation means helping communities adjust to a changing climate by protecting lives, livelihoods, and nature while building new opportunities for growth.

Browse UNEP’s new #AdaptationGap Report for the latest progress: www.unep.org/resources/adaptation-gap...

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At #COP30, lives are on the line.

People on the frontlines need more than promises – they need action, adaptation, and hope.

2025 showed what the #ClimateCrisis really means for the world’s most fragile countries.

Here’s what it has looked like so far: https://unocha.exposure.co/cop30

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In Belém, Brazil, world leaders are gathered for #COP30 to address the climate crisis by scaling solutions that create a safer, more prosperous future for all.

Stay up to date with the latest from the world’s largest conference: www.unep.org/news-and-stories/news/sp...

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Transparency can become a greater catalyst for ambition, trust and transformative #ClimateAction.

At #COP30, we celebrated the first enhanced transparency framework cycle.

Pleased to join 🇧🇷 and 🇦🇿 COP Presidencies as we reflect on the challenges and opportunities ahead: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

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