Mission achieved #IPBES12
Delegates approved the Summary for Policymakers of the Business and Biodiversity Assessment, which addresses businesses’ impacts and dependencies on biodiversity, highlighting opportunities for nature-positive engagement
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Delegates at #UNEA7 confronted emerging issues, linking the environment to technology, health, and the global economy
They also considered how to deal with ever-growing concerns pertaining to #climate change, #biodiversity loss, and #pollution
Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/unea7-oecpr7...
🔍🌄 Looking for #ResearchFunding to strengthen monitoring, data, or information in #OurChangingMountains?
💡 The @geomountains.bsky.social Small Grants Call 2026–2027 is now open! 👇 Priority regions: the Andes, Central Asia, East Africa, South Caucasus, & Hindu Kush Himalaya.
⏰ Deadline 20 Feb 2026
A resilient planet depends on Indigenous leadership.
At the #UNEA7 Special Dialogue on Indigenous Peoples, we reaffirmed that Indigenous knowledge systems, sciences, and practices are vital to the planet’s survival - and @unep.org will not stop listening, learning and championing Indigenous rights.
Delegates at #OECPR7 forwarded draft resolutions/decisions to #UNEA7, where ministers face a herculean task of finding agreement on a host of issues, including crimes affecting the #environment, sports and environment, and strengthening @unep.org
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🌍 Call for abstracts! Our session for the World Biodiversity Forum 2026 explores how social innovation, governance & collective action can halt biodiversity loss in mountain regions. Submit by 18 Nov 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/k1x3I12
#MountainBiodiversity #OurChangingMountains #MountainsMatter #WBF2026
This is great! In Japan they use this to power streetlights, billboards, EVs and others. Some countries use the dancefloors to generate power.
📣 Deadline Extension! World Biodiversity Forum 2026 📣
The deadline to submit sessions & workshops under the theme 'Leading Transformation Together' has been extended to 1 September 2025!
📆 June 14–19 2026
📍 Davos, Switzerland
🔗 Read more➡️ buff.ly/pXlCbxf
#WBF2026 #Biodiversity #Sustainability
"Maps have great power to change minds and create reality. How maps use that power depends on who makes the maps." The film documents how indigenous communities around the world are taking back control of mapping their own territories and using them in conservation and monitoring.
"...a potential turning point in international climate law..." achieved thanks to a group of students at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu.
👏👏👏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This recent @unepwcmc.bsky.social blog makes the case for "Nature-based solutions, grounded in science and equity" to build resilience.
It was fun running a half marathon today! Perfect weather in Nairobi for a run. A big thank you to everyone who showed up!
#NairobiCityMarathon2025
🚨 Call for Abstracts!
The Mountain Ecosystem Specialist Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management invites abstracts for an upcoming publication titled 'Displacement & Migration in Mountain Ecosystems'.
⏰ Deadline: 15 July
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#OurChangingMountains #ClimateResilience
#Mountains are changing, so are the patterns and intensity of challenges. If your work relates to #migration or #displacement in the mountains, we want to hear from you.
Deadline for abstract submission extended till 15 July 2025.
"Transformative change for a just and sustainable world is urgent, necessary and challenging, but possible..."
The @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment urges us to rethink how we interact with nature. A vibrant and healthy planet requires our collective actions #ForNature.
Call for abstracts from the #Mountain #Ecosystems Specialist Group of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management on the theme - Displacement and Migration in Mountain Ecosystems.
Submit abstracts by: 15 June 2025
tinyurl.com/mryjzshd
Fun day out with Urban Sketchers Nairobi team at the Safari Walk to celebrate #USkWeek2025. Such a privilege to observe and draw wild animals within the city.
Excited to see how the @urbansketchers.bsky.social family is celebrating around the world.
#UrbanSketching
In case relevant, you can also check this newspaper article on wildlife trafficking of birds that can mimic human speech www.sikkimexpress.com/news-details...
This article provides some historical context on 'talking dogs' from the point of view of performance/ creating entertaining illusions and looks at paradoxes of the anthropomorphic representation www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14....
The best part of the green and eco-friendly @unep.org Nairobi campus is watching our adorable furry friends! 😊
"I believe the fight to protect mountain systems is going in the right direction."
MRI SLC member Joyce Kimutai gives us an inside look at the challenges she, alongside her peers, faced at the 62nd Session of the #IPCC when pushing #OurChangingMountains to the forefront of policy.
Congratulations @urbansketchers.bsky.social on reaching 1k! With all the chapters around the world, I hope we'll keep growing.
Here's a sketch from last week from the UN campus in Nairobi, Kenya. We do have a Nairobi chapter.
#Urbansketching
Age yourself with a cartoon you watched as a kid!
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Great to see the enthusiasm for, and growing number of Mountain Biosphere reserves. Set up well, these can deliver benefits for mountain communities, biodiversity and enhance environment resilience @unesco.org @yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
Graphic with a misty forest background featuring the title '5 Facts About Forests from the IPBES Assessments.' The text lists five key facts: (1) 15% of global forests are managed by Indigenous Peoples & Communities, (2) deforestation is generally lower on Indigenous territories, (3) nearly 200 million people in the Asia-Pacific region depend on forests for meeting many of their needs, (4) global forest area is now approximately 68 per cent of the estimated pre-industrial level, and (5) tropical forests cover 10% of all land area and represent about half of global species richness. The IPBES logo is in the top-right corner.
🌳 5 key facts about forests from the @ipbes.net Assessments! 🌍🌿🧪
Forests are vitally important for people, #biodiversity and the planet. But forest area is dwindling. Learn more from the latest findings!
#ForestDay
The @unepwcmc.bsky.social blog shines a spotlight on the quality of #conservation efforts, examining whether protected and coserved areas are governed equitably, effectively and upholds the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Much needed progress at CBD #COP16Resumed on resource mobilisation and #monitoring framework. Tracking progress at national and global levels is key to reaching the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework #KMGBF.
Stubled upon this fantastic thread by @leramiles.bsky.social on peers working in nature #conservation and #climate science. Wonderful resource!
I am with UNEP. Happy to join.
