May 2022
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The #UNCCDCOP15 theme, ‘Land. Life. Legacy: From scarcity to prosperity, is a call to action to ensure land, the lifeline on this planet, continues to benefit present and future generations.
COP15 will bring together leaders from governments, the private sector, civil society and other key stakeholders from around the world to drive progress in the future sustainable management of one of our most precious commodities: land.
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Reflecting on the urgent need for actions to achieve a healthy planet🌍 and prosperity of all. #OnlyOneEarth
Spending on energy-efficient buildings remains a small portion of new construction🏗️in cities globally.
Here are 3 facts on buildings, cities, & how we can reach full decarbonization of the building sector in our fight against the #ClimateCrisis.
Healthy plants
✅ help mitigate climate change
✅ protect biodiversity
@fao shares some of the many benefits of healthy plants.
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Achieving a sustainable and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. #OnlyOneEarth #Stockholm50
#DYK the way we farm is chewing up once-wild spaces?
⚠️ It is a key threat to most of the 1 million species at risk of extinction
✅ Limiting agricultural expansion can create safe havens for animals & help combat climate change
🚨 If we do not drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions, the world’s coral reefs 🌊 will be the first ecosystem to disappear by the end of the century.
We have #OnlyOneEarth.
#DYK every 6 seconds we lose an area of tropical rainforest as big as a football ⚽ pitch?
Forests 🌳🌲 are home to 80% of the world's land-dwelling animals & plants
Each and every individual can make a difference this #WorldEnvironmentDay. Head to the link in our bio to share your Earth Action Number. #OnlyOneEarth
The May global surface temperature was 1.39°F (0.77°C) above the 20th-century average of 58.6°F (14.8°C). This ranks as the ninth-warmest May in the 143-year record, 0.30°F (0.17°C) cooler than the warmest May months (2016 and 2020).
Globally, May was the fifth warmest on record, joint with May 2018 and 2021. In southwestern Europe, temperatures were much above average, associated with a heatwave which broke national and local records for daily maximum and minimum temperatures.
