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Stop plastic pollution!
April 7, 2021
Companies are still creating massive amounts of waste that the planet just can’t digest. All of us can act, we can choose to reduce our impact, buy loose objects, reusable, really recyclable, ditch plastic.
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A decade to restore Nature
April 1, 2021
Over the course of the next ten years, the EU Commission promises to plant 3 billion trees for 30% of Europe’s territory – and the same proportion of its seas to become protected areas with much stricter regulations on the protection and restoration of forests.
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World Meteorological Day 2021 - The ocean, our climate and weather
March 23, 2021
The World Meteorological Day theme - The ocean, our climate and weather – celebrates WMO’s focus in connecting the ocean, climate and weather within the Earth System. It also marks the starting year of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
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International Day of Forests 21 March
March 22, 2021

The theme of the International Day of Forests for 2021 is "Forest restoration: a path to recovery and well-being." The restoration and sustainable management of forests help address the climate-change and biodiversity crises. It also produces goods and services for sustainable development, fostering an economic activity that creates jobs and improves lives. Forests are home to about 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, with more than 60,000 tree species. Around 1.6 billion people depend directly on forests for food, shelter, energy, medicines and income.
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World Wildlife Day 3rd March 2021: "Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet"
March 3, 2021
World Wildlife Day will be celebrated this 3rd March 2021 under the theme "Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet", as a way to highlight the central role of forests, forest species and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, and particularly of Indigenous and local communities with historic ties to forested and forest-adjacent areas.
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International Polar Bear Day 2021
February 27, 2021
By helping protect the polar bear, we’re helping to make sure the Arctic food chain stays healthy, for the benefit of wildlife and people in and beyond the Arctic. The Arctic provides fish for millions of people.
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End plastic pollution: You can help!
February 23, 2021
Plastic pollution is the ocean's new cancer, but the good news is that we can all help clean up the planet!
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Disposable plastic is a huge threat to the health of the planet
February 15, 2021
A problem that not only concerns the health of the fauna, but also ours. Plastic, which ends up in the food chain, puts commercial fishing and aquaculture at risk. A significant risk for 1.4 billion people for which fish is one of the main sources of protein. 80% of the waste consists of plastic.
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Whales can help us fight climate change
January 30, 2021
The attempt to increase the number of whales could be seen as a benign form of geo-engineering. A large whale absorbs on average 33 tonnes of CO2, while a tree, for example, stores less than 50 kg annually.
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Plastic in the Arctic comes largely from polyester clothes
January 20, 2021
Analyses indicate that homes and water treatment stations release microfibres that end up polluting the Arctic. There’s plastic all over our lives.
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Say No to plastic wraps, ditch plastics!
January 15, 2021
There are many things to do against single-use plastic pollution, but the most important measure is reduction. The first step is to get rid of the delusion that any plastic consumed will simply disappear. Even when you throw it away, it doesn’t degrade. Not in our lifetime.
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Warmest decade ever has come to the end
January 9, 2021
The last decade was the hottest on record, with a 1.25°C increase in average temperature over the pre-industrial period. Emissions are also increasing. It is yet another confirmation of the trend of recent years. The extraordinary climate events of 2020 and data show us that we have no time to waste. We must come together as a global community to ensure a just transition to a net zero future.
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