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Nature Based Solutions Essential For Climate Mitigation
On the 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, Nature Based Solutions are emerging as essential climate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
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Key Fishing Nations Endorse the Protection of 30% of the Ocean
Today, the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, composed of 14 serving world leaders, put forward a new ocean action agenda for building a sustainable ocean economy where protection, production and prosperity go hand in hand.
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Climate Change and Human Impacts Are Altering Mt. Everest Faster and More Significantly Than Previously Known
New findings from the most comprehensive scientific expedition to Mt. Everest in history have been released in the interdisciplinary scientific journal One Earth, filling a critical knowledge gap on the health and status of high-mountain environments.
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UK Overseas Territory Becomes One of the World’s Biggest Sanctuaries for Wildlife
Today, the most remote inhabited island on Earth becomes one of the world’s biggest sanctuaries for life above and below the waves thanks to an international partnership that is supporting the local community and protecting nature.
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Without Public Finance, We Can’t Protect Nature
This week, leaders of 450 public development banks representing 10% of total global investment will gather to discuss the role public finance can play in driving sustainable development that benefits people and the planet.
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While Global Biodiversity Negotiations are Delayed, New Pandemic Report Underscores Need for Major Progress in Nature Conservation
A timely new report by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) asserts that preventing future pandemics before they emerge requires targeted action to address the underlying causes of pandemics--which are the same global environmental changes that ...
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Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities are Essential Partners in Protecting at Least 30% of the Earth by 2030
The Campaign for Nature’s goal of protecting at least 30% of our land and oceans by 2030 can only be achieved with full respect of Indigenous Peoples’ rights and with the leadership of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities around the world.
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27 European Environment Ministers commit to protecting at least 30% of the EU’s land and seas by 2030
Today, the Environment Council of the European Union committed to protecting at least one-third of its land and seas by 2030.
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The National Geographic Society and Adobe Partner to Bring Creative Storytelling into the Classroom
The National Geographic Society and Adobe have announced today a new partnership to offer a series of free, on-demand, educational online courses designed to support digital literacy and creative storytelling for the next generation of storytellers.
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National Geographic Launches COVID-19 Remote Learning Emergency Fund For Educators
Fund supports teachers designing innovative resources and methods during the pandemic
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Announcing the National Geographic Society’s 2020 Class of Emerging Explorers
The Society’s newest cohort of changemakers will transform their fields and the understanding of our world
Top Leaders Endorse the Goal to Protect 30% of the Planet by 2030
PM Johnson, UN Secretary-General Guterres, EVP Timmermans, Canadian Minister Wilkinson, Christiana Figueres, and HRH Prince Charles all announce support for the target
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Update from the National Geographic Society on the 2020-2021 GeoBee
A special message from National Geographic Chief Education Officer Vicki Phillips
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Meet the 2020 National Geographic Award Recipients
Today, the National Geographic Society announced its 2020 National Geographic Award recipients. The nine individuals will be honored during the virtual 2020 National Geographic Awards on Thursday, October 8.
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New Report: To Save Nature, World Must Increase Biodiversity Investments at least Fivefold
Today, The Paulson Institute, The Nature Conservancy and Cornell University released a major new report, “Financing Nature: Closing the Global Biodiversity Financing Gap.” This is the most in-depth and comprehensive analysis ever completed about biodiversity financing. The report highlights the ...