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5 June is #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌎 2022 marks 50 years since the 1972 @UN Conference on the Human Environment, widely seen as the first international meeting on the environment. Today and every day, let's celebrate, protect and restore our planet. @UNEP worldenvironmentday.global

Happy #WorldPenguinDay! A day to celebrate these magnificent birds and recognise their risk of extinction 🐧👇🐧

We are only just untangling links b/w #mercury pollution, #biodiversity loss & #climate change. They reinforce each other, damaging health & the environment. The work of @minamataMEA is hugely imp to making our planet healthy again. #MakeMercuryHistory unep.org/news-and-stori…

Next week, #MinamataOnline will host 2 top-up information sessions on National Reporting in Spanish & French. 📄🔍 Register now: ✔️Spanish session Monday 29 Nov (15h00-16h00 CET) bit.ly/MO2Nov29 ✔️French session Tuesday 30 Nov (14h00-15h00 CET) bit.ly/MO2Nov30

Next week, #MinamataOnline will host the last of four sessions on national reporting: "40 days to go: check-in on any questions". 📄🔍 Register for one of the slots on Monday 22 November: ✔️ 09h00 - 10h00 CET bit.ly/MO2Nov22a ✔️ 15h00 - 16h00 CET bit.ly/MO2Nov22b

Thanks to all participants for making this online segment of #MinamataCOP4 a success! To learn more about our main proceedings, let's revisit the highlights & images of today's #MinamataConvention plenary. ✅ @IISD_ENB's coverage for 5 November: enb.iisd.org/Minamata-Conve… 👇

📣 It's official: The #MinamataCOP4 in-person segment will take place on 21-25 March 2022 in Bali, Indonesia. 🇮🇩 The Conference adjourns until next year & important work continues as we take key steps to #MakeMercuryHistory. 📖 Read the full story here: mercuryconvention.org/en/news/partie…

Today I received my second #COVID19 vaccine because I work in Geneva. As a South African I know how lucky I am. Only 2% of vaccinations have gone to Africa. To make sure there are vaccines for everyone, everywhere, join me to #GoGiveOne today. gogiveone.org

Today I received my full #COVID19 vaccination thanks to the excellent Swiss rollout. As a way to say thanks I'm donating to #GoGiveOne. Join me and #GoGiveOne today as vaccines are needed for everyone, everywhere. gogiveone.org

Happy #BiodiversityDay! 🏞️ Pollution is one of the key drivers of #biodiversity loss. A new report on interlinkages between #ChemicalsAndWaste MEAs & biodiversity shows that @brsmeas & @minamataMEA are part of the solution. 📖 Read it here: bit.ly/BRSMC-Biodiver… #ForNature

Stay updated with the latest info on the forthcoming first online segment of the 4th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention @minamataMEA #COP4 (November 2021) at our next #chemicals & #waste briefing 📆 Thu 27 May, 9.30 CEST ➡️ tiny.cc/GEN27May

The first step to protecting #biodiversity is understanding it. 🌎🔬 For #BiodiversityDay, @brsmeas & @minamataMEA are releasing key insights on interlinkages between chemicals & wastes and biodiversity. Stay tuned for more information. 📣 We’re part of the solution #ForNature

The 1⃣st version draft of the Guidance on National Reporting Format for the #MinamataConvention is now open for comments. 📣 🗓️ Parties & stakeholders may submit comments using the comment form available for this purpose & submit it by 28 June. Together we #MakeMercuryHistory

When women are at the negotiating table, peace agreements are 35% more likely to last at least 15 years. See how @UNDP is working with partners to achieve #GenerationEquality 👉ow.ly/JqRS50DWIxO

UN Geneva staff read excerpts from the Preamble of the UN charter in dif... youtu.be/bNjNZ_e_pVs via @YouTube

We're proud to have taken part in the world's largest youth-led environmental event. It's key to build capacity for youth to engage & take action #ForNature. Congrats on the success of the #YouthEnvironmentAssembly! 🌐🌳 Know more: unep.org/news-and-stori… via @UNEP #WithYouth

We, the Peoples: Many Languages, One Common Mission! Together with @UNGeneva colleagues, to celebrate International Mother Language Day, we read excerpts from the Preamble of the @ UN Charter in our different mother languages. #IMLD youtu.be/bNjNZ_e_pVs

Dutch chemist Paul Jozef #Crutzen passed away yesterday aged 87. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995, for his work on the ozone layer & #climate change. Popularized the term #Anthropocene to describe a proposed new era when human actions have a drastic effect on #Earth

Did you miss the webinars on Third Round of applications to the Specific International Programme? 📽️Watch the videos in 3 languages: English👉youtu.be/0bvkN15e8OA Français👉youtu.be/LYR9IMbqmVU Español👉youtu.be/FTcRg-iKq1w Presentations here: bit.ly/SIPwebinars

On 24-25 Nov, the Governing Board of the Specific International Programme decided to launch its Third Round — details to be announced on our website by 15 Dec. Congratulations to Co-Chairs Reggie Hernaus & Prasert Tapaneeyangkul and all Board Members on this successful meeting.