Nancy Groves 👩🏻‍💻

“We did not get where we wanted, but people want a deal. This work will not stop, because plastic pollution will not stop.” UNEP Executive Director @andersen_inger at the close of the second part of #INC5 in Geneva. Watch the full media stakeout: youtube.com/watch?v=JMMewa… #PlasticsTreaty

The climate crisis is NOT gender-neutral. It amplifies existing gender inequalities, threatening women’s and girls’ livelihoods, health and safety. Women's participation in climate discussions is vital for a sustainable future. unwo.men/AsYn50Ua7XK #COP29 #ClimateAction

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

People light firecrackers during Diwali, the festival of lights in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Everything’s a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

Kenya relocates 50 elephants to a larger park. Members of the public watch as Kenya Wildlife Service rangers and capture team release 5 elephants at Aberdare National Park, located in central Kenya, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) #APPhotos 📸 by Brian Inganga

#OctoberBigDay event in Nairobi at the Giraffe Centre. We saw more than 50 birds! Our guide saw dozens more. Happy #WorldMigratoryBirdDay! (Migrating birds haven’t arrived in Kenya yet so the ones we saw are local all year.)

Exciting Opportunity!! SPARC Africa, a section of AfLIA, is offering sponsorships for African delegates to attend the 2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access in Cape Town, South Africa from December 8-14, 2024! Details: web.aflia.net/call-for-appli… #SPARCAfrica @GlobalDiamondOA

*NEW THIS YEAR!* For the first time, we're inviting journalists from the Global South to apply for support to attend #IGF2024. How to qualify: ✔️3+ yrs experience ✔️record of published work in any medium ✔️Global South citizenship Apply by 🗓️18 Oct bit.ly/3XGFzMA

Thanks to @ItalyUN_NY for a jar of special @UN @NutellaGlobal (UNtella?). I will probably be eating this from the jar by the end of the big #UNGA79 week.

We strongly condemn the murder of Rebecca Cheptegei, the third elite runner to be murdered in Kenya. All suspects were intimate partners of the athletes. No impunity for perpetrators. The trend of #femicide must be stopped. Statement by @unwomenafrica unwo.men/j9w250TgStU

The 10th special session of #AMCEN is underway in Abidjan, tackling key issues on land degradation, desertification, and drought. Want to learn more about the discussions? Click the link for updates and insights on the ongoing session unep.org/events/confere…

🌍 Climate change and air quality are interconnected and must be addressed together. Addressing them hand-in-hand is a win-win for the health of our planet, its people, and our economies. 📄 wmo.int/publication-se…

A Sudanese medical doctor who recently captured attention for swimming to his hospital to perform a surgery, tells TRT Afrika why he took the decision

Globally, a woman dies of cervical cancer every 2 minutes. Africa accounts for 23% of the deaths. I must reiterate what we all know: we can completely prevent cervical cancer through vaccination & screening. The major barriers are cost & access.

If anybody wants to know why Gen X is always mad, it's because we had to replace our record collections with a tape collection that we had to replace with a CD collection that we had to replace with an MP3 collection, and now we need a subscription to listen to music.

Interesting: A new study finds that the extent to which kids are connected to nature is determined less by whether they live in the city vs. the country than by their socioeconomic status: tinyurl.com/3xwnap8m

Just a few hours before today's webinar examining the vital connection between #climatejustice & #HumanRights. I look forward to reflecting with fellow panelists and the audience. The event is free and open to the public. Register here: asil.org/event-list. @UN_SPExperts

Fun fact, I edited this clip. In 2016 I watched the entire 96 DNC to see if anything interesting happened, and suddenly MACARENA. The actual moment wasn't this... manic? I took the best shots and stitched them together but kept the music uncut. This is before I understood journalistic standards. Anyway, this edit is my contribution to American culture.

Important #plastics news! US says it now supports a more ambitious plastics treaty including production reduction! grist.org/regulation/us-…