Carlos Manuel Rodriguez
@cmrodrigueze
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CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility. Conservationist and soul surfer.
Joined December 2018
Today Costa Rica reaches the 30x30! It has fully protected 30% of the land and oceans. President Alvarado signed today new marine protected areas after 4 years of hard work!
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When protected areas and biological corridors are well manage and local communities are engage, nature responds. Tapirs at Tenorio National Park, Costa Rica. Scientists report an important rebound of the population of this beautiful mammal.
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Today is the last day in office of Costa Rica’s President Carlos Alvarado @CarlosAlvQ a true world environment leader . His decarbonization and adaptation plans are a great legacy to CR. My recognition as well to minister Andrea Meza @AndreaMeza76
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History forest cover in Costa Rica. Good policies, strong institutions , NGOs + private sector halted deforestation and doubled forest cover in the same period the economy tripled and we went 100% clean energy in the electric sector. Towards nature positive carbon neutral!
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Tom Lovejoy inspired a whole generation of conservationists in Costa Rica. His work in the consolidation of our system of protected areas particularly in Osa is a living testimony of his vision. RIP!!
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A juvenile Harpy Eagle in northern Costa Rica! First confirmed record in 40 years! 40 years ago Costa Rica had half of today’s forest cover. Good conservation, strong instructions and a army of conservationists pays off!
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How the future of oceans my look like depend on today’s decisions!
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Costa Rica is loosing its precious cloud forests because of climate change which is taking a toll on biodiversity. Photos by D. Jansen and W. Hallwacks.
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I am proud to continue building on Naoko’s legacy at the GEF. Our contemporary society has ten short years to take the 1.5 degrees pathway and the global protection of 30% . GEF must be in the center of this global transformational process. Thanks Naoko !!!.
New CEO Carlos Manuel Rodriguez @cmrodrigueze will join @theGEF at a crucial time for environmental action - amid a pandemic and ahead of high-stakes negotiations on #climatechange, #biodiversity, #oceans, and more: #GEFcouncil
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Latest Forest Cover Analysis for Costa Rica indicates 57% tree cover. In the early 80’s it was 21%. This massive restoration hasn’t been a burden for growth and social development!!.
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New monetary issue in Costa Rica with bills representing different ecosystems: Tropical Dry Forest, Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape, Mangroves, Humid Tropical Forest and Paramos ( alpine wet ecosystem). Great work!
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Very proud for receiving, from the Nat Geo, their conservation award to President Carlos Alvarado, Andrea Meza and myself for reaching the conservation of the 30% of the Costa Rican oceans.
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Today we celebrate our first COP @UNBiodiversity since the pandemic. Best wishes to the CBD Presidency (China) and to all Parties. The birds of Costa Rica will be extremely happy with a great outcome!
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.@theGEF is the world’s largest funder of biodiversity and climate change response in developing countries. It can do this because the GEF is also a "family of funds" made up of the GEF trust fund, LDCF, SCCF, Nagoya Protocol, and CBIT.
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The GEF is a force for good!!.
"Nature is a tremendous force for good when we create the conditions for it to thrive.". 💡 GEF CEO Carlos Manuel Rodríguez (@cmrodrigueze) is celebrated among @TIME's top leaders driving climate action globally. #TIME100CLIMATE. 🔗
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Ostional Wildlife Refuge, northwestern Costa Rica.I went this weekend and the work of the Rangers and local community is awesome. Nature at its best!
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We need to strictly protect 30% of the land and oceans by 2030. This week I spend a few good days working ( …and surfing and diving) in Galapagos National Park in support of Ecuador’s commitment to the 30%!
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Through Good governance, solid institutions, innovative policies and massive investment in education , Costa Rica was able to double its forest size.
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Hoy Costa Rica celebra el día de los Parques Nacionales. La creación del sistema de áreas protegidas es la segunda mejor decisión que los costarricenses hemos tomado después de la abolición del ejército!
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In 1987 EO Wilson told a group of young conservationist in @OTS's La Selva Biological Station that tiny Costa Rica had ten times more species of ants than the US. That was the first time I though that CR was a biodiversity superpower. With his loss, Nature has lost his agent.
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My Vespa, my home. Finally living in Washington DC. Gracias !!
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After two huge hurricanes in Central America the country with the highest forest cover overcomes better the impacts and has less economic damages . The region has lost 20% of its forests in the last 20 years. We need to invest in climate reliance: nature base solution!
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My kids in Osa, southern Costa Rica with the grandfather of the rainforest a Caryocar costarincense. Beautiful!
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We owe it to the youth! School children in Pac National du Banco, Côte d’Ivoire.
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Jaguar captured by a Cámara-trap at 3000 meters above sea level in Chirripo National Park, Costa Rica. A record of altitudinal range for the country!!
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There is nothing like an early surfing session before work . Here I am attending COP 4 of the Minamata Convention in Bali, Indonesia.
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The GEF family at the COP. Towards the end of two weeks of “ mucho trabajo “.!
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On the IPCC report: the one thing we cannot do in response to the climate crisis is give up!!
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Well done Mr President!.
It is my responsibility to promote common good, to honor the Costa Rican tradition of protecting the environment, and to guarantee the right balance between economy vs sustainability. Consequently, I have veto the law that would reactivate trawling in Costa Rica.
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The ocean is life, food, energy and recreation. It is time we fully care and protect it. I welcome the agreement to protected biodiversity in the High Seas !!! My grandkids deserve a clean and healthy ocean like the one that I have been surfing and diving !
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It is a dream come true to see in person the Amazon pink dolphin. Good management of protected areas plus the participation of local communities has proven to be a positive combination for the conservation of this endangered species.
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The White lipped peccary is probably the most endangered big mammal in the neotropics. This group in Osa, Costa Rica, is being protected 24/7 by the community of Rancho Quemado without salaries and budgets. Pure commitment!!
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The GEF mourns the loss of renowned tropical biologist, dear friend and long-standing director @theGEF Dr. Gustavo Fonseca. One of the most prominent conservationist of our generation. And a endless source of inspiration and innovation!
.@theGEF mourns the loss of renowned tropical scientist Gustavo Fonseca, its long-standing Director of Programs. Gustavo spent his career facing environmental challenges with his optimism & pragmatism intact, an approach that won him friends & accolades.
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Follow the green leader: why everyone from Prince William to Jeff Bezos is looking to Costa Rica | Costa Rica | The Guardian
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In Costa Rican you can surf while a Jaguar judge your surfing skills!
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Hopping from one COP to another. From climate COP27 toCITES COP19. It is the first time the CEO of the GEF attends a CITES COP. Working with biodiversity relevant Conventions is extremely important to the GEF. @theGEF @CITES @ivonnehiguero @mremae @fraenkelamy @RamsarConv
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Costa Rica celebrates 72 years without an army. The legacy of our grandfathers generation. Now our legacy is Decarbonization
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Felicidades a todos los conservacionistas Ticos por décadas de trabajo e inspiración. Thanks to the Costarrican conservacionists !!!.
🇨🇷 gana @EarthshotPrize: 1 millón de libras, que usaremos para impulsar conservación marina. #EarthshotPrize es para cada persona que ha trabajado por conservar nuestras áreas protegidas y bosques. ¡Es un ícono del liderazgo 🇨🇷! 🌿#EarthshotLondon2021 @KensingtonRoyal @CRMinae
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Patrolling with the Costa Rican Park Rangers. In moments of global crisis we need them more than ever in the frontline of the conservation effort.
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Nature gives us cost/effective solutions to be considered in the economic recovery plans.
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Costa Rica's decarbonization plan will generate a net benefit of $41billion by 2050. This is what a green recovery is all about. @AndreaMeza76 @CFigueres .
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Mapping nature to create a global biodiversity framework | UNDP
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I feel both alarmed and emboldened by the latest IPCC report, which shows that climate change is occurring much more quickly with more extreme effects than we previously anticipated. We will realistically see temperatures by 2030 that scientists used to think might happen by2040.
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It is a pleasure to be in the Galapagos Island launching a GEF project on eradication of invasive species and management of protected areas. Thanks to Minister @GustavoManriq_M for his leadership and to Sergio Diaz-Granados President of CAF.
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Los ex ministros Minae en la Convención para combatir la desertificación. Costa Rica no está exenta de las sequías y degradación de suelos. Con pocas excepciones las diferencias partidarias no se manifiestan en la alta dirección del Minae. @CRMinae @AndreaMeza76 @EdgarEGutierre2.
What a pleasure to have at the #UNCCDCOP15 the last three Ministers of Environment of #CostaRica. @AndreaMeza76 deputy head of @UNCCD; @cmrodrigueze, @theGEF CEO & Edgar Gutierrez-Espeleta
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Nature-led coronavirus recovery could create $10tn a year, says WEF AS SIMPLE AS THIS!!!.
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My agenda for today in Maldives: surfing and diving! It is impressive the effort this nation has done to protect and restore marine ecosystems ! An example to the World. High quality surf spots and diving sites!
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Probably the biggest crocodile I ever seen. Patrolling with Rangers at Corcovado National Park.
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3:23 am and we are still in the Plenary of #COP15 waiting for consensus amongst 198 countries. Nature can wait all night!!
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Congrats to all Costa Rican conservationists!!!
Bravo 🇨🇷. With an innovative policy paying citizens to protect forests and restore local ecosystems #CostaRica has reversed decades of deforestation. #EarthshotPrize Winner!#ProtectandRestoreNature. #EarthshotLondon2021 🌎. @AndreaMeza76 @cmrodrigueze .
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Nature base solutions with a new twist: Panama Biotech Institute with the Ministry of Environment researches in the use of wild fungi to combat pests in coffee plantations. They have a hit that has the potential to be an option to hazardous chemicals.
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Protecting 30% of planet could bolster economy, study says
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#NatureKnowsNoBorders, and neither should environmental finance. Conservation of migratory species is supported by many @theGEF projects and is deeply embedded in our biodiversity and transboundary cooperation programs. I am excited to be in Samarkand for the #CMSCOP14
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My admiration to the work of Park Rangers all over the World. Here with Emile and Joshep, guardians of Lope National Park in Gabon.
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Con pesar nos hemos entrado del fallecimiento del gran conservacionista don Mario Boza. Crecimos a su sombra y nos contagiamos de su pasión. Hoy Costa Rica se beneficia de las áreas silvestres; su gran legado. Gracias eternas don Mario!!
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Great outcomes from CITES COP19!!! Sharks, glass frogs, hardwood trees and many other endangered species will have more protection. Who says there is no commitment and political will to protect nature!!! Good peer pressure coming toCBD COP15!
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It is always a great to meet with a conservation champion! I meet @MarinaSilva when she was the Brazilian Minister and we ( Costa Rica) were pushing for a Climate COP decision to include forests in the climate solutions. 20 years later destiny puts us again in the same path.
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43 years ago I surfed for the first time this beach. It was clean and teeming with wildlife . Today I am heartbroken to see so many plastics …. incredible how we are trashing the #ocean .
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Countries pledge record support to the Global Environment Facility. Twenty-nine countries have jointly pledged more than $5.2 billion providing a major boost to protect biodiversity, climate change, plastics and toxic chemicals.
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Maldives is in the frontline of sea rise due to climate change. With support of @theGCF they have build a sea wall to protect themselves. Minister and Secretary of Environment explain me this existential challenge . For reference the maximum elevation in this country is 2 meters.
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Forest fires, the new normal . 20 years ago IPCC scientists told us this could happen! And it is happening! Welcome to the Anthropocene! I only hope by 2050 the geological epoch is not called collapsocene!!
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The Sumatra elephant is being protected by the Government of Indonesia with support of the GEF in Gunung Leaser National Park. This is the last stronghold for elephants, tigers, rhinos and orangutans. It is encouraging to see the work of rangers and local communities !
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3 ways to prevent the next pandemic with nature, according to science Nature based solutions are cost/effective!.
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We need to protect 30% of planet and be Nature positive by 2030 to achieve the 1.5 degree climate target and be on track with the 1.5 target to achieve the 30% Nature target.
JUST RELEASED:new paper describes a #NaturePositive by 2030 GLOBAL GOAL FOR NATURE similar in clarity/ambition to what we have for climate.A goal to support an equitable, nature positive, carbon neutral society.A safe future for all.
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As a surfer I have been saying that surfing is not a sport, it is a style of life. Here with the most important surfer of the planet President @LacallePou9000 from Uruguay. His leadership has put Uruguay in the frontline of effective climate action. Felicidades Presidente!
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Costa Rica is producing a new corps of skilled tropical biologists. But many can’t find jobs at home
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@GarayaM Si estar en contra de Acuerdo de Escazu, Ley de Aguas, modernización de Setena, en contra de prohibión de hidrocarburos y a favor de Minería a cielo abierto y pesca de arrastre es ser ambientalista pues San Román en una gran ambientalista.
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Today the @theGCF approved US$54.1 million in funds for Costa Rica to deliver their #ClimatePromise. Jointly with @unredd+, we're supporting 🇨🇷 & other nations to unlock #ClimateAction financing. #FinanceinCommon2020
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On behalf of all the ocean lovers from the Eastern Tropical Pacific (Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, CR) my big thanks to Donna @DonaBertarelli for her invaluable support in the conservation efforts of our Oceanic Islands !!@Bertarelli_fdn @HighSeasAllianc
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Women from the Guna Yala in Panama preserve biodiversity in their territory with support of @GEF_SGP. These forests are a key biological corridor between south and mesoamericana.
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Two citizens looking at their plastic footprint!!
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Land degradation and drought in #CentralAsia are major issues that can only be tackled with concerted action. @theGEF's new program works on the nexus of #SustainableLandManagement and transboundary cooperation to address water scarcity in this region.
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41 billion reasons why Costa Rica’s progress on decarbonization can inspire the world
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As ministers we worked together for high climate ambition now as heads of multilateral organizations we work supporting climate action. @simonstiell @theGEF @UNFCCC
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The post-COVID opportunity for the environment: An interview with the GEF’s Carlos Manuel Rodriguez via @Mongabay.
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For those wondering who are the climate leaders here below is a snapshot from the CAT study. Well done to The Gambia!
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Felicitamos a Chile por presentar su nueva NDC y por mantener su compromiso con la ambición climática. Gracias CHILE, gracias @CarolaSchmidtZ por este paso!!sigamos trabajando juntos por sociedades más resilientes y descarbonizadas. @gmunozabogabir, @PEspinosaC.
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Wrapping fruits with plastic …. what an incredibly bad idea. Seems that Homo sapiens is not that sapient !
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Costa Rica’s Andrea Meza is building a green economy to fight climate change - Washington Post
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My recognition to the GEF pioneers who had the vision and courage to create this great Partnership 30 years ago!.
Learn about @theGEF’s history of tackling Earth’s most pressing environmental challenges from #climatechange to #biodiversity conservation in a timeline spanning 3️⃣ decades!. #GEF30Years #ForThePlanet🌏. 📌
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This year is an important one for ocean conservation. From the UN Ocean Conference to the Conventions COPs on Biological Diversity and Climate Change. For me, the oceans provides plenty joy and peace of mind.
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More than 400 scientists brainstorm on GEF investment priorities | Global Environment Facility
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Our rangers are often underutilized, underrecognized & underequipped. I’m proud to have worked on this paper for @ConLetters that outlines the need to recognize them as essential planetary health workers; this will be critical to achieving #30x30 goals.
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This is how good restoration of tropical landscapes is made! Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica.
A view of Volcán Orosi in @ACGuanacaste in 1987 and. this week. Nature at work. Photos by Dan Janzen and @rpuschen. #Restoration #rewilding #biodiversity #tropicaldryforest #bosqueseco
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Riding from one meeting to another in Male with Dr Naseer Minister of Environment from Maldives. Great day of work!!
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Today I had the great opportunity to talk with @WorldBank President Ajay Banga about how we can strengthen our partnership and scale up @theGEF & World Bank investments for a #LivablePlanet.
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Feliz cumpleaños Costa Rica:200 añitos! .Happy birthday Costa Rica: 200 years!
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Last week was the last for @yannickglemarec at the Green Climate Fund @theGCF. We are all very grateful with the excellent work he did. His wisdom, kindness and professionalism contributed in the advancements of the climate finance agenda.On behalf of @theGEF:thank you Yannick!!
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A great accomplishment by the GEF partnership!.
📣 29 countries have jointly pledged more than 5️⃣ billion for @theGEF, providing a major boost to international efforts to protect #biodiversity & curb threats from #climatechange 🌡️🌏 . Read the press release: #GEF8 #HealthyPlanetHealthyPeople
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My heart are with my Nicaraguan and Honduran brothers. Two huge hurricanes in the last two weeks. Forests fires, pandemic and now hurricanes are not just hallmarks of a bad year. Welcome to the Anthropocene!
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It is a pleasure and a major responsibility to work together with Jannick Glemsrec and his team @theGCF to support all nations in this climate emergency!.
Honored to brief 🇺🇳 @antonioguterres w/ @cmrodrigueze on our joint long-term vision to enhance catalytic investments that promote ambition & scale of climate & biodiversity outcomes. @theGCF @theGEF mandate, finance & expertise present unique opportunities #TogetherForOurPlanet.
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HighAmbitionCoalition for Nature&People led by Costa Rica&France calls for protection of 30%of the planet by2030 to help prevent future pandemics @ricardolozanop @LeeJTWHITE @brunepoirson @Teresaribera @KristaMikkonen @simonstiell @Enric_Sala @Brian_ODonnell #WorldEnvironmentDay
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