Happy #WorldWildlifeDay! Check out this footage of two tigers, Bohdana and Kuma, in Kazakhstan, which has been without tigers for more than 70 years!

Wetlands are vital for #biodiversity, including as critical habitats for many migratory species.🐦🌍🧪 — @ipbes.bsky.social #LandDegradation Assessment Yet, many of these #wetlands are now threatened. Learn how wetlands support biodiversity with Ramsar for #WWD2025: www.worldwetlandsday.org

In honour of #WorldWetlandsDay, the magnificent Bearded Tit! Have you got out and about in nature this weekend? Share your snaps and stories... 👇😍

Coastal wetlands of #GreatLakes come in all shapes and sizes, but the one thing they share in common is how important they are! They're kind of like the rainforests of the #GreatLakes - lots of biodiversity and productivity, and also facing threats from development #WorldWetlandsDay

Happy #WorldWetlandsDay to all who celebrate. Wetlands help reduce climate change impacts, they sustain the water we drink, and they support an amazing diversity of wildlife. In short: wetlands rock 🌿

Wonderful #WorldWetlandsDay blog on the importance of wetlands in DRCongo's Salonga National Park to hundreds of local communities, its extraordinary biodiversity & the climate medium.com/@WWFWater/jo... @wwfafrica.bsky.social @wwf.org.uk @wwfnederland.bsky.social

Mangroves, coral reefs, estuaries and salt marshes are among the coastal habitats we celebrate on #WorldWetlandsDay. Healthy wetlands are central to food security, reducing disaster risks, and tackling climate change. @wwf-water.bsky.social

NEW ANALYSIS: China added enough clean energy in 2024 to power Germany (500TWh) That halted rise of emissions for most of 2024 – but did not cut CO2 China could add enough clean GW in 2025 to power 2xUK (600TWh) Lauri Myllyvirta looks at implications: www.carbonbrief.org/...

Critically, she also highlights #adaptation. "Given the increasing frequency & severity of climate shocks, adaptation has become a top priority...This year, countries must finalize their national adaptation plans, specifying the private and public investment required to realize them."

Victory for the Vistula: River resistance pays off! HUGE win for people, nature & climate resilience in Poland after years of protests as govt cancels environmental consent for disastrous Siarwezo dam Congrats WWF-Poland @otop-birdlife.bsky.social & other partners savepolesia.org/victory-for-...

Human barriers are replete across the world! This paper just out in Nature Water aims to advance a more comprehensive river barrier mapping solution to support environmental management www.nature.com/articles/s44... @jjopperman.bsky.social @americanrivers.bsky.social @wwf-water.bsky.social

Wind, solar and hydropower have overtaken fossil fuel power in the UK for the first time, @ben-spencer.bsky.social reports on a new report from @ember-energy.org link.thetimes.co.uk/view/633483f...

Thames Water saw a 40% increase in pollution incidents in the first half of the year as its debts continued to swell. It reported 359 category one to three pollution incidents in the six months to 30 September, which it said was due to a wet spring and summer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

20-25 years ago, it was received wisdom that wind and solar could only supply 10-20% of the grid without chaos. Today, grids handle 50%+ renewables and aim for 100%! The renewable #energy revolution is real—cleaner, cheaper, and unstoppable. 🌍⚡ #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy #Innovation

An area of land a third larger than India has turned from humid conditions to dryland, where agriculture is difficult, in the past three decades - report #COP16Riyadh Story by @fionaharvey www.theguardian.com/environment/...

November 2024 #C3S Climate Bulletin: it was the second-warmest November globally on record. Findings: 🌡️ +0.73°C above 1991-2020 average 🔥 on track to be the warmest year on record 🌊 Sea surface temperature second highest value All details: climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-...

I had to read & re-read it because it seemed that could not possibly be their plan. I know DEFRA have been making noises about it being unaffordable to bring every river up to scratch so they were going to focus on flagship rivers but who could have imagined they intended to create sacrifice rivers?

We can't afford to take backwards steps. ❌ Soy producers must uphold the Amazon Soy Moratorium & protect the rainforest from irreversible damage. Weakening it could open up large areas of forest for animal feed. 🌎 theguardian.com/environment/... #Amazon #Rainforest

Just when you think you've heard it all....🤦

Big boosts for the #FreshwaterChallenge. It now boasts 50 members from A(ustralia) to Z(imbabwe). And recieved $5 million investment from the GEF to accelerate action Shows how momentum is building behind world's largest freshwater restoration & protection initiative wwf.panda.org?13024966/Maj...

And @jjopperman.bsky.social has playlists of songs

It’s hard to believe we’re already in December! 🤯 The last couple of weeks have been full of training, meetings and setting goals for 2025. Planning for the year ahead is always an exciting challenge! What are you focusing on as 2024 winds down? 💙😊

Want to help solve the world's #freshwater problems? Then please spend a few minutes responding to this important survey from @wwfleadwater.bsky.social & @globescan.bsky.social on how to frame water discussions: survey.euro.confirmit.com/wix/2/p26233...

🐡 🐟 Exciting new fish species! Catfish, electric fish, killifish, swamp eel & tetras are among 96 new fish species discovered and described for the first time in the Congo Basin. bit.ly/CongoBasinSpeciesReport 🤿 Dive into the full WWF report to explore these & other incredible new species 🔎 🐾

"Some A$13 billion in taxpayer dollars & 30 years of policy reform have failed to arrest the devastating decline in the health of Australia’s most important river system, the Murray-Darling Basin" New research offers insights into how (not) to restore #rivers: theconversation.com/a-13-billion...

FYI This year’s #GarWeek will be celebrating the “whole gang” of ancient fishes, including sturgeon! So enjoy the Charlie Brown Cut of @garlab.bsky.social’s Lake Sturgeon video 🐟👍 *GarWeek begins December 16!!!

New research: Extreme heat in several regions has been increasing in intensity faster than predicted by models over recent decades #climatecrisis www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....

I was deeply disappointed by the lack of nature/science/climate/enviro on many major end-of-year book lists—so I decided to make my own! Introducing: ✨🎁📚 The 2024 Holiday Gift Guide to Nature & Science Books ✨🎁📚 Please share: Let's make this go viral in time for Black Friday / holiday shopping!

“This huge turnaround was made possible through collaboration and unwavering commitment—especially by the region’s Indigenous people.” Great piece by @jjopperman.bsky.social. I took this photo of the mouth of the Klamath not long before the last dam was removed. Now the salmon swim freely! 🐟 🌊

OUT NOW: New WWF report guides the textile & apparel sector towards solutions and outcomes that will help deliver a nature-positive & climate resilient world The report shows that transformative action is possible - if the industry urgently scales up collective action wwf.panda.org/discover/our...

Superb oped by @jjopperman.bsky.social in @sciam.bsky.social on biggest #damremoval ever. "the Klamath’s remarkable turnaround demonstrates that the recovery of nature remains in reach"

More is needed to protect fresh waters. iucn.org/crossroads-b...

Just as eels (and river foods generally) are largely overlooked as being essential to that first #Thanksgiving, the fact that rivers produce 1/3 of food today is also overlooked. So this Thanksgiving, even if you don't change the menu, give thanks for rivers of food rivers-of-food.panda.org#intro

I’ve run across deserts where water seems like a distant memory. Down rivers that are drying up faster than anyone imagined. Across glaciers that are disappearing before our eyes. Along the way, I’ve met thousands of people who have shared their water stories:

My new op-ed Time magazine has just been posted. The lament of a climate optimist. time.com/7178677/clim...

With #Thanksgiving a few days away, seems a good time to re-run this on Bluesky: Food from rivers likely dominated the 1st Thanksgiving, including ducks and geese, oysters, & fish - particularly eels. And the corn had been fertilized with alewives... with recipes! www.forbes.com/sites/jeffop...

WWF report highlights urgent need to scale up investment in Nature-based Solutions to accelerate climate adaptation Featuring NbS for freshwater & coastal ecosystems across the globe, the report shows how NbS provides benefits for people, nature & climate wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wa...

I'm so proud of the Carbon Brief #COP29 team for finishing our big summary of the talks It's an EPIC 20,000 words of top-notch, plain-english reporting… –NCQG –Stocktake –Article6 –China +Much more …delivered in record time after a brutal fortnight of sleep deprivation! www.carbonbrief.org/...

Alarming news 🚨 More than one-third (37%) of Australia's freshwater fish species are at risk of extinction, including 35 species not even listed as threatened. Dozens of species could become extinct over the next two decades. (1/2) theconversation.com/troubled-wat...

Today, EU Member States rejected EPP-led attempt to weaken EU Deforestation Regulation #EUDR. WWF calls for swift implementation - against deforestation, climate damage & biodiversity loss. It's time end the drama & act! 🌳 Our reaction 👇 www.wwf.eu?15894441/EU-...

The EU Green Deal is a key piece 🧩 in Europe’s #competitiveness puzzle, protecting nature & people, and guiding businesses towards a sustainable and resilient future. 💪🌍 59 companies agree! 🔍 Read more on @Parlimag www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/partner/arti... #WeHadADeal

Excited to announce the launch of THE WATERSHED POLLUTION MAP! River health, landfills, sewage, road run-off, intensive farming, big industry, forever chemicals, abandoned mines, bathing waters, flood risk, protected areas and so much more... bit.ly/45GBMRQ #GreenSky #ClimateSky #EnergySky

Our new paper on blue & green foods: Food from land, freshwater & oceans are often managed separately. Integrating their management is essential to feeding the world healthy and sustainable food. t.co/sNmVc7kdJG

Muddy Waters And The Origins Of Agriculture. Flood recession agriculture is still practiced on 25M acres, letting river do much of work of soil preparation, fertilization, pest control and irrigation - similar to people's first forays into cultivation www.forbes.com/sites/jeffop...

New genus of freshwater fish from Western Ghats — ‘Koima’ — has been described by researchers in India. The two species of fish earlier identified under genus Nemacheilus have been reclassified under the newly coined genus 🐟 🇮🇳 #NewSpecies www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-bio...

Watering Resilience - a new report showcasing the power of nature-based solutions #NbS in freshwater & coastal ecosystems to drive #climate #adaptation Includes case studies in 15 countries and calls for an increase in NbS investment to accelerate action wwfint.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/wa...