Conservation of migratory species and their habitats is important for climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience. 🐳🦩

Learn more about the severe threats from climate change to migratory species ➡️ https://t.co/z1VpxfmH61 https://t.co/XPj0z7Cgb0

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About 50 000 wild species are used for food, energy, medicine, material & other purposes.

This includes many plants.

But often these plants are not sourced or used sustainably, which threatens #biodiversity.

🌱How @FAO
is protecting them: https://t.co/7qM0kkZmQn

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RT @Energy4Europe: Make your voice heard in the ongoing consultation to improve requirements for #EUEcoDesign and the EU #EnergyLabel. 🏷️

Your opinion can shape the future of #EnergyEfficient appliances and help reduce emissions.

#EUHaveYourSay until 31.08 👉https://t.co/q2qfripwd9 https://t.co/Eo0Aeb3XZr

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RT @eumetsat_users: Widespread dust (or Calima) covered most of the Iberian Peninsula during the heatwave on 9 Aug, as shown in this Meteosat-9 Dust RGB loop from Miguel-Angel Martinez Rubio @AEMET_Esp https://t.co/A1WDesbujZ

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RT @metofficestorms: Typhoon #Lan is passing to the east of the Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific. Landfall over the larger islands of #Japan expected early next week. https://t.co/U32lx0J8Hq

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RT @esa: 📸 This week's @ESA_EO #EarthFromSpace is a @CopernicusEU #Sentinel2 view of #SharmElSheikh. Zoom in on the link to see at full 10 m resolution 👉 https://t.co/27oXmIcFo4 https://t.co/04tzJLd3HZ

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RT @Anamariamojita: Warm welcome to the Republic of Palau as 143th member of IPBES!
It is great to see how our community is growing, not only in number but also in representation of different cultures and science and knowledge on biodiversity.

ipbes

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Indigenous Peoples are unsung conservation heroes. Yet, throughout history, their rights have been violated.

We must protect their rights and way of life for the good of our planet.

https://t.co/SMbSgodc2t

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A new fire emissions inventory is available! This will provide publicly available data on trace gases and aerosols from global fires for the years 2002 through 2021 while adding improvements to the previous inventory. https://t.co/6prkzemZAY

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💡 It's #DRRquiz time! Risk Safari series. 🦓🦌🦒🦏

We can refer to common but often overlooked risks as…

UNDRR

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RT @CopernicusLand: 😎3 minutes to spare?

Help us shape the future of #Copernicus Land Monitoring! 🌍

Take our annual #CLMS feedback survey & ensure that we develop our service together as a community.

👉 Let's improve CLMS together: https://t.co/QoVfUXeMfa https://t.co/F1VpdGb3Vz

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From agriculture to pastoralism to fisheries, most South Sudanese have livelihoods that are highly dependent on water availability and variability.

Amid flood & drought risks and decades of conflict, how can #SouthSudan move towards a water-secure future? https://t.co/01T3PSA3mO https://t.co/NMSIss3bkH

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NOAA predicts hurricane season to ‘above normal’
Scientists at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center — a division of the National Weather Service — have increased their prediction for the ongoing 2023 Atlantic hurricane season from a near-normal level of activity to an above-normal level of activity with today’s update. Forecasters believe that current ocean and atmospheric conditions, such as record-warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures, are likely to counterbalance the usually limiting atmospheric conditions associated with the ongoing El Nino event.

NOAA forecasters have increased the likelihood of an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season to 60% (increased from the outlook issued in May, which predicted a 30% chance). The likelihood of near-normal activity has decreased to 25%, down from the 40% chances outlined in May's outlook. This new update gives the Atlantic a 15% chance of seeing a below-normal season.

NOAA’s update to the 2023 outlook — which covers the entire six-month hurricane season that ends on Nov. 30 — calls for 14-21 named storms (winds of 39 mph or greater), of which 6-11 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or greater). Of those, 2-5 could become major hurricanes (winds of 111 mph or greater). NOAA provides these ranges with a 70% confidence. These updated ranges include storms that have already formed this season.
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The updated 2023 Atlantic hurricane season probability and number of named storms. (Image credit: NOAA)

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The Atlantic basin experienced an active start to the hurricane season with five storms that have reached at least tropical storm strength, including one hurricane already. An average hurricane season produces 14 named storms, of which seven become hurricanes, including three major hurricanes.

“The main climate factors expected to influence the 2023 Atlantic hurricane activity are the ongoing El Nino and the warm phase of the Atlantic Multi-Decadal Oscillation, including record-warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures,” said Matthew Rosencrans, lead hurricane season forecaster with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. “Considering those factors, the updated outlook calls for more activity, so we urge everyone to prepare now for the continuing season.”

El Nino conditions are currently being observed and there is a greater than 95% chance that El Nino will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter, according to the latest ENSO discussion from the Climate Prediction Center. El Nino usually results in atmospheric conditions that help to lessen tropical activity during the Atlantic hurricane season. So far, those limiting conditions have been slow to develop and climate scientists are forecasting that the associated impacts that tend to limit tropical cyclone activity may not be in place for much of the remaining hurricane season.

A below-normal wind shear forecast, slightly below-normal Atlantic trade winds and a near- or above-normal West African Monsoon were also key factors in shaping this updated seasonal forecast.
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The 2023 Atlantic tropical cyclone names selected by the World Meteorological Organization. (Image credit: NOAA)

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