7.1. Climate Change and Planet Earth

  • Taken as a whole, the range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time.

    Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

     

    International Polar Bear Day (February 27th)

    Polar bears send us a message, "a tragic message". Watch the following video that draws attention to the challenges polar bears face in a warming Arctic.

    Activity 1

    10 facts about polar bears

     

    World Wildlife Day (March 3rd)

    On 2013, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.

    At the moment, biodiversity is under tremendous threat due to a number of common pressures – habitat stress; overexploitation and unsustainable use of natural resources; air, land and water pollution; increasing numbers and impact of invasive alien species and climate change, amongst other factors.

     Achim Steiner, Administrator of UNDP

     

    To know more go to https://www.wildlifeday.org/.

    Get involved! Go to the Forum.

     

    International Day of Forests (March 21st)

    On this day it's aimed to celebrate and raise awareness on the importance of all types of forests. The theme for 2020 is Forests and Biodiversity - too precious to loose.

    To know more

    Get involved and share your favourite forest!

     

    World Water Day (March 22nd)

    World Water Day focuses on the importance of freshwater and raises awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water.

    To know more

    Get involved and create your campaign message!