Wetlands International

To mitigate #climatechange, freshwater ecosystems and their functions—ranging from #water supply and #flood regulation to fish production and #food security—must no longer be overlooked. A new paper offers a critical foundation for systematically identifying, prioritizing, financing and implementing conservation, adaptation and restoration actions. By integrating #freshwater and adjacent terrestrial ecosystems into national planning processes, countries can gain quantifiable benefits including carbon sequestration and #biodiversity revival. Notably, the paper shows that restoring degraded areas adjacent to freshwater ecosystems could sequester an equivalent of over 8% of global emissions — highlighting the powerful role that integrated restoration can play in advancing climate goals. Paper by Mahya GZ Hashemi Kashif Shaad Vivian Griffey Maíra Ometto Bezerra Starry Sprenkle-Hyppolite, Ph.D. John Bolten and Ibrahim Nourein Mohammed: https://lnkd.in/ePgwVCPE

📢 The State of the Worlds Mangroves 2026 report is here! Along the worlds tropical coastlines, the tide is turning for #mangroves. The new State of the Worlds Mangroves report shows just how far we've come. What is inside? 🌍 A brand-new map from Global Mangrove Watch 🙌 Unparalleled reach - content from the 300+ members of our 15 National Chapters engaged in local mangrove conservation ✅ Contributions from 190 authors across more than 30 countries. Be the first to explore the cutting-edge scientific insights from leading experts, scientists, governments and communities. https://lnkd.in/ewhs6svw Global Mangrove Alliance led this report. The GMA is coordinated by Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, IUCN, Wetlands International, and World Wildlife Fund.

Tune in tomorrow to hear our colleague Louisa Chinyavu on the Global Mangrove Alliance webinar on the State of the World's Mangroves. Register for the webinar 👇

(Not a) Surprise! The world is not on track to achieve the 2030 nature goals, says a report ahead of UN Biodiversity COP17. We urgently need to accelerate action, especially for inland waters & coastal ecosystems. Here are 7 ways govts can speed up wetland action. The global report on progress makes it clear that inland waters and coastal ecosystems (aka wetlands) are lagging behind in both ambition and action. Rapidly scaling up investment and efforts to protect and restore healthy wetlands is central to achieving the global goals for nature as well as global goals on land degradation, climate mitigation and adaptation, and sustainable development. This joint briefing - developed by BirdLife International IUCN International Water Management Institute (IWMI) WWF WWT and Wetlands International - details 7 actions that Contracting Parties can take during and after CBD COP17 to accelerate wetland action - action that will drive progress towards the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as well enhance synergies with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and UN Climate Change, and other Multilateral Environmental Agreements, particularly the Convention on Wetlands. 1️⃣ Prioritise wetlands as vital natural infrastructure for biodiversity, climate and people. 2️⃣ Increase ambition and action on wetland restoration and conservation 3️⃣ Invest in wetlands as ultimate nature-based solutions for climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience, and as critical nodes in the global hydrological cycle. 4️⃣ Accelerate resource mobilization for inland water and coastal wetland restoration and conservation, and redirect harmful subsidies. 5️⃣Enhance practical cooperation with the Convention on Wetlands to strengthen KMGBF implementation and MEA synergies. 6️⃣Incorporate wetlands into subnational implementation of the KMGBF and strengthen connections with the Wetland City Accreditation scheme. 7️⃣Address direct & indirect drivers of wetland biodiversity loss & ecosystem degradation. Find out more in our joint briefing here: https://lnkd.in/eny7pZGX Coenraad Krijger Christine Colvin James Dalton Nina Mikander Megan Eldred Chaturangi Wickramaratne Laura MacKenzie Isabel Wallnöfer Tomos Avent Tina Redshaw Henk Ovink Philip Leonard Hannah Millbank Julia Migné Marsden Momanyi

Time to really start beating the drum again for 'inland waters' (aka freshwater ecosystems)! UN Biodiversity COP17 is coming soon. Critical to hammer home the message that we can only achieve 2030 nature goals by accelerating action on rivers, lakes & other wetlands.

(Not a) Surprise! The world is not on track to achieve the 2030 nature goals, says a report ahead of UN Biodiversity COP17. We urgently need to accelerate action, especially for inland waters & coastal ecosystems. Here are 7 ways govts can speed up wetland action. The global report on progress makes it clear that inland waters and coastal ecosystems (aka wetlands) are lagging behind in both ambition and action. Rapidly scaling up investment and efforts to protect and restore healthy wetlands is central to achieving the global goals for nature as well as global goals on land degradation, climate mitigation and adaptation, and sustainable development. This joint briefing - developed by BirdLife International IUCN International Water Management Institute (IWMI) WWF WWT and Wetlands International - details 7 actions that Contracting Parties can take during and after CBD COP17 to accelerate wetland action - action that will drive progress towards the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework as well enhance synergies with the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and UN Climate Change, and other Multilateral Environmental Agreements, particularly the Convention on Wetlands. 1️⃣ Prioritise wetlands as vital natural infrastructure for biodiversity, climate and people. 2️⃣ Increase ambition and action on wetland restoration and conservation 3️⃣ Invest in wetlands as ultimate nature-based solutions for climate mitigation, adaptation and resilience, and as critical nodes in the global hydrological cycle. 4️⃣ Accelerate resource mobilization for inland water and coastal wetland restoration and conservation, and redirect harmful subsidies. 5️⃣Enhance practical cooperation with the Convention on Wetlands to strengthen KMGBF implementation and MEA synergies. 6️⃣Incorporate wetlands into subnational implementation of the KMGBF and strengthen connections with the Wetland City Accreditation scheme. 7️⃣Address direct & indirect drivers of wetland biodiversity loss & ecosystem degradation. Find out more in our joint briefing here: https://lnkd.in/eny7pZGX Coenraad Krijger Christine Colvin James Dalton Nina Mikander Megan Eldred Chaturangi Wickramaratne Laura MacKenzie Isabel Wallnöfer Tomos Avent Tina Redshaw Henk Ovink Philip Leonard Hannah Millbank Julia Migné Marsden Momanyi

Big news for the basin! Less than a week after completing my 2,000-mile run along the Colorado River, our partners on the #KeepTheRiverRunning campaign, GRUNDFOS and the Water Resilience Coalition, have announced a $32 million corporate commitment to strengthen water resilience across the basin, with an ambition to mobilise $100 million over the next two years. Throughout this run, we brought leaders from across business, government, utilities, agriculture, Tribal communities and civil society together through a series of summits focused on one thing: turning concern for the Colorado River into action. Investment has been a central part of every one of those conversations, so it's brilliant to see a commitment of this scale being made for the basin. A great win for the Colorado River, and hopefully the first of many commitments to come out of the momentum we’ve built together. 🔗 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eAjmcBhh Amazon Will Hewes The Coca-Cola Company ALDI USA Ecolab EdgeConneX Xylem Vantage The Climate Pledge

Two million people are now standing behind the demand to #MakePollutersPay - and the message is reaching the highest levels of the UN. ✊ People are calling for fossil-fuel companies to pay their fair share of the costs of the #climate damage they have caused. Greenpeace, 350.org, Fossil Free Media, GreenFaith and Oxfam, we stand with you in urging governments at #UNGA #COP31 #GlobalTaxTreaty and beyond to deliver: ➡️ Binding climate damages taxes on major fossil fuel corporations, ➡️ Permanent surtaxes on their profits,  ➡️ Fines ring-fenced for recovery and adaptation in frontline communities. Money taken away from fossil fuels should fund #naturebasedsolutions like healthy #wetlands that help us adapt to #climatechange. 👉 https://lnkd.in/e-dawGCw

The State of the World's Mangroves is coming, and you can be the first to see it! Join funders, members, scientists, and local practitioners on September 30 at 9am EDT as we dive into 40 years of #mangrove extent maps, learn from members implementing best practice in real-time, and explore current progress towards protecting the world's mangroves. Register while space is still available: https://lnkd.in/dCc64wqs

⚠️ 54% of migratory shorebird species are in decline and all of them depend on #wetlands. So our message is simple "save wetlands, save birds". Read more to find out: https://lnkd.in/edAUxUbX