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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · 5d

At this year’s UN General Assembly and Climate Week in New York, the world’s fractures and hopes were on full display.

Read the latest blog from Marco Lambertini: www.naturepositive.org/news/blog/pa...

#NaturePositive #ClimateWeekNYC #UNGA

Parallel universes collide in New York during Climate Week - Nature Positive

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · 6d

Join a special 'Becoming Nature Positive' event in Geneva, with Marco Lambertini, André Hoffmann and Askansha Khatri.

Register 👉 www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...
Get the book 👉 www.naturepositive.org/book/

#NaturePositive #BecomingNaturePositive #ReadingList

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · 7d

🌍✨ Last week at #ClimateWeekNYC, @wedonthavetime.bsky.social broadcast a powerful conversation on what it will take to deliver a #NaturePositive future and more ambitious goals for climate and nature.

📽️https://wedonthavetime.org/events/climateweeknyc2025#20250923-climate-week-nyc-nature-positive

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · 8d

We are pleased to present the Nature Positive Pavilion, which will be a part of the Exhibition at the IUCN World Conservation Congress, kicking off next week.

📆 Find the full schedule here: www.naturepositive.org/events/iucn-...

#IUCNCongress #NatureAction #NaturePositive

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · 12d

Hear the reflections of Marco Lambertini, Convener of the Nature Positive Initiative at this year's New York Climate Week - how is this year different to previous years?

#ClimateWeekNYC #NaturePositive #ClimateAction #Onwards

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · 15d

🎥 Behind the scenes at today's live recording with @wedonthavetime.bsky.social : Marco Lambertini and Carlos Manuel Rodriguez shine a spotlight on what it will take to bring about nature positive.

www.wedonthavetime.org/events/clima...

#BecomingNaturePositive #ClimateWeekNYC25 @thegef.bsky.social

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · 19d

📚 Big news! Becoming Nature Positive has been featured in @nature.com

The review underscores the urgency of halting & reversing biodiversity loss, and the pathways to get there.

Read here 👉 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Get the open access copy 👉 www.naturepositive.org/book/ #NaturePositive

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · 19d

📖 It’s here!

Read our new book 'Becoming Nature Positive' for FREE via the open access digital copy, now available for download: www.naturepositive.org/book/

#NaturePositive #OpenAccess #BookLaunch #BecomingNaturePositive

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join us at the IUCN World Conservation Congress this October!📌📆

The Nature Positive Initiative is joined at our pavilion by new partners and sponsors African Parks Network, IUCN, GoNaturePositive!, Google, TNFD, WBCSD & WWF.

www.naturepositive.org/events/iucn-... #NaturePositive #IUCNCongress

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · Sep 4

📆📌 The IUCN WCC takes place in October. It is an important movement for the global nature community to come together and vote on key priorities for the next four years.

Find out more 👉 naturepositive.org/events/iucn-...
Register to attend 👉 iucncongress2025.org/participate/...

IUCN World Conservation Congress

The IUCN World Conservation Congress brings the global community together to accelerate action for nature and people.

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · Aug 27

Behind these compelling blue stripes lies a wake-up call.

🌊🐟 The stripes represent the decline in marine biodiversity since 1970. Developed by @findingnature.bsky.social @derbyuni.bsky.social.

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#OceanPositive #NaturePositive

Ocean positive: a call to action for marine life to thrive - Nature Positive

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · Aug 27

Over 100 million lakes dot the planet, holding most of the world’s surface freshwater.

But many are drying, flooding, turning green or vanishing. What’s happening to one of Earth’s most vital ecosystems?

On #WorldLakeDay, explore what can still be done: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

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Science Based Targets Network @sbtnetwork.bsky.social · Aug 14

What does #NaturePositive really mean?

Marco Lambertini of @npinitiative.bsky.social explains why it's an essential concept in the fight to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in a recent article published by @trellisgroup.bsky.social

Read the article: trellis.net/article/natu...

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · Aug 18

🌿 Here at the Nature Positive Initiative we're delighted to be co-hosting the High-Level Business Summit at #IUCNCongress2025 alongside the IUCN and the TNFD.

🌍Our joint statement: iucncongress2025.org/newsroom/all...

#NaturePositive #SustainableBusiness

Powering transformative business leadership for nature

An invitation to the High-Level Business Summit (10 – 11 October) at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 Joint Statement by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), TNFD (Taskforc...

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · Aug 18

📻 Tune into Marco Lambertini's discussion on Thomas Hübl, PhD's podcast, Point of Relation.

👉 See the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwad...

#NaturePositive

Reconnecting With Nature…Before it’s Too Late | Marco Lambertini & Thomas Hübl | Point of Relation

YouTube video by Thomas Hübl

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · Aug 14

Measuring what matters: the latest update on the process to align state of nature metrics globally.

Read the full update👉 www.naturepositive.org/news/blog/bu...

Measuring what matters: building the metrics for a nature positive world - Nature Positive

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · Aug 7

"Nature Positive is not a slogan, it’s an inspiring ambition and a measurable goal. Using #language that galvanizes action at the scale required is key to achieving our collective #sustainability goals." ~ Marco Lambertini, #NaturePositive Initiative, responds to Trellis trellis.net/article/natu...

‘Nature positive’ is not a slogan – it’s an inspiring ambition and a measurable goal | Trellis

A response from Nature Positive convener Marco Lambertini to the Trellis list of overused sustainability terms to avoid.

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Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA) @orraanews.bsky.social · Aug 6

ORRAA is collaborating with the World Economic Forum and the Nature Positive Initiative to co-develop a globally aligned set of metrics to track ocean health and drive ocean-positive outcomes. 👏

🔗 Find out more: www.naturepositive.org/news/blog/na...

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · Aug 6

What set the stage for the #PlasticsTreaty?

In 2022, UN Member States adopted #UNEA Resolution 5/14, launching negotiations for an international legally binding agreement on plastic pollution, addressing the life cycle of plastic, including its design, reuse and disposal.
bit.ly/44XWcFT #INC5

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · Aug 6

🌊 How do we measure progress towards a #NaturePositive ocean? That's exactly what the Nature Positive Initiative, @orraanews.bsky.social and the @weforum.org are working on.

The latest 👉https://www.naturepositive.org/news/blog/nature-positive-marine-metrics/

#MetricsMatter #OceanPositive

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · Aug 5

Finance is key to a #NaturePositive future 🌱

At the launch of 'Becoming Nature Positive', leaders including David Atkin, Anita de Horde, Alessandro Scalco, Thomas Viegas & Emine Isciel shared how capital can drive change.

📖 www.naturepositive.org/book/

Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · Jul 28

Review of 'Becoming Nature Positive' in Science Magazine highlights voices from Joe W. Bull, Harvey Locke and Leroy Little Bear & Carlos Manuel Rodriguez.

“Living nature’s value is missing from our economy—leading to its destruction.”

👉 scienmag.com/conservation...

#NaturePositive #SummerReading

Conservation Leaders Critique Global Economic Systems Prioritizing

A Paradigm Shift Toward Nature-Positive Economics: Reimagining Our Relationship with the Living World From the bouquet of cut flowers adorning our tables to the timber that frames our homes, from fish

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Nature Positive Initiative @npinitiative.bsky.social · Jul 25

Did you miss our #NaturePositive event at #LCAW2025? 🌱

Catch up on the launch of 'Becoming Nature Positive' with leaders from @unep.org, @bfncoalition.bsky.social and more.

🎥 Watch highlights + join the movement
📚 Order your copy: www.routledge.com/Becoming-Nat...

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ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · Jul 23

🔥 HUGE NEWS FROM THE WORLD'S HIGHEST COURT 🔥

Today the International Court of Justice (ICJ) confirmed that, under international law, countries MUST act now to avoid climate catastrophe. 🧵

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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · Jul 24

Delegates to #RamsarCOP15 heard about the importance and urgency of protecting wetlands from Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, UN Environment Programme, speaking on behalf of UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Heads of other UN agencies made links between @ramsar.org and their conventions.

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