Maaike Willemsen

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Sunrise at Sarangkot, Nepal.

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Emma Howard Boyd states that businessesare giving the false impressionon they are addressing the climate crisis. The danger is that people “won’t realise this deception until it is too late”. https://t.co/mZY2p7H8If

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It was a bitter pill to swallow; testing positive for COVID days before #SB56. Thank you @UNFCCC for online support to access and participate virtually.

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In awe of Kalush #Eurovision videoclip - art. Lyrics describing the safety provided by mothers, combined with the imagery ofwomen at the frontline -showing womanhood in its broadest sense. https://t.co/x9fwHZEuLJ

[ActionAid Nederland @ActionAid_NL]

We lopen mee met de @womensmarchnl in Amsterdam. What do we want? GENDER JUSTICE! When do we want it? NOW! #InternationaleVrouwendag2022

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Great to learn from the experiences of #woman leaders about the female-led agricultural transition in Ghana at #COP26 #TogetherForOurPlanet

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Ban Ki Moon opening the Ministerial Dialogue on Adaptation at #COP26. Looking forward to hearing the statements. #adaptnow #TogetherForOurPlanet

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"In a world, having a picture with @GretaThunberg and @VanessaNakate, and Vanessa being cut out. They are not just cutting out Vanessa, they are cutting out an entire continent" stated by @idriselba on the importance of equal representation at #COP26

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Mr Houngbo, president @IFAD - "when i see the two C's - I wonder if it stands for 'Climate Change' or 'Credibility #COP26'' on the need to progress on food security.

[COP26 @COP26]

Did you miss the full speech from #COP26 People’s Advocate, Sir David Attenborough? 💬

We’ve got you covered.

📺 Watch his full speech on @YouTube

#TogetherForOurPlanet | #ClimateAction

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Discussing climate adaptation with MP Rutte at #COP26 #AdaptNow

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

"Anything later than now is too little, too late."

Writer Yrsa Daley-Ward at the #COP26 opening of the World Leaders Summit.

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@MinPres @COP26 Fijne ontmoeting. Goed om elkaar gesproken te hebben over het belang van versnelde klimaatadaptatie wereldwijd op #COP26. #AdaptNow #FutureofthePlanet

[COP26 @COP26]

📣 NEWS: Today #G20 leaders met and agreed action this decade towards keeping 1.5 in reach.

🔹 The first Net Zero G20
🔹 An end to funding coal projects overseas
🔹 Scaling up support for clean power

#TogetherForOurPlanet

[UN Climate Change @UNFCCC]

The United Nations Climate Change Conference #COP26 opened today with the key aims of raising ambition on all fronts and finalizing the Paris Agreement’s implementation guidelines.

PRESS RELEASE: https://t.co/nmkDE1OA6A

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#COP26 ceremonial opening, IPCC stresses “it is unequivocal that human influence warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.” #TogetherForOurPlanet

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

Would Greta Thunberg stand for elected office?

"We need to reach a critical mass with people who are demanding change... it's more efficient to do that on the streets than to do it from inside"

https://t.co/eAOqnN487f #Marr

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Plenary opening of #COP26, COP25 President Carolina Schmidt stressing the need to accelerate #ClimateAdaptation. #AdaptNow

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Arriving yesterday evening with the NL delegation at Glasgow Central for #COP26 with #RailtoCop

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Safely arrived in Glasgow at #COP26 with #railtocop “ride against climate change” train from Rotterdam #adaptnow