The Green Lens

Amplifying community voices for climate action | Environmental Education, Advocacy and Grassroots Impact | Sustainable Future | Climate Action #TheGreenLensOrg

[Mr. Climate @OlumideIDOWU]

One of the biggest barriers facing young environmental leaders is access to funding.

[FAO Forestry @FAOForestry]

🌳🏙️#DYK that urban forests and trees can reduce air temperature by up to 8️⃣ degrees celsius.

#GreenCities

[The Green Lens @TheGreenLensOrg]

Respect: Rangelands is Life
Rangelands are home, source of food, carbon storage, and culture. We champion policies, funding, and action that protect mobility rights, water access, and community land.

[The Green Lens @TheGreenLensOrg]

As the world celebrate the Desertification and Drought Day 2026, carrying the blueprint for resilience, the indigenous people remain critical to conservation and preservation of the rangelands.
As a youth led organization rooted in one of the World's degraded ecosystem,

[The Green Lens @TheGreenLensOrg]

The Green Lens restores by working with the land: we are working to reseed native grasses, protecting water points, and training livestock farmers on sustainable grazing.
Restoration starts when youth stop waiting and start stewarding.

[The Green Lens @TheGreenLensOrg]

Restore: We are planting more than trees.
Desertification isn’t just “no rain”. It’s loss of soil, grass, livestock, and livelihoods. As a youth-led organization rooted in degraded land,

[The Green Lens @TheGreenLensOrg]

The Green Lens recognizes Rangelands like The Chalbi Desert didn’t degrade overnight. For centuries, pastoralist and indigenous communities managed them with mobility, rest periods, and native grasses.

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Land sustains life on Earth, but with 2 billion hectares of land degraded, restoring ecosystems and building drought resilience is urgent.

On today’s #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, discover ways to restore land: https://t.co/OpZ1eDcCY3

[ICCDI AFRICA @ClimateWed]

Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing.” — Wangari Maathai #CombatDesertification #RestoreTheLand

[FAO Livestock @FAOLivestock]

Pastoralists herd about 1 billion animals worldwide.

They support food security, safeguard biodiversity, strengthen climate resilience and preserve cultural heritage.

Learn more➡️ https://t.co/9CDgWEuWpE

#YearOfRangelandsAndPastoralists #IYRP2026

[UNDP Planet @UNDPplanet]

Land restoration goes beyond planting trees and reviving soil.

It calls for a radical change in how we think, moving from extraction to regeneration, from short-term gains to long-term resilience.

#DesertificationAndDroughtDay

Recognize. Respect. Restore.

[UNDP Planet @UNDPplanet]

This #DesertificationAndDroughtDay we respect pastoralists, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, whose mobility, customary governance systems and ecological knowledge are essential to maintaining the health and productivity of these landscapes

Recognize.

Respect.

Restore.

[UNDP Planet @UNDPplanet]

Land restoration is not happening at the speed and scale we need, despite the clear investment case.

This #DesertificationandDroughtDay, see how we’re working to change this.

Now is the time for ambition and action.

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Protecting the planet is a shared mission.

From daily choices to global initiatives, UNEP helps you take part in tackling environmental challenges.

Explore how you, too, can make a difference: https://t.co/bXM0nSrqlq

[Action for climate and environmental justice @ACEJUganda]

Honouring the world Environment day,@ACEJUganda with its partners @WogemU and @GreenwalkEngin1 through #schoolclimatestrikes are empowering students to be the custodians of the environment and actively participate in addressing climate change effects by planting #fuittrees.

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Scientists warn Earth could exceed a key global warming target within a decade.

But there’s hope: emerging climate-friendly technologies, which are nearing tipping points, could help cut emissions driving global warming.

Explore them: https://t.co/GCk0J0BGd5

[State Dept For Environment & Climate Change @EnviClimateC_Ke]

𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮’𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱’𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱.

Kenya has achieved a major milestone in advancing climate resilience and addressing the impacts of climate change.

Through the @Environment_Ke, the Directorate of Climate Change, Kenya has become the first country in Africa and the second globally to secure technical assistance from the Santiago Network on Loss and Damage.

The support, valued at approximately USD 700,000, will facilitate a comprehensive assessment of climate-related loss and damage, and projection of the loss and damage up to 2050. This will help to guide current and future interventions to reduce the increasing and worsening impacts related to loss and damage in the country.

This will also provide critical evidence to inform policy, planning, and resource mobilization aimed at strengthening the country's resilience to climate impacts.

This was officially communicated to the Principal Secretary for Environment and Climate Change Dr. @Eng_F_Ngeno by @lizcarabine, Deputy Director, Santiago Network Secretariat on the margins of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies (SB64) Climate Meeting in Bonn, Germany.

This achievement underscores Kenya's leadership in climate action and its commitment to building resilience against the growing impacts of climate change, including emerging issues like loss and damage #ClimateAction #LossandDamage #ClimateResilience #KenyaLeads #SB64 #BonnClimateConference #SantiagoNetwork

[Landscape Alliance @TheLandAlliance]

Africa's trees, forests & agroforestry landscapes can drive economic growth, boost food security and improve livelihoods. Join us to explore how tree-powered bioeconomies can help shape a sustainable future for Africa.

Register:🔗 https://t.co/8vyWvebUlf

#TreePoweredBioeconomies #LandscapeAlliance

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

More than a decade after the Paris Agreement, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, accelerating climate change.  

Humanity still has time to act #NowForClimate and curb these emissions. 

Ahead of #WorldEnvironmentDay, here's how you can take action https://t.co/uLHCWFXQ1V