Lewis Charters

Nature-Based Solutions Specialist at WWF-UK 🐼 Passionate about Nature 🐾 Sustainability 🌿 and International Relations 🇬🇧🇩🇰🇪🇸 Views my own 📣

[Lewis Charters @ChartersLewis]

Pleased to announce the release of our new report: ‘Riskier Business’ in collaboration with @RSPBNews which shows that the UK’s overseas footprint for commodities such as palm oil, cocoa and soy has increased by 15% in just 3 years - now equal to an area 88% the size of the UK!

[WWF Politics 🌍 @WWF_UK_Politics]

NEW DATA: The UK’s overseas land footprint has increased by 15% in 3 years.

Between 2016 and 2018, an area equivalent to 88% of the UK was used to produce just 7 commodities.

This is putting 2,800 species at risk of extinction.
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Source WWF/RSPB https://t.co/2n1RITrfSv

[South Pole @southpoleglobal]

Investments in #naturebasedsolutions are investments in our future. South Pole and @wwf_uk's new report explores #trailblazing #naturepositive projects that have unlocked private finance. Find out more: https://t.co/qZYwLg1P6V

[Manish Bapna @ManishBapnaNRDC]

Nature-based solutions build resilience to multiple climate hazards, and are key to adapting to climate change. But new @WorldResources research finds public international funding isn't flowing fast enough.

See what barriers must be addressed: https://t.co/fpVPZdRsIS

[Nature-based Solutions Initiative @UniofOxford @NatureBasedSols]

Payments for ecosystem services can encourage forest protection, leading to improved water quality; however ensuring benefits are realised for local people is not easy

[Lucy Lee @LucyrhiannonLee]

Up to half of world's water supply stolen annually, study finds https://t.co/RrvpSNDNnm

[Chris Stark @StarkClimate]

Hot. Isn’t it?
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[Lucy Lee @LucyrhiannonLee]

New report by @WWFLeadWater and others shows migratory river fish populations plunge 76% in past 50 years with a shocking 98% decline in Europe with massive implications for livelihoods and diets https://t.co/EnO1x7OZsl

[Lucy Lee @LucyrhiannonLee]

‘The PM is out of touch with the scale of the challenges & with the 1000's of voices calling 4 a recovery that’s good 4 the economy, 4 people & 4 our planet. To avoid catastrophe we need a low-carbon, nature-powered recovery, not 1 weighed down by concrete'https://t.co/ez8CH4uDrW

[Lewis Charters @ChartersLewis]

Pressures on nature increase the risk of pandemics such as #COVID19. We must redefine our relationship with nature to protect people & planet. Leaders must take action in response to this crisis

Discover more: https://t.co/VmsZAvNacM
#4Nature4Us
@WWF

[WWF Global Arctic Programme @WWF_Arctic]

#ICYMI #Norway’s politicians will support the oil&gas lobby 🛢️ Norway’s parliament is expected to vote against scientific advice next week and reject the protection of one of the world’s most important biological hotspots. #SaveTheIceEdge #Arctic https://t.co/Cj6cAgz1bq

[WWF Global Arctic Programme @WWF_Arctic]

#SaveTheIceEdge update➡️ #Norway expected to vote against science concerning oil exploration along #Arctic ice edge😔 "By ignoring science Norway is failing to provide global leadership on #ClimateChange and placing oil profits before nature."@ArcticPeterW https://t.co/Cj6cAgz1bq

[Trase @TraseEarth]

Trase data shows the supply chains for exported beef from JBS, Minerva and Marfrig combined were linked to up to 500 square kilometres of deforestation in Brazil every year - read the full story in @UE here: https://t.co/VhM0kBBFbW

@EmmaEHoward @Andrew_Wasley @alexandraheal

[Trase @TraseEarth]

We are delighted to share a preview of our groundbreaking new initiative, Trase Finance, which brings unprecedented transparency to the financing of tropical deforestation: https://t.co/g4kLLrnZCT @GlobalCanopy @SEIresearch @NeuralAlpha #BuildBackBetter

[Simon Lewis @SimonLLewis]

Stark warning from someone who really knows what they are talking about.

[ADAM Platform @PlatformAdam]

The floor is lava, but sadly is not a joke! Impressive image of the #heatwave in #India, as measured by Land Surface Temperatures of #Copernicus #Sentinel3 yesterday, May 27th 2020. Stay safe! #earthobservation #opendata #EUSpace #Summer2020

[Hugh Pym @BBCHughPym]

SAGE adviser Prof John Edmunds told a science media briefing 8k new infections a day (as calculated by ONS) was “a very high incidence” level - “many of us would prefer to see incidence down to lower levels before we relax measures - lifting the lockdown is a political decision”

[Emma Keller @emmajokeller]

Great to see @gucci cutting the number of fashion shows to avoid waste! Seasonal fashion is going out of fashion, a great step to reduce the millions of tonnes of clothes thrown away each year #SustainableFashion https://t.co/0kTSVoGZ5L

[Lewis Charters @ChartersLewis]

@CathrineBaun Thank you @CathrineBaun! They are indeed!

[Lewis Charters @ChartersLewis]

Our new @wwf_uk report with @RSPBNews shows that an area equal to 88% the size of the UK was required to satisfy our demand for just seven agricultural and forest commodities between 2016 and 2018.

Check out the full summary here: https://t.co/8DLE9DytAb