Ministry for Environment (LU)

Official account of the Luxembourgish Ministry for Environment, Climate and Biodiversity

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

Eng Dosis Klima-Motivatioun gefälleg? Da looss Dech vun eise lokale Klimaheld:innen inspiréieren a vergläich däi Co2-Foussofdrock emol mam nationalen Duerchschnëtt!

Klickt Iech bis eran a loosst eis gemeinsam Handelen - fir eist Klima!

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

Et ass sou wäit – https://t.co/CEsxHQMNrr ass online!
Dech interesséiert wéi Lëtzebuerg sech konkret engagéiert? Da klick Dech duerch eis Initiativen, Strategien a Gesetzer.
Du wollts Däi Klima-Wësse schonn ëmmer verdéiwen? Da kuck Der eisen KlimABC mol méi genau un. (1/2)

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

Luxembourg, as GCF board member, remains a reliable partner in the fight against climate change, especially when it comes to supporting those who are the most affected by the climate crisis. (3/3)

#ClimateAction #climatefinance #GreenClimateFund #luxembourg

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

At @theGCF High-Level Pledging Conference in Bonn, Luxembourg pledged 50 million euros for the new replenishment period of the Green Climate Fund. (1/3)

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

This is a 25% increase and is so far one of the highest per capita contribution to the world’s largest multilateral climate fund and comes on top of Luxembourg’s ODA. (2/3)

[Green Climate Fund @theGCF]

The Green Climate Fund welcomes the new pledges announced at the GCF-2 High-level Pledging Conference today in Bonn. To date, 25 countries pledged to GCF, with total commitments amounting to USD 9.3 billion. https://t.co/fYPr4VzYJH #InspireMoreClimateAction

[Green Climate Fund @theGCF]

Merci #Luxembourg 🇱🇺 @gouv_lu for your EUR 50 million pledge to GCF's second replenishment! We welcome this announcement at #UNGA and your commitment to #InspireMoreClimateAction in the most vulnerable countries.

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

"Only by working together with the private and public sectors can we accelerate the transition to a circular economy and thus respond to the urgency of climate change," said Joëlle Welfring, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development. (3/3)

#EUCouncil 🇪🇺

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

Participating in the Informal Council of Environment Ministers was an excellent occasion to exchange views with European ministers and business representatives on the opportunities that the transition to a circular economy brings in response to the environmental crises. (1/3)

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

The Luxembourg delegation was accompanied by Robin Sarl as a Luxembourg based company in transition to a circular economy. ROBIN has developed a remarkable business model based on the production of paints made from renewable resources. (2/3)

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

#ClimateAction #WaterAction

[European Investment Bank @EIB]

We are proud to fund the ecological restoration of the Alzette river & its tributary, the Pétrusse, in the🧡of our hosting country Luxembourg.
A €9m loan aims to restore both rivers to their natural courses, increasing #biodiversity & reducing flood risk👉https://t.co/vOwuTcAcjp

[Luxembourg at the UN🇱🇺🇺🇳 @LuxembourgUN]

"We need to put #water💧 at the highest level of the global political agenda."🌍

At @UN_Water conference, Minister @WelfringJoelle underlined the need to collaborate on water issues at all levels & in all sectors, in line with an inclusive, coherent & #HumanRights-based approach

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

Pollinators are in unprecedented decline.

Our biodiversity and food security depend upon them.

The revised EU Pollinators Initiative sets objectives and priorities for 2030, including improving pollinator conservation and tackling the causes of their decline. ↓

#EUPollinatorPollinators are in unprecedented decline.

Our biodiversity and food security depend upon them.

The revised EU Pollinators Initiative sets objectives and priorities for 2030, including improving pollinator conservation and tackling the causes of their decline. ↓

#EUPollinatorPollinators are in unprecedented decline.

Our biodiversity and food security depend upon them.

The revised EU Pollinators Initiative sets objectives and priorities for 2030, including improving pollinator conservation and tackling the causes of their decline. ↓

#EUPollinatorPollinators are in unprecedented decline.

Our biodiversity and food security depend upon them.

The revised EU Pollinators Initiative sets objectives and priorities for 2030, including improving pollinator conservation and tackling the causes of their decline. ↓

#EUPollinatorPollinators are in unprecedented decline.

Our biodiversity and food security depend upon them.

The revised EU Pollinators Initiative sets objectives and priorities for 2030, including improving pollinator conservation and tackling the causes of their decline. ↓

#EUPollinatorPollinators are in unprecedented decline.

Our biodiversity and food security depend upon them.

The revised EU Pollinators Initiative sets objectives and priorities for 2030, including improving pollinator conservation and tackling the causes of their decline. ↓

#EUPollinators

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

#COP15 #VanishingTreasures 🦍🐅

[Inger Andersen @andersen_inger]

If you are here at #COP15 please check out @UNEP's brilliant #VanishingTreasures exhibit. A reminder of the critical need to protect & conserve the planet's iconic species. Vital to build resilience of species, habitats & local communities. #ForNature

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

#COP15 #biodiversity

[Inger Andersen @andersen_inger]

I'm at #COP15 in Montreal and it's really down to the wire now. Time is running out. We need an ambitious #GlobalBiodiversityFramework. When we work #ForNature we work for humanity. @CBD_COP15 @UNBiodiversity @UNEP

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

At the Biodiversity Conference #COP15 in Montreal, Vanishing Treasures is representing the importance of this project to the international public.

#biodiversity #montreal #UNEP #mountaingorilla #bengaltiger #snowleopard

© Mikhail Simenov / Adisak Banpot / Denys / MECDD

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

#COP15 🐅🦍
Vanishing Treasures, a project that we launched in 2018 together with @UNEP (UN Environment Programme), is dedicated to the protection of very special species such as the mountain gorilla, the snow leopard and the Bengal tiger. (1/3)

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

With this project, we as Luxembourg 🇱🇺 are assuming our responsibility to strengthen the synergies between climate change and biodiversity protection. (2/3)

[Ministry for Environment (LU) @environment_lu]

@UNEP Thanks for supporting! #COP15

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

To halt and reverse nature loss by 2030, leaders must take bold actions #ForNature as negotiations continue in Montreal for @UNBiodiversity #COP15.

More updates from UNEP here: https://t.co/TlfOKcahbS