GreenFuture Initiative (GFI)

Youth-led 🇷🇼 | Environment Education 🌱| Climate action 🌍 | SRH | Empowering youth & women for a just, sustainable future

[UNESCO @UNESCO]

The global debt crisis is putting #Education at risk.

Low- and lower-middle-income countries face an annual education financing gap of US$97 billion.

Debt solutions must help protect investment in learning.

🔗 Learn more:
https://t.co/krQ3dJajQT

#TransformingEducation #FundEducation

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Critical energy transition minerals are essential for clean energy, and demand is expected to nearly triple by 2030.

Today’s UN High-Level Meeting on Critical Energy Transition Minerals will explore their sustainable extraction and use.

Latest UNEP updates on pollution action: https://t.co/D2UfzEjcQ9

[UNFPA @UNFPA]

@UNFPA's new report shows that many young people remain hopeful about the future despite economic uncertainty, conflict and inequality.

This #WorldPopulationDay, let's invest in rights, equality and opportunity to turn hope into reality.

Learn more: https://t.co/hmp8qb2lrR

[UNFPA @UNFPA]

📲 In 2026, AI is rewriting the rules of work, creativity, and intelligence– changing the way we live our lives.

But there's one job that still belongs entirely to some very special people.

🎥 We hit the streets of #NewYork to find out what that job is.

#MothersDay

[UNESCO @UNESCO]

📣 The future of education starts with YOUR voice.

@audreynuna has a message: young voices have the power to define what learning looks like next.

If you are aged 11–30, this is your chance to speak up and shape #Education.

Take the Global Youth Survey, and help determine the #EducationBeyond2030 agenda:
✏️https://t.co/MgM0jXoxrR

#SDG4 @Education2030UN

[UNESCO @UNESCO]

In 113 countries, governments spend more on debt servicing than on #Education. 

On the occasion of the #TransformingEducation Summit +4, @‌UNESCO launches a new series exploring how debt solutions — including debt-for-education swaps — can help protect investment in learning. 

Learn more:  https://t.co/krQ3dJajQT

#FundEducation

[United Nations @UN]

Nearly 9 in 10 young adults say financial security & stable employment are important factors they’re considering before parenthood.

Building a family starts with building a secure future.

Latest insights from @UNFPA on Saturday’s #WorldPopulationDay: https://t.co/jfkm6REI57

[UN Women Nigeria @unwomenNG]

In Nigeria, a practical Peer-to-Peer Toolkit by @unwomenng & @unaidsnigeria is empowering women & girls living with HIV/AIDS @AswhanNg to overcome socio-economic stigma & mental health challenges, with most mentor mothers hitting a remarkable 100% HIV-free newborn rate.

[UN Women Africa @unwomenafrica]

The needs are reaching historic levels—but funding is ever-shrinking.

Although 84% of women’s organizations say demand has increased, nearly 9 in 10 can no longer meet current needs, and 2 in 5 could shut down within a year.

More: https://t.co/BsihJ0c0xr

#ForAllWomenAndGirls

[UN Women Africa @unwomenafrica]

Women & girls must be at the centre of public policies, not as an afterthought, but as a priority.

Gender statistics help ensure decisions respond to their realities, rights and aspirations.

📊 Better data leads to better decisions and outcomes #ForAllWomenandGirls

#AGCSF2026

[UN Women Africa @unwomenafrica]

Data that matters. Action that delivers.

⚠️ In a context of crises and growing pressure on women’s and girls’ rights, approximation is not an option.

🎯 Gender statistics help prioritize, target and deliver action where it matters most.

#AGCSF2026 #ForAllWomenandGirls

[UN Women Africa @unwomenafrica]

Africa’s ambition must be matched by action.

🤝 Equal opportunities help build more inclusive, resilient and prosperous societies.

💡 Decisions, resources and results must rise to the realities and aspirations of women and girls.

#AGCSF2026 #ForAllWomenandGirls

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

#WorldEnvironmentDay might be wrapping up, but the climate challenge isn’t. Neither is the growing movement of people, cities and countries taking action.

This is just a glimpse of the action, ideas and momentum driving climate action around the 🌎.

Let’s keep it going #NowForClimate: https://t.co/SKg07kn0En

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Beyond cutting emissions to slow the pace of global warming, adaptation is essential to protect people and communities from the consequences already underway.

Here is why adaptation matters: https://t.co/TXUYXA7LwG

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Meet Willi, one of the world's last genetically wild horses, who arrived in Kazakhstan.

Absent from this landscape for 200 years, Przewalski's horses are returning to the wilderness of the steppe.

On #WorldHorseDay, learn more about this #GenerationRestoration success: https://t.co/8781GnerBB

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

A landfill in Chile. An oil well in Turkmenistan. A coal mine in China.

These are among the world’s largest sources of planet-warming methane, as identified in a new analysis by @MethaneData

But how quickly are countries taking action? This article explains: https://t.co/01fHkyWwtD

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

The ocean supports billions of people, but overfishing, pollution and climate change are putting that future at risk.

UNEP’s new Sustainable Blue Economy Transition Framework helps countries build economies that are good #ForPeopleForPlanet: https://t.co/ybYFgc8m8R

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

The Montreal Protocol has phased out 99% of ozone-depleting substances, many of which are powerful greenhouse gases.

By curbing these pollutants and shielding carbon sinks from UV damage, it could prevent up to 1°C of warming by 2100: https://t.co/1u00MRUUuh

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

In the highlands of Laos and across Asia, communities are actively restoring degraded forests, enhancing both their livelihoods and local ecosystems.

Through initiatives focused on sustainable practices such as sustainable agriculture and ecotourism, residents are diversifying their incomes while rejuvenating their environments.

Discover how restoration is changing lives and landscapes: https://t.co/ij0G6Y517T

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Untreated wastewater remains a major source of water pollution.

While treatment has improved globally, it isn't keeping pace with population growth, urbanization, and rising water demand.

A new @UNWater report explores the path to a more water-secure future. United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 Synthesis Report on Water and Sanitation 2026 | UN-Water