Lina Barrera

Pragmatic idealist. Tweets are my own. Re-tweets do not equal endorsement.

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

No surprises from the #GlobalStocktake - we are behind in our #ClimateAction. Three of the top five climate solutions involve nature. #COP28

[Conservation Intl @ConservationOrg]

“We must be sprinting toward net-zero — but today’s report suggests we have barely started walking...#COP28 must end with a comprehensive plan to halve emissions by the end of the decade."

@ConservationOrg responds to the @UN #GlobalStocktake Report. https://t.co/9Q52KiY4kI

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

New fund for #biodiversity is great news but what we really need is to change the economic incentives that drive the destruction of #nature. Great interview by @cmrodrigueze. @ConservationOrg

[Carlos Manuel Rodriguez @cmrodrigueze]

Top environmental fund chief calls on countries to defund activities ‘destroying’ nature https://t.co/G8NtPVtdkM

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Espectacular @CFigueres

[Christiana Figueres @CFigueres]

Confession: I can't hit a note; I'm a frustrated singer. But inspired by @PlumVillage's Brother Phap Huu, I'm teaching myself to rap.
This is my first attempt, about where we are on climate, written & performed by rookie me + much patient coaching from family & friends! Hit it!

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Our financial system needs to change if we want to thrive - ambitious steps proposed by the #NewGlobalFinancingPact Summit include:
· $200B of new loans from MDBs, $100B of private $
· Debt-relief
· Intl taxes to fund climate action
· Intl payments for ecosystem services

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Here is the Paris Agenda for People and the Planet. Let's promote its principles together, push ahead with reforms and build a fairer, more sustainable world.

To all our partners: dare to join!
https://t.co/zK2sJN8481

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Changing the system so that investment in nature is encouraged is the only route to a thriving future for humans. The #NewGlobalFinancingPact recognizes that. See more from @ConservationOrg CEO @msanjayan below.

[Conservation Intl @ConservationOrg]

The Summit for a New Global Financing Pact convened by President @EmmanuelMacron is underway in Paris, bringing together world leaders & financial institutions to forge a new economic model to address three existential crises: climate change, nature loss, & resource insecurity🧵

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

It took 20 years to agree this treaty the high seas. Let’s hope ratification is faster and, more importantly, that we start protecting the high seas.

[Conservation Intl @ConservationOrg]

Yesterday, 193 @UN member nations unanimously adopted a landmark treaty to protect the high seas.

Supporters hope that the required 60 UN member state ratifications will be complete by the next UN Ocean Conference in June 2025.

Via @CBSNews @PamelaFalk https://t.co/E4oLs1Wp62

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Wrapping up week 1 of prep talks for #COP28. Progress on carbon trading, AG, Global Stocktake with @ConservationOrg team.

#COP28 needs to go further - rapid fossil fuel reduction and net zero in land sector to avoid impacts like this week's wildfires.

https://t.co/Jh6MnDPiLW

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

If you wonder what it means to be climate vulnerable, check out this great (and short) talk by DRC’s @tosimm on @BBCWorldatOne

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

The #G7HiroshimaSummit got it right when they acknowledged the importance of #biodiversity but missed the mark by not talking about how to pay for keeping nature healthy. See the statement from @ConservationOrg and our partners. #BiodiversityDay https://t.co/OTEp0lnfdK

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Achieving these #Biodiversity goals is essential to human survival and a thriving economy

[Conservation Intl @ConservationOrg]

#Biodiversity connects us all🌎🌍🌏

Last December, 196 countries made a pledge to protect at least 30% of #biodiversity before 2030.

This #BiodiversityDay, learn more about the #KMGBF goals & targets: https://t.co/SvxBoBW9LV

[Conservation Intl @ConservationOrg]

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted in December 2022, but how do we go #FromAgreementToAction?

This #BiodiversityDay, you can learn about #biodiversity 🌿and the #KMGBF targets & goals: https://t.co/SvxBoBW9LV

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

The #G7Summit agenda includes climate, food, health and development – all rely on a healthy environment, which requires greater invest in nature.

For more on how to do this, check out this recording of our recent webinar on the topic https://t.co/64JOFUUQk8

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Getting to a nature-positive society hinges on helping countries, mostly Ministers of Finance, to align 100% of their policies with sustaining nature says @cmrodrigueze. Thanks for talking to @ConservationOrg about this today!

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Huge congrats to Ecuador on this landmark deal for the Galapagos. Thanks to Minister @GustavoManriq_M for talking to @ConservationOrg about this today.

[Reuters Science News @ReutersScience]

Ecuador sealed the world's largest 'debt-for-nature' swap on record on Tuesday, selling a new "blue bond" that will funnel at least $12 million a year into conservation of the Galapagos Islands, one of the world's most precious ecosystems. https://t.co/LxdICRGdZg

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

I first met @ramona_ausubel the day she completed her first draft of THE LAST ANIMAL. I've read all her books since then and can't wait to read this one. https://t.co/XqqwieyKTo

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Wondering how business leaders can better value #biodiversity in their decision making? Happy to bring a perspective from @ConservationOrg to this panel hosted by @Deloitte to learn how to craft your #naturestrategy. https://t.co/c1Xh6OkcY5

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Every 6ish years @IPCC_CH puts out most comprehensive status check on climate there is. Latest report says #ClimateEmergency is already happening but we still have time to prevent the worst and we have the tools too.

https://t.co/rk6I1MAU8z

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Incredible result after 20 YEARS. We now have legal framework to protect biodiversity on the #HighSeas. #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty

[High Seas Alliance @HighSeasAllianc]

BREAKING NEWS:
AGREEMENT REACHED TO ADVANCE HIGH SEAS TREATY
#NewTreaty agreed to protect half the planet but formal adoption still required #BBNJ
https://t.co/U1MDeJ16rX

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Negotiations to finalize a #HighSeasTreaty should have concluded last night, but they are still going. I know how hard it is to be in these brutal negotiations and my heart is with everyone trying to bring this to a close. The world needs this!

[High Seas Alliance @HighSeasAllianc]

Hello from #UN where we are still awaiting the outcome of the #HighSeas Treaty negs. It's been a very long night with talks going on throughout. We can only hope they have been and continue to be successful and enable us to protect the #biodiversity of half the planet

[Lina Barrera @linabeebee]

Impressed but not surprised by @ZelenskyyUa as he addresses Congress, asks for more help.

“Ukraine will never stop fighting”

“We have artillery, is it enough? To be honest, no”

“Your aid is not charity, but an investment in global security and democracy”