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REDUCE USE OF PLASTIC BY SWITCHING TO REUSABLE BOTTLES AND BAGS. BUY FAIRTRADE PRODUCTS TO HELP PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORT FARMERS IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEAT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. EAT LESS MEAT RECYCLE USED PAPER AND GO PAPERLESS WHERE POSSIBLE SIGN PETITIONS AND SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL CAUSES THE TARGETS ARE: GOAL 13 - CLIMATE ACTION GOAL 15 - LIFE ON LAND THE FACTS CITIZEN ACTIONS THE CHAMPIONS DOWNLOADABLE ASSETS FIND OUT MORE GOAL 15 - TARGET GRAPHICS WORLD'S LARGEST LESSON THE WORLD’S TROPICAL FORESTS ARE SHRINKING AT A STAGGERING RATE, THE EQUIVALENT OF 30 FOOTBALL PITCHES PER MINUTE. 2010-2019 WAS THE WARMEST DECADE ON RECORD. AROUND 1 MILLION ANIMAL AND PLANT SPECIES ARE AT THREAT OF EXTINCTION. FACT FILE EARTH DAY 22 ND APRIL Jevanic is a young environmentalist, youth leader and community activist, as well as being a part of the Youth Power Panel. He is involved in climate change advocacy and activism nationally, regionally and on the international stage. Jevanic, along with others, formulated the Youth Climate Change Activists (YCCA) movement which seeks to raise climate change awareness and action throughout the region. For Earth Day, Jevanic will be joining the US Climate Strike Coalition. Jevanic Henry, Barbados Hindou is an SDG Advocate and an expert in indigenous peoples’ adaptation to climate change, traditional ecological knowledge, and climate change mitigation strategies. Hindou is also the Co-Chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change, founded the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) and works to empower indigenous voices and ensure their inclusion on international platforms. For Earth Day, Hindou will be joining the UN Environment Programme for a webinar on 21st April, 2020. Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Chad Inés is a sustainability activist, combining her studies, volunteering, and job to continue learning, sharing and acting towards a more sustainable future. She specialises in the themes of plastic pollution, civil society activism and the communication of sustainability. Ines is part of a 12-strong Youth Power Panel which is a Project Everyone, Restless Development and A4SD partnership. Inés Yábar, Peru/France FOR MORE INFO AND ASSETS TO SHARE CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW CELEBRATE EARTH DAY WITH CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS - JANE GOODALL FIND OUT MORE AT GLOBALGOALS.ORG IN 2015 LEADERS SIGNED UP TO 17 GLOBAL GOALS TO END POVERTY, CONQUER INEQUALITY AND FIX CLIMATE CHANGE BY 2030. HERE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO GET US ON TRACK BUT WE’RE NOT ON COURSE TO ACHIEVE THEM. THE DATA TELLS US THAT THE GOALS ‘ To recnect wi nature is key if we want to save e planet.’ EVERYONE CAN AND MUST PLAY THEIR PART INCLUDING CITIZENS Red circles- Agreed to be reached in 2020

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Page 1: GG GG Fact File 01 Earth Day · 12-strong Youth Power Panel which is a Project Everyone, Restless Development and A4SD partnership. Inés Yábar, Peru/France FOR MORE INFO AND ASSETS

REDUCE USEOF PLASTIC

BY SWITCHING TO REUSABLE BOTTLES AND

BAGS.

BUYFAIRTRADEPRODUCTS

TO HELP PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUPPORT FARMERS IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE

THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MEAT HAS A HUGE IMPACT ON GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

EAT LESSMEAT

RECYCLE USED PAPER AND GO PAPERLESS WHERE POSSIBLE

SIGN PETITIONSAND SUPPORTENVIRONMENTALCAUSES

THE TARGETS ARE:

GOAL 13 - CLIMATE ACTION

GOAL 15 - LIFE ON LAND

THE FACTS

CITIZEN ACTIONS

THE CHAMPIONS

DOWNLOADABLE ASSETS

FIND OUT MORE

GOAL 15 - TARGET GRAPHICS

WORLD'S LARGEST LESSON

THE WORLD’S TROPICAL FORESTSARE SHRINKING AT A STAGGERINGRATE, THE EQUIVALENT OF30 FOOTBALL PITCHESPER MINUTE.

2010-2019 WAS THE WARMESTDECADE ON RECORD.

AROUND1 MILLIONANIMAL ANDPLANT SPECIESARE AT THREAT OF EXTINCTION.

FACT FILEEARTH DAY 22ND APRIL

Jevanic is a young environmentalist, youth leader and

community activist, as well as being a part of the Youth

Power Panel. He is involved in climate change advocacy and

activism nationally, regionally and on the international stage.

Jevanic, along with others, formulated the Youth Climate

Change Activists (YCCA) movement which seeks to raise

climate change awareness and action throughout the

region. For Earth Day, Jevanic will be joining the US Climate

Strike Coalition.

Jevanic Henry, Barbados

Hindou is an SDG Advocate and an expert in indigenous

peoples’ adaptation to climate change, traditional ecological

knowledge, and climate change mitigation strategies.

Hindou is also the Co-Chair of the International Indigenous

Peoples Forum on Climate Change, founded the Association

for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad (AFPAT) and

works to empower indigenous voices and ensure their

inclusion on international platforms. For Earth Day, Hindou

will be joining the UN Environment Programme for a webinar

on 21st April, 2020.

Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Chad

Inés is a sustainability activist, combining her studies,

volunteering, and job to continue learning, sharing and

acting towards a more sustainable future. She specialises

in the themes of plastic pollution, civil society activism and

the communication of sustainability. Ines is part of a

12-strong Youth Power Panel which is a Project Everyone,

Restless Development and A4SD partnership.

Inés Yábar, Peru/France

FOR MORE INFO AND ASSETS TO SHARE CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY WITH CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS

- JANE GOODALL

FIND OUT MORE AT GLOBALGOALS.ORG

IN 2015 LEADERS SIGNED UP TO 17 GLOBAL GOALS TO END POVERTY,

CONQUER INEQUALITY AND FIX CLIMATE CHANGE BY 2030.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO GET US ON TRACK

BUT WE’RE NOT ON COURSE TO ACHIEVE THEM. THE DATA TELLS US THAT

THE GOALS

‘ To rec�nect wi� nature is key if we want

to save �e planet.’

EVERYONE CAN AND MUST PLAY THEIR PART INCLUDING CITIZENS

Red circles- Agreed to be

reached in 2020