From @CNNClimate: As China and India prepare to revive their economies, climate experts are demanding they use this recovery period to enact policies that reduce emissions and invest in renewable energy and climate-resilient infrastructure, which they say will create jobs and better the economy. Before the coronavirus pandemic hit, India and China were positioning themselves as global climate leaders and experts warn creating recovery packages without environmental regard could wind back their previous work on climate change. "The recovery packages can either kill these two birds with one stone — setting the global economy on a pathway towards net-zero emissions — or lock us into a fossil system from which it will be nearly impossible to escape," they wrote earlier this month in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. (:Bloomberg / Contributor)

#GRANT tells the fascinating story of Ulysses S. Grant, The Civil War leader and President. It was a privilege to help bring this three-part series to life as Executive Producer. Watch the series on @history starting tonight.

Here's why the coronavirus pandemic is not a break for nature. Outside urban areas, nature is suffering. #environment #nature #wildlife #COVID19 #coronavirus

The Jamaican Iguana is not found anywhere else on Earth except Jamaica. Aggressively hunted by invasive predators, like the Indian Mongoose, the iguana was thought to be extinct until 1990 when it was accidentally rediscovered. Ever since, the Jamaican Iguana Recovery Group has been working to save the species. They bring iguana hatchlings from the wild to the Hope Zoo in Kingston, where the iguanas, about the size of a pinky finger, enter a head start program. After 5 or 6 six years, when they are large enough, they return to the wild in the Hellshire Hills on the mainland. But the Hellshire Hills can only hold 1,000 iguanas. Goat Islands, a wildlife sanctuary, can hold 10,000 iguanas. But before scientists can start reintroducing iguanas there, they have to rid Greater Goat Island of invasive predators. Within the next few years, they may be able to start reintroducing iguanas on Greater Goat Island and help secure them from extinction. #Iguana #Jamaica #JamacianIguana #Caribbean #GoatIsands #Wildlife #WildlifeSanctuary #EarthOptimism #ConservationOptimism Photo: @robindmoore @global_wildlife_conservation

Millions of baby turtles are racing into the sea from India's empty beaches. A baby boom on India's shores. Read more by tapping the link in the @worldeconomicforum’s bio #turtles #india #sealife #oceans #animals

Virunga National Park is one of the most biologically diverse areas on the planet and home to the critically endangered mountain gorilla. Three weeks ago, twelve park rangers and their driver tragically lost their lives protecting civilians from an armed attack by a militia group. The future of Virunga hangs in the balance as it deals with the impacts of Ebola and COVID-19, and now this recent attack. Today, with the help of @EarthAlliance, @EmersonCollective and @Global_Wildlife_Conservation, along with support from @europeaid and @VirungaNationalPark, we announced the Virunga Fund, with $2 million in seed funding. If you can, please join me in supporting the fund today. Please see the link in my bio.

From @aljazeeraenglish: "When people say that COVID-19 has been good for nature it's true in some ways and it's not true in other ways." - Sarah Kessell, CEO of the WildLife Trust of South and West Wales. ⁠ . Some of the United Kingdom’s most precious nature reserves are struggling to keep afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic. ⁠ . The lockdown restrictions are causing financial strain on reserves which are dependent on visitor revenue. ⁠ . "We can keep going for a few months without help but beyond that we do need help," adds Kessell.⁠ . Studies have shown that the COVID-19 pandemic has provided the cultural shifts to avoid a climate catastrophe. ⁠ . #Britain #UK #coronavirus #environment #economy #nature #wildlife #ecology

From California Governor @GavinNewsom: No one should have to risk their health for their right to vote. CA is now a vote by mail state.

Thank you to those working tirelessly on the front line to help local communities during this time. From @WCKitchen: Every day, WCK brings fresh meals made by local restaurants to the staff at Ventura County Medical Center. As these medical professionals selflessly fight the pandemic head on, we’ll keep supporting them the best way we can, with a hot, delicious plate of food. #ChefsForAmerica

Thank you to everyone who has supported #AmericasFoodFund so far. In the first 72 hours, we raised over $13m to help Americans most affected by this crisis. Your support enables @FeedingAmerica and @WCKitchen to continue mobilizing relief efforts to help those most in need. If you are able to, visit GoFundMe.com/AmericasFoodFund to donate (link in bio).

The second organization that America’s Food Fund directly supports is World Central Kitchen (@WCKitchen). Founded by @ChefJoséAndrés, WCK has been on the forefront of providing meals to people in need in the wake of man-made and natural disasters around the world. WCK began their efforts in deploying their first food responders to cruise ship passengers under quarantine, and have since expanded efforts to feed those in need through mobile distributions, restaurant partners and more. 100% of donations to America’s Food Fund will go to @FeedingAmerica and @WCKitchen. To find out more, and to support efforts, visit: GoFundMe.com/AmericasFoodFund (see link in bio)

One of the two incredible organizations that #AmericasFoodFund will directly support is @FeedingAmerica, the nation’s largest hunger relief organization, which serves more than 40 million Americans annually through their network of 200 food banks and 60,000 food pantries and meal programs. 100% of donations to America’s Food Fund will go to @FeedingAmerica and @WCKitchen. If you are able to, please join me in supporting their efforts: GoFundMe.com/AmericasFoodFund (see link in bio)