#ForOurPlanet

“Here, I paint, play games and feed the animals. I think all the children should come here; it is a wonderful place,” says ten-year-old Rüzgâr.

Alongside the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Conservation Volunteers New Zealand, and other diplomats of embassies in Wellington, the EU Delegation to New Zealand took part in the annual tree-planting event.

Capacity building encompasses more than just training, mentoring, and equipping personnel. It also involves planning, designing, and providing constructions or technical assets for a sustainable future. EUCAP Somalia's Project Cell, which consists of six international and five national staff members, plans and implements projects across mission's all three Field Offices.

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Slovakia's accession to the EU and the 30th anniversary of establishing the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Office in Slovakia, a joint action took place in Bratislava.

Durante la semana pasada, la Representación de la Comisión Europea en España organizó una actividad de plantación de árboles en el marco de la Campaña de #ForOurPlanet.

The EU Delegation in Kuwait has participated for the second time in the Young Ambassadors Initiative, a programme that enables over 30 young students to gain first-hand experience in diplomacy. This UN-led programme had a specific focus this year on climate action.

Wetlands play a crucial role in achieving sustainable development as well as in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss. Wetlands provide habitat for thousands of species of plants and animals and are valuable for flood protection, water quality improvement and soil erosion control as they function as natural sponges that trap and slowly release surface water, rain and flood waters. For that reason, preserving and restoring wetlands can and should play an important role in meeting the global climate goals.

For the people behind Morocco’s Bouregreg Med-O-Med Gardening School – the country’s first eco-nursery and education centre – being one of the three prize winners in the European Training Foundation’s Green Skills Award 2023 has been a true blessing.

На 17 ноември 2023 г. екипът на Представителството на Европейската комисия в България участва в засаждането на повече от 400 фиданки бял бор край село Железница, с което се включи в инициативата #ForOurPlanet(„за нашата планета“) за справяне с климатичните и природни кризи в глобален мащаб. С тази обща инициатива делегациите на ЕС и представителствата на ЕК по света се стремят да насърчат хората и гражданското общество да предприемат малки стъпки и действия като засаждане на дървета, възстановяване на влажни зони или просто внасяне на природа в дома, в градината, на балкона или дори на покрива.

The European Union, through the organization Swiss Contact, delivered 24 forest fire prevention and firefighting tool kits to the department of El Paraíso, Honduras.

El Proyecto Paraíso Verde, financiado por la Unión Europea en Honduras y ejecutado por Swisscontact en coordinación con la Fundación para el Desarrollo Empresarial Rural Funder y el Instituto de Conservación Forestal ICF en Honduras ha llevado a cabo la entrega de kits de herramientas para prevención, control y liquidación de incendios y viveros forestales a las Cooperativas Agroforestales afiliadas a Federación Hondureña de Cooperativas Agroforestales.

During his first visit to Guatemala to attend the official swearing of President Bernardo Arevalo,⁣ HR/VP Josep Borrell also travelled to the Peten Department, where he met with local civil society leaders and implementing partners of the EU working to preserve the rainforest. He announced a new EU funding of €50 million to protect the Mayan reserve under the #GlobalGateway.

EU Ambassador to Kuwait Anne Koistinen joined a UN Habitat-led initiative to plant trees in the Abdaliya Natural Reserve, which is located in the middle of the Kuwaiti desert. The EU Delegation in Kuwait was honoured to join other diplomatic missions in efforts to fighting desertification and greening Kuwait.

At the initiative of 2050Today, the Geneva Climate Action Forum, 39 international institutions, including the European Union Delegation, have signed the 2050Today Charter, establishing a reference framework for decarbonising International Geneva.

On Monday 02 October 2023, the EU Delegation organised a tree planting event in Heiðmörk in cooperation with the Reykjavík Forestry Association (Skógræktarfélag Reykjavíkur), supporting Icelandic reforestation efforts.

"Let's hug the trees!" says an instructor to the children. Apparently, this is a suggestion that the children are not accustomed to hearing. Giggling all together, they look at each other shyly.

They joined UAE officials and youth in a visit to Jubail Mangrove Park to highlight the role of mangroves in mitigating climate change

Exploring the newly agreeed EU Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains.