Top X Posts (formerly Tweets) for World Habitat Day -
in 2023Updated
Today, more than half of the world’s population lives in cities. By 2050, this number is expected to increase to nearly 70%. On Monday’s #WorldHabitatDay, @UNHABITAT explores how urban centres will shape our future: https://urbanoctober.unhabitat.org/whd
On #WorldHabitatDay, let's celebrate the power of local communities in creating better cities. Through @Local2030 , we're working together for sustainable urban development.
Today is #WorldHabitatDay and we are featuring one of our oldest #manatee adoptees: Brutus! Brutus has been using Blue Spring and the St. Johns River habitat since the early 1970s. Learn more about Brutus and adopt him at: https://savethemanatee.org/how-to-help/adopt-a-manatee/meet-manatee-brutus/…
Remember: a habitat is a home! Today is #WorldHabitatDay and we're spotlighting the endangered Amur tiger. These big cats range throughout eastern Russia and northeastern China.
“Cities can be drivers of inclusive, green and sustainable growth.” On Monday’s #WorldHabitatDay, @antonioguterres says the UN is stepping up in support of cities' efforts to advance sustainable urbanization worldwide. https://un.org/en/observances/habitat-day/messages…
The total area covered by the world’s largest cities is set to triple in the next 40 years. The future of our planet depends on the choices of urban residents. More from @UNHABITAT on Monday’s #WorldHabitatDay: https://urbanoctober.unhabitat.org/whd
When properly financed, built and managed, cities can be drivers of resilient, sustainable development for all. On this #WorldHabitatDay, let's pledge to contribute to the resilience of urban economies. UN-Habitat and Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Happy #WorldHabitatDay! Today, we celebrate five decades of #Landsat science used to understand, conserve, and protect our planet’s precious habitats. https://go.nasa.gov/3ryWdAu ALT ALT ALT ALT
An unusual & enthralling bird’s eye view of the immaculate Dee Estuary saltmarsh for #WorldHabitatDay. Statistically the fourth most important #wetland in the UK & a priceless home to internationally important populations of a range of wildfowl & wading #birds. Josh Robertson RSPB England and 9 others
— RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands (@RSPB_BurtonMere) October 2, 2023
This #WorldHabitatDay, take action for our ocean and the wildlife that call it home! To protect our ocean from plastic, we need to *make* less plastic. That's why we're calling for source-reduction policies for the most common items polluting global shorelines + waterways.
World Habitat Day seeks to raise awareness about the overall living quality of towns and cities around the world. It focuses on the basic right to adequate shelter.
World Habitat Day Facts - in 2023
The theme for World Habitat Day in 2023 was Resilient urban economies. Cities as drivers of growth and recovery.