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GivingTuesday, December 2, 2025 – Creating a Culture of Generosity 🎁 Explore more ➡️ betterworld.info/blog/better-... 💡 - Visit now, follow us, and share 📣 Better World Info - Share Knowledge Campaign 🌎 #GivingTuesday2025 #GivingTuesday #Generosity #Kindness 💖 Photo: Flickr | Virginia State Parks

We simply must safeguard our planet's natural boundaries, write Dr Norbert Stute and Rachael Mellor @betterworld.info.

Navigating COP17 Biodiversity Summit 🇺🇳 🪻🐝 Our Curated Resource GUIDE 🌿 👉 Explore our dynamic #COP17 guide 🔗 betterworld.info/COP17 Please share 📣 - to help more activists, educators, journalists, and NGOs discover and use these tools! #Yerevan2026 #Biodiversity #TakingActionForNature #KMGBF

#COP17 Biodiversity Summit 🪻🐝🌿🇺🇳 Yerevan Oct 19-30, 2026 Theme: “Taking Action for Nature” A Reckoning For Global #NatureConservation Get prepared for events here ➡️ betterworld.info/COP17 - Follow us and share 📣 #KMGBF #Biodiversity #TakingActionForNature #Yerevan2026 Photo: FAO | CC BY-SA 3.0

🌐 World Food Day – October 16, 2026 🇺🇳 Innovate today. Nourish Tomorrow. Explore more ➡️ 🔗 www.betterworld.info/development-... - Share 📣 #WorldFoodDay #ZeroHunger #RightToFood #FoodSecurity #FoodSovereignty #FutureOfFood #EndHunger #SDG2 #WFF2026 #FAO #WFO #WFP Photo: Flickr | Oxfam International

Celebrating International Day of the Girl 2026 👧♀️🌐🇺🇳 Every October 11, the UN & gender equality advocates champion the rights & potential of girls everywhere. Explore ➡️ betterworld.info/human-rights... 💡 - share 📣 #IDG2026 #WorldGirlsDay #EmpowerGirls #DayOfTheGirl #GirlsDay Photo: Flickr | UNAMID

World Animal Day 🇺🇳 🐕 on October 4 Explore our resources at 🌐 Better World Info 📚 ➡️ www.betterworld.info/animals/worl... 💡 👍 Visit now and share 📣 #WorldAnimalDay #AnimalWelfare #Biodiversity #SeeTheWorldThroughTheirEyes #Sustainability Image Rights: Better World Info | Rachael CC BY-SA 4.0

🌐 Better World Info 📚 offers a wealth of information for the impact of the military 🪖 on climate 🥵 ➡️ 🔗 www.betterworld.info/climate-cris... - Share widely 📣

September 26 is #NuclearAbolitionDay – an opportunity to promote disarmament and urge governments to commit to a world free from nuclear weapons ☮️ 🌎 🕊️🇺🇳 Explore more at ➡️ betterworld.info/nuclear-disa... 💡 - Visit us now and share 📣 #GlobalSecurity #DisarmamentNow #NuclearBan #IDTENW Foto: #ICAN

On 26 September, we mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. As world leaders gather in New York for the #UNGA, we urge all countries that have not yet joined the #nuclearban treaty to do so right now! Nuclear weapons are illegal and we must say NO to them. #IDTENW

International Day of Peace, September 21 🇺🇳 🌐 #InvestInPeace 🕊️ ☮️ Check out our wonderful guide ➡️ www.betterworld.info/peace/peace-... Follow us and share 📣 #FundPeace #CultureOfPeace #InternationalDayOfPeace Photo: United Nations Resources for International Day of Peace

BOMBSHELL: A new Haaretz investigation raises serious questions about what Netanyahu knew before October 7 and what he rejected afterward. Multiple warnings. A possible hostage release. No action. What did Netanyahu know, and when will there be accountability?

Bereit für #Alpbach! ⛰️🇪🇺 #HowEuropeWins 🇪🇺 - #EFA26 Ich bin ab den Conference Days beim #EuropeanForumAlpbach mit dabei. Unser Ratgeber auf Bessere Welt Info liefert euch alle Infos zu Ort, Tagung & Schwerpunkten 2026: 👉 besserewelt.info/Alpbach Sehen wir uns vor Ort? 🏔️✨ Lasst uns vernetzen! 🤝

August 6 marks the 81st anniversary of #Hiroshima and August 9 of #Nagasaki 🇯🇵 More info ➡️ betterworld.info/Hiroshima Join the conversation and 📣 share widely! We honor the legacy of the #Hibakusha and fight for a #NuclearBan ☮️ ratified by 75 states. #Hiroshima81 #Nagasaki81 #NuclearWeapons #TPNW

#EarthOvershootDay - July 30th, 2026 🌍⌛️🚨 Today marks the day of the year when humanity’s demand for ecological resources has exceeded what Earth can regenerate. Check out our full explainer here ➡️ www.betterworld.info/sustainabili... - Follow us and share 📣

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, July 30 🇺🇳 - #TrappedBehindTheScam ⛓️🚷🔐 Check out our full explainer ➡️ www.betterworld.info/human-rights... - Follow us and share 📣 27 million people! - We must disrupt the organised crime groups behind trafficking operations. #EndHumanTrafficking #UNODC

The tale of Jadav Payeng shows that an environmental transformation does not always begin with huge policy changes or major funding. At times, it starts with a single individual who plants a seed, say @betterworld.info's Rachael Mellor & Tanuj Samaddar.

World Nature Conservation Day, July 28 Reflecting on our relationship with nature 🌳 🏞 🐞️ Checkout our full explainer here ➡️ www.betterworld.info/nature/natur... - Follow us and share 📣 "The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." - Explorer Robert Swan

#WorldRefugeeDay - June 20, 2026 Theme: #UntilEveryoneIsSafe 🌍🫂🤍 118 million refugees in 2025 😥 Click here for insightful coverage of the #RefugeeDay ➡️ www.betterworld.info/human-rights... - Follow us and share 📣 #WRD2026 #SolidarityWithRefugees #WithRefugees Graphic: Mei | Better World Info

#WorldOceansDay, June 8 - Changing the way we see and care for the ocean 🌊🪸🐠 Click here for brilliant coverage of the event ➡️ www.betterworld.info/nature/water... - Follow us and share 📣 The United Nations theme for 2026 is a call to #ReimagineOurOcean 🌍 #SaveOurOcean #WOD2026 #WorldOceanDay2026

🌐 World Environment Day on June 5, 2026, calls for urgent climate action through global campaigns and sustainable solutions. Discover toolkits and get involved at ➡️ betterworld.info 📣 #WorldEnvironmentDay #NowForClimate #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #WED2026 Graphic: Mei | Better World Info

🌐 World No Tobacco Day 🚭 - May 31st Despite the well-known adverse health effects, smoking remains one of the greatest preventable health risks worldwide. Everything you need to know ➡️ betterworld.info/health/healt... - follow us and share 📣 #WorldNoTobaccoDay #SmokeFree #TobaccoBan #VapingLaws

This #ConscientiousObjection Day ☮️ on May 15 we stand with #Pacifists 🕊️and #WarResisters in Israel 🇮🇱, USA 🇺🇸, Russia 🇷🇺, and Ukraine 🇺🇦 Everything you need to know on #CODay ➡️ betterworld.info/peace/consci... - follow us and share 📣 Graphic: John | Better World Info

Alongside #Palestinians 🇵🇸 around the world, we mark #NakbaDay on May 15. Explore more ➡️ betterworld.info/human-rights... - follow us and share 📣 The day serves as a time of remembrance and aims to raise international awareness about the ongoing rights struggle. #FreePalestine #Nakba78 #Nakba2026

Global #MilitarySpending is rocketing 🚀 Social spending is not 📉 The latest damning #SIPRI report is here ➡️ betterworld.info/military/mil... - follow us and share 📣 The report reveals that we are now spending an unprecedented $2.9 trillion a year on the military ⁉️ Photo: David Holt | CC BY 2.0

UK #LocalElections, May 2026 - An End To Two-Party Dominance & Keir Starmer? Explore more ➡️ betterworld.info/politics/eur... - Follow us and share 📣 Which areas are holding local elections? Stay up to date with political parties and what they stand for! - It concerns you! Photo: Flickr | RachelH_

#PressFreedomDay, May 3rd - Shaping a Future at Peace: Promoting #PressFreedom for Human Rights, Development, and Security 👩‍💻 📰 ℹ️ Explore more ➡️ betterworld.info/human-rights... - Follow us and share 📣 Freedom of the press is a fundamental right, but is restricted and under attack in many countries

In 2025, the world spent $2.9 trillion on the military, according to @sipriorg We urge governments to undertake major reductions to their military expenditure and redirect those funds to social and environmental sectors, tackling the global challenges of our time, and funding human security.

40 years since the #Chernobyl #NuclearDisaster, April 26, 1986 & the dangerous resurgence of #NuclearPower ☢️💲🚨 Explore more on #Chernobyl40 ➡️ betterworld.info/energy/nucle... - Follow us and share 📣 We call for #NuclearDisarmament & adoption of the #TPNW. Photo: IAEA Imagebank | CC BY-SA 2.0

#EarthDay Money spent on war could fund a sustainable future for every country. This Earth Day, redirect military spending to climate action. ⚡🌍 Demiltarize for Climate Justice! Find out more in our Toolkit: shorturl.at/YUje9

Earth Day 2026, April 22 - #OurPowerOurPlanet 🌍🌿💦 Explore more ➡️ betterworld.info/environment/... - Follow us and share 📣 #EarthDay is now the largest international civic event on the planet: over 1 billion people participate in Earth Day activities 🤜🤛 #GlobalGoals #ClimateAction #EarthDay2026

Global Days of Action on #MilitarySpending April 10 – May 9, 2026💲 Explore more ➡️ www.betterworld.info/GDAMS - Follow us and share 📣 This event coincides with the annual SIPRI Report on global military spending #GDAMS #GCOMS #DefundTheMilitary #ArmsTradeTreaty #WarCostsUsTheEarth @DemilitarizeDay

Auf zu den Ostermärschen 2026 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 vom 2. bis 6. April 👍 Alle wichtigen Infos 📚 zum #Ostermarsch2026 hier: ➡️ besserewelt.info/frieden/frie... #Friedensfähig ☮️ statt #Kriegstüchtig 🚀 Gemeinsam gegen #Aufrüstung und für einen #Waffenstillstand im #Irankrieg, #Ukrainekrieg, #Libanon und in #Gaza 🕊️

The illegal and unprovoked attack of #Israel and the #USA on #Iran led to a full-blown war in the Middle East after 3 weeks. Explore more ➡️ www.betterworld.info/IranWar Follow us and share 📣 #IranWar Missiles and bombs do not bring freedom and harm everybody. We demand de-escalation and diplomacy!

The 15th Global Days of Action on Military Spending (#GDAMS) will take place from April 10 to May 9, in which will probably be the most relevant edition yet. We'll take action to oppose war and demand major cuts of military spending, while promoting peaceful & just alternatives. Will you join us?☮️

Adaptation requires upfront investment, but it is far more cost-effective than inaction, which allows the climate crisis to escalate, causing irreversible damage and out-of-control social and environmental costs.

Anniversary of the #Fukushima #NuclearDisaster, March 11, 2011 🇯🇵 and the Dangerous Re-emergence of Nuclear Power ☢️ 💲 🚨 Explore more ➡️ betterworld.info/Fukushima - follow us and share 📣 Nuclear energy is wildly expensive, dangerous, and a red herring for nuclear weapons‼️ #AntiNuclear #StopNuclear

International Women's Day ♀️ - March 8, 2026 🇺🇳 Explore more ➡️ betterworld.info/women/intern... - follow us and share 📣 The 2026 theme #RightsJusticeAction demands equal rights and justice for women in the world. The time for #WomensRights is now! 💪 #GenderEquality #IWD2026 #ForAllWomenAndGirls

International Day of Education, January 24, 2026 - The Power of Youth in Co-creating Education 👩‍🏫📚👩‍🎓 Explore more ➡️ www.betterworld.info/education/ge... - Follow us and share 📣 Education is a human right, yet 251 million children worldwide are out of school. Photo: Statista | CC BY-ND 4.0

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter - MLK Jr MLK Day is a day on, not a day off Learn more ➡️ www.betterworld.info/exemplary-pe... #MLKDay2026 #MLKDay #DayOfService #DayOnNotADayOff #ServiceInAction #JusticeInAction Photo: Seattle Municipal Archives | CC BY 2.0

The landmark High Seas Treaty 🇺🇳 enters into force on 17 Jan 2026. The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement commits to protect 30% of the world's oceans by 2030. ➡️ www.betterworld.info/nature/water... #HighSeasTreaty #BBNJAgreement #OceanConservation #ProtectTheHighSeas #30x30

Climate migration is a form of adaptation. We can build new pathways for safe and regular migration, writes Rachael Mellor of @betterworld.info.

The U.S. 🇺🇸 special military operation in Venezuela 🇻🇪 is a clear violation of international law ⚖️ and the UN Charter 🇺🇳 ➡️ www.betterworld.info/politics/sou... - Visit now, follow us, and share 📣 Stay informed with Better World Info 🌎 on #Venezuela & U.S. regime change. - Next? #Cuba #Iran #Greenland

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Better World Info wishes all of our supporters a peaceful, reflective, and joyful festive period and a happy New Year. We can all make the world a better place. Here's to hope, peace, and goodwill as we go into 2026. We look forward to many new collaborations and our exciting new website launch!

International Migrants Day, December 18 🇺🇳 - Protecting Migrant Rights and Ending the Stigma 🌍 Explore more here ➡️ www.betterworld.info/human-rights... - Visit now, follow us, and share 📣 #Migrants #MigrantsDay #InternationalMigrantsDay #IOM #IOM2025 #MigrationMatters #SafeMigration #Migration

Check out our latest article on Francesca Albanese, the well-deserving winner of the Lay Down Your Arms Peace Prize, published in Common Dreams 🕊️ Read it here ➡️ www.commondreams.org/opinion/alba... #NobelPeacePrize2025 #RealNobelPeacePrize #LayDownYourArms #FrancescaAlbanese #Machado

Throughout the now two-year war, which has resulted in the death of more than 70,000 Palestinians, Albanese has been one of the most outspoken advocates for Palestinian rights.

🌍 Human Rights Day, Dec 10 ⚖️ 🇺🇳 - #OurEverydayEssentials Explore more ➡️ www.betterworld.info/human-rights... - Visit now, follow us, and share 📣 Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⚖️ by the UN General Assembly 🇺🇳 in 1948 #HumanRightsDay2025 #OurEverydayRights #StandUp4HumanRights #HumanRightsDay