By Rémi Parmentier, Co-Director of The Varda Group, Coordinator of the Let’s Be Nice to the Ocean campaign Sixty-four Heads of State and Government attended the UN Ocean Conference in Nice last wee...

Outcomes of UNOC 2025

En vísperas de la UNOC3, te invitamos a esta mesa redonda de alto nivel sobre el Océano, que reunirá a expertos franceses y españoles.

OPINION. A l'occasion de la 3e Conférence de l'ONU sur l'Océan qui se tiendra à Nice, un appel urgent est lancé pour prendre des mesures ambitieuses afin de protéger l'Océan, notre bien commun vital. ...

The legal tools to address this internal opposition exist — Europe just needs to use them, and meet the moment with courage.

Let's Be Nice to the Ocean has published today a compilation of amendments aimed at strengthening the ambition and scope of the draft Nice Ocean Action Declaration, currently circulating at UN Headqua...

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US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.

La vicepresidenta europea para la Transición Limpia, Justa y Competitiva sostiene que la UE no debe caer en provocaciones sino actuar con inteligencia y defender sus valores frente a las injerencias

Potential modalities for the Nice Conference outcome

President Trump said he will sign an executive order next week ending past efforts from Biden for the federal government to embrace paper straws.

The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) was ordered by Washington to stop work on dozens of U.S.-funded grants, according to an email seen by Reuters, that was sent five days after Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver for emergency food assistance.

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The country is putting two of its most remote atolls, Bikar and Bokak, under protection from fishing, covering 48,000 square kilometres - about the size of Switzerland.

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order temporarily suspending all U.S. foreign assistance programs for 90 days pending reviews to determine whether they are aligned with his policy goals...

President Donald Trump will order the U.S. to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, the White House said on Monday, once again placing the world's top historic emitter of greenhouse gas emissions outside of the global pact aimed at pushing nations to tackle climate change through domestic actions.

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By Rémi Parmentier, Director at The Varda Group The failure of negotiators to finalize a new plastics treaty in Busan, Republic of Korea, in November came as no surprise. As we predicted, “[e]ven i...

Kingston, Jamaica – Leticia Carvalho officially assumed the role of Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) on 1 January 2025, marking a pivotal moment in the organization’s hist...

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By Rémi Parmentier, Director at The Varda Group The failure of negotiators to finalize a new plastics treaty in Busan, Republic of Korea, in November came as no surprise. As we predicted, “[e]ven i...

By Rémi Parmentier, Director at The Varda Group The failure of negotiators to finalize a new plastics treaty in Busan, Republic of Korea, in November came as no surprise. As we predicted, “[e]ven i...