A healthy ocean, a protected climate
The next United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) will take place in June 2025 in Nice, France, leaving less than 2 years to ensure it concludes with a transformative, positive and actionable outcome for the ocean, its ecosystems and marine biodiversity. In order to support these efforts, The Varda Group launches “Let’s Be Nice to the…
Blue Ambition Loop: Accelerating Ocean-based Solutions to deliver on Nature and Climate Mobilising the Marrakesh Partnership for Global Climate Action on Ocean & Coastal Zones Over the years, the role of non-State actors in raising ambition for climate action under the leadership of the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions has grown exponentially. Today, keeping this…
After two weeks of tough negotiations, the COP27 ended on Sunday, 20th of November, with the adoption of the “Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan”. While the World Leaders Summit had started with commitments to move towards action and symbolic declarations, notably from Antonio Guterres who declared “We are on a highway to climate hell with our…