Remi Parmentier
@remiparmentier.bsky.social
Ocean Advocate since 1975. Director, The Varda Group. Coordinator, Let's Be Nice to the Ocean. My bio online: https://www.vardagroup.org/bio/remi-parmentier
Walk the Nice talk. Better yet, run!
"Walking the Nice Talk", my op-ed one week after #UNOC3, published by @iisd.org SDG Knowledge Hub one week after #UNOC3, the Nice Ocean Conference.
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"Walking the Nice Talk", my op-ed one week after #UNOC3, published by @iisd.org SDG Knowledge Hub one week after #UNOC3, the Nice Ocean Conference.
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Walking the Nice Talk
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...
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June 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Walk the Nice talk. Better yet, run!
"Walking the Nice Talk", my op-ed one week after #UNOC3, published by @iisd.org SDG Knowledge Hub one week after #UNOC3, the Nice Ocean Conference.
sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
"Walking the Nice Talk", my op-ed one week after #UNOC3, published by @iisd.org SDG Knowledge Hub one week after #UNOC3, the Nice Ocean Conference.
sdg.iisd.org/commentary/g...
Nice talk - Now, walk the talk!
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#LetsBeNicetotheOcean #BeyondBlueBlueBlue #UNOC2025 #UNOC3
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#LetsBeNicetotheOcean #BeyondBlueBlueBlue #UNOC2025 #UNOC3
Nice Talk – Now, Walk the Talk! - #LetsBeNicetotheOcean
Outcomes of UNOC 2025
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June 14, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Nice talk - Now, walk the talk!
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#LetsBeNicetotheOcean #BeyondBlueBlueBlue #UNOC2025 #UNOC3
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#LetsBeNicetotheOcean #BeyondBlueBlueBlue #UNOC2025 #UNOC3
Good job, Canada!
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April 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Good job, Canada!
www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/a...
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You can now sign & share the revamped #ProtectionPrinciple petition for the 3rd UN Ocean Conference (#UNOC3). IN english. En français. En español. #LetsBeNicetotheOcean
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April 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You can now sign & share the revamped #ProtectionPrinciple petition for the 3rd UN Ocean Conference (#UNOC3). IN english. En français. En español. #LetsBeNicetotheOcean
letsbenicetotheocean.org/sign-the-pet...
letsbenicetotheocean.org/sign-the-pet...
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Activista, consultor, fundador de Greenpeace en España y Francia y creador de Let's Be Nice to the Ocean..., Remi Parmentier (@remiparmentier.bsky.social) es uno de los grandes defensores del medio ambiente y, por ello; es el #PersonajeAmbiental de la semana efeverde.com/remi-parment...
April 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Activista, consultor, fundador de Greenpeace en España y Francia y creador de Let's Be Nice to the Ocean..., Remi Parmentier (@remiparmentier.bsky.social) es uno de los grandes defensores del medio ambiente y, por ello; es el #PersonajeAmbiental de la semana efeverde.com/remi-parment...
Way to go! Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Sara Agesen @saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es writes to 140 countries asking them to ratify the UN #HighSeasTreaty [#BBNJ]: www.lavanguardia.com/natural/2025...
April 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Way to go! Spain's Deputy Prime Minister Sara Agesen @saraaagesen.bsky.social @miteco.gob.es writes to 140 countries asking them to ratify the UN #HighSeasTreaty [#BBNJ]: www.lavanguardia.com/natural/2025...
If you're in #Madrid this Tuesday, come & join Romain Troublé from @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social, myself & others for a roundtable conversation at the Institut Français about our expectations before the Nice UN Ocean Conference (#UNOC3). Click here to register: www.eventbrite.es/e/salvar-el-...
Salvar el Océano
En vísperas de la UNOC3, te invitamos a esta mesa redonda de alto nivel sobre el Océano, que reunirá a expertos franceses y españoles.
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April 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If you're in #Madrid this Tuesday, come & join Romain Troublé from @fondationtaraocean.bsky.social, myself & others for a roundtable conversation at the Institut Français about our expectations before the Nice UN Ocean Conference (#UNOC3). Click here to register: www.eventbrite.es/e/salvar-el-...
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What if protecting the ocean became the norm, not the exception? As UNOC approaches, we call with @benicetotheocean.bsky.social for a new paradigm: reverse the burden of proof. A constructive step toward ocean protection, included in SOS Océan Conference manifesto.
Read here (FR): shorturl.at/VZiCv
Read here (FR): shorturl.at/VZiCv
OPINION. « Et si la protection de l'océan devenait la règle, et non plus l'exception ? »
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. ...
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April 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
What if protecting the ocean became the norm, not the exception? As UNOC approaches, we call with @benicetotheocean.bsky.social for a new paradigm: reverse the burden of proof. A constructive step toward ocean protection, included in SOS Océan Conference manifesto.
Read here (FR): shorturl.at/VZiCv
Read here (FR): shorturl.at/VZiCv
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The UN World Food Programme is scrambling to plug a multi-billion-dollar funding gap after the US froze foreign aid and slashed humanitarian budgets.
The situation has forced the agency to make previously “unthinkable choices.” 👉 ow.ly/IbzT50Vm3WQ
The situation has forced the agency to make previously “unthinkable choices.” 👉 ow.ly/IbzT50Vm3WQ
March 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The UN World Food Programme is scrambling to plug a multi-billion-dollar funding gap after the US froze foreign aid and slashed humanitarian budgets.
The situation has forced the agency to make previously “unthinkable choices.” 👉 ow.ly/IbzT50Vm3WQ
The situation has forced the agency to make previously “unthinkable choices.” 👉 ow.ly/IbzT50Vm3WQ
The UN World Food Programme is scrambling to plug a multi-billion-dollar funding gap after the US froze foreign aid and slashed humanitarian budgets.
The situation has forced the agency to make previously “unthinkable choices.” 👉 ow.ly/IbzT50Vm3WQ
The situation has forced the agency to make previously “unthinkable choices.” 👉 ow.ly/IbzT50Vm3WQ
March 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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OPINION: The legal tools to address internal opposition from Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán exist. Europe just needs to use them, and meet the moment with courage.
How to confront Orbán and save the EU
The legal tools to address this internal opposition exist — Europe just needs to use them, and meet the moment with courage.
www.politico.eu
March 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
OPINION: The legal tools to address internal opposition from Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán exist. Europe just needs to use them, and meet the moment with courage.
Statement of Independent Trial Monitors 👇On Verdict in Greenpeace Trial — Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace Trial Monitoring Committee www.trialmonitors.org/statement-of...
Statement of Independent Trial Monitors On Verdict in Greenpeace Trial — Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace Trial Monitoring Committee
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March 20, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Statement of Independent Trial Monitors 👇On Verdict in Greenpeace Trial — Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace Trial Monitoring Committee www.trialmonitors.org/statement-of...
If the Nice Ocean Conference (#UNOC2025, June 2025) does not incubate or launch one or more ambitious paradigm shifts, there is a risk that multilateralism sceptics say that the Nice conference was a waste of time and money.
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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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March 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If the Nice Ocean Conference (#UNOC2025, June 2025) does not incubate or launch one or more ambitious paradigm shifts, there is a risk that multilateralism sceptics say that the Nice conference was a waste of time and money.
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Enhorabuena, España @miteco.gob.es 👇
La política ambiental necesita "success stories".
👏👏👏💪
Más que nunca.
La política ambiental necesita "success stories".
👏👏👏💪
Más que nunca.
La pasada semana tuve el privilegio de participar en la suelta de dos hembras de lince ibérico en Murcia.
403 linces introducidos desde que en 2011 comenzaran las liberaciones de ejemplares nacidos en cautividad. En 2025 se reintroducirán otros 21 ejemplares.
Un símbolo de nuestra biodiversidad 🐾
403 linces introducidos desde que en 2011 comenzaran las liberaciones de ejemplares nacidos en cautividad. En 2025 se reintroducirán otros 21 ejemplares.
Un símbolo de nuestra biodiversidad 🐾
March 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Enhorabuena, España @miteco.gob.es 👇
La política ambiental necesita "success stories".
👏👏👏💪
Más que nunca.
La política ambiental necesita "success stories".
👏👏👏💪
Más que nunca.
"Even if we try to escape the world, the world will not escape us" 👇(will not escape US)
Watch this!!
Omg. In a shocking moment, Nancy Bolan, a fired USAID worker and tonight’s guest of Rep. Ritchie Torres — reveals that Donald Trump has pulled the U.S. from the global polio eradication initiative — which threatens its spread to the U.S. Every single American should see this.
March 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"Even if we try to escape the world, the world will not escape us" 👇(will not escape US)
It's official as of tonight: UN #PlasticsTreaty negotiations will resume 5-15 August in Geneva.
[Telling to my wife we need to reschedule summer holidays might be trickier than trying to convince Saudi Arabia to accept a treaty with strong provisions to phase down plastics production 😵💫]
[Telling to my wife we need to reschedule summer holidays might be trickier than trying to convince Saudi Arabia to accept a treaty with strong provisions to phase down plastics production 😵💫]
March 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It's official as of tonight: UN #PlasticsTreaty negotiations will resume 5-15 August in Geneva.
[Telling to my wife we need to reschedule summer holidays might be trickier than trying to convince Saudi Arabia to accept a treaty with strong provisions to phase down plastics production 😵💫]
[Telling to my wife we need to reschedule summer holidays might be trickier than trying to convince Saudi Arabia to accept a treaty with strong provisions to phase down plastics production 😵💫]
Good read on yesterday's shit show, by Robert Reich.
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Today’s disgusting scene
Friends,
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March 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Good read on yesterday's shit show, by Robert Reich.
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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What would George Marshall, of Marshall plan fame, think of that shameful TrumpMusk robbery plan?
Ukraine and the United States have agreed on the terms of a minerals deal and could sign it this week, according to several media reports.
Ukraine and US agree to minerals deal, reports say
The agreement could be signed by Kyiv and Washington as early as Friday, according to one report.
www.politico.eu
February 25, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What would George Marshall, of Marshall plan fame, think of that shameful TrumpMusk robbery plan?
EU Commission VP Teresa Ribera in @elpais.com today: "The US offers us a wonderful opportunity to remind ourselves that we live in the best place in the world. An open, free market economy, with high environmental standards and high levels of protection [...] We must defend it." 👉 bit.ly/4ka1WDs
Teresa Ribera: “Europa no va a jugar a la política espectáculo, pero sí tiene que ser firme”
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
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February 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
EU Commission VP Teresa Ribera in @elpais.com today: "The US offers us a wonderful opportunity to remind ourselves that we live in the best place in the world. An open, free market economy, with high environmental standards and high levels of protection [...] We must defend it." 👉 bit.ly/4ka1WDs
I wish everyone in the US would read this piece 👇 And that everyone in Russia could.
"This is a humiliating month to be an American," our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes.
Opinion | With Trump’s Prostration to Putin, Expect a More Dangerous World
This is a humiliating month to be an American.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I wish everyone in the US would read this piece 👇 And that everyone in Russia could.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐔𝐍 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (#𝐔𝐍𝐎𝐂2025), 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞? See below 👇 #LetsBeNicetotheOcean
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What level of ambition can we expect at the Third UN Ocean Conference in the current geopolitical seascape? - #LetsBeNicetotheOcean
Potential modalities for the Nice Conference outcome
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February 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐔𝐍 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 (#𝐔𝐍𝐎𝐂2025), 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞? See below 👇 #LetsBeNicetotheOcean
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As if everything else wasn't enough, here's Trump's declaration of love to single-use plastics. Bon appétit! www.aol.com/back-plastic...
'BACK TO PLASTIC!': Trump says he will sign executive order ditching paper straws
President Trump said he will sign an executive order next week ending past efforts from Biden for the federal government to embrace paper straws.
www.aol.com
February 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
As if everything else wasn't enough, here's Trump's declaration of love to single-use plastics. Bon appétit! www.aol.com/back-plastic...
Latest from #TrumpMusk killers: www.reuters.com/world/un-foo...
UN food agency WFP received dozens of US stop work orders despite emergency waiver
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.
www.reuters.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Latest from #TrumpMusk killers: www.reuters.com/world/un-foo...