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Le 20 mars 2023, le Comité français de l’UICN a publié une étude intitulée « Les Solutions fondées sur la Nature pour les risques gravitaires et incendie en France ». Définis comme « la menace qu’un aléa naturel fait peser sur des personnes, des biens et des ouvrages plus ou moins vulnérables et…

The Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) was adopted on March 19, 2023 by 195 governments at Interlaken, Switzerland. It includes a summary for policymakers and a longer report that was released on March 22, 2023. In the introduction, the IPCC scientists recognize the…

On March 4, 2023, global negotiations concluded on the landmark Treaty of the High Seas. The draft agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction was published by the UN…

More than 20 countries have met on March 1st and 2nd, 2023 , for the One Forest Summit dedicated to seeking solutions to protect tropical forests, in Libreville, Gabon. This Summit bringing together heads of states, the scientific community, African youth, business leaders, indigenous peoples and…

From December 7 to 19, 2022 was held in Canada the second part of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15). A landmark agreement was adopted by 196 States at the end of the Conference, establishing a new Global Biodiversity Framework to guide global action on nature through to 2030. The GBF consists…

The 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Wetlands was held from Novembre 5th to 13th, 2022, in a hybrid format between Wuhan and Geneva. Context: The Convention On Wetlands is an intergovernmental treaty that was adopted in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar and that provides the…

The 19th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was held from No vember 14th to 25th, 2022, in Panama. Context : The main objective of this meeting is to determine which species will be listed or removed from CITES…

La 27ème Conférence des Parties de la Convention-cadre des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques (CCNUCC) s'est tenue du 6 au 18 novembre 2022 à Charm el-Cheikh en Égypte. Contexte : Ce rendez-vous international fait le lien entre la COP26 de Glasgow (Royaume-Uni, 2021), qui a finalisé les…

La Commission européenne a pris des mesures pour fermer l'accès de 87 zones sensibles à tous les engins de fond dans les eaux communautaires de l'Atlantique du Nord-Est. Fondé sur le règlement relatif à l'accès aux eaux profondes et sur l'avis des scientifiques du Conseil international pour l…

Le Comité français de l'UICN, l'Office français de la biodiversité (OFB) et le Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN) ont publié le second volume de la Liste rouge des écosystèmes côtiers méditerranéens dédié aux dunes côtières et rivages sableux, après la publication du premier volet en 2020…