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-parmentierhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lrwsmarsu226Walk 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. https://sdg.iisd.org/commentary/guest-articles/walking-the-nice-talk/19 Jun 2025 05:37 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrwsmarsu226https://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lrkszgu3hc2rNice talk - Now, walk the talk! https://letsbenicetotheocean.org/nice-talk-now-walk-the-talk/ #LetsBeNicetotheOcean #BeyondBlueBlueBlue #UNOC2025 #UNOC314 Jun 2025 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrkszgu3hc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lnz6jyqdwk2wGood job, Canada! https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/28/americas/canada-election-results-carney-poilievre-intl-hnk/index.html30 Apr 2025 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnz6jyqdwk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lng4oqze422qYou can now sign & share the revamped #ProtectionPrinciple petition for the 3rd UN Ocean Conference (#UNOC3). IN english. En français. En español. #LetsBeNicetotheOcean https://letsbenicetotheocean.org/sign-the-petition-to-make-ocean-protection-the-norm/22 Apr 2025 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lng4oqze422qhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lmjxdtfevc2fWay 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]: https://www.lavanguardia.com/natural/20250411/10574827/falta-ratificacion-tratado-oceano-pone-riesgo-areas-marinas-protegidas.html11 Apr 2025 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmjxdtfevc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lmayvzrlrc2fIf 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: https://www.eventbrite.es/e/salvar-el-oceano-tickets-1291051412529?aff=oddtdtcreator07 Apr 2025 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmayvzrlrc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lkxbvmupvc2d [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Mar 2025 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkxbvmupvc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lksbkyu7xc2cStatement of Independent Trial Monitors 👇On Verdict in Greenpeace Trial — Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace Trial Monitoring Committee https://www.trialmonitors.org/statement-of-independent-trial-monitors-on-verdict-in-greenpeace-trial20 Mar 2025 08:25 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lksbkyu7xc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3ljzutvp5ak2fIf 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. https://letsbenicetotheocean.org/annotated-draft-nice-ocean-action-declaration/10 Mar 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzutvp5ak2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3ljnr6e37ck2dEnhorabuena, España @miteco.gob.es 👇 La política ambiental necesita "success stories". 👏👏👏💪 Más que nunca. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2025 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljnr6e37ck2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3ljnqv2mfqk2d"Even if we try to escape the world, the world will not escape us" 👇(will not escape US) [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Mar 2025 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljnqv2mfqk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3ljizjjocb22cIt'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 😵‍💫]03 Mar 2025 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljizjjocb22chttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3ljcijs7ybs26Good read on yesterday's shit show, by Robert Reich. https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/todays-disgusting-scene?r=pu5r0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email01 Mar 2025 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcijs7ybs26https://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lizuqakg2223What would George Marshall, of Marshall plan fame, think of that shameful TrumpMusk robbery plan? [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2025 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizuqakg2223https://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3liwndrb6t22zStand with #Ukraine 603,628 km2 🇺🇦24 Feb 2025 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwndrb6t22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3liueiupg5s2zEU 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 https://bit.ly/4ka1WDs23 Feb 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3liueiupg5s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3likvviawb22iI wish everyone in the US would read this piece 👇 And that everyone in Russia could. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2025 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3likvviawb22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3li2hgpz4kc2n𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 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 https://letsbenicetotheocean.org/what-level-of-ambition-can-we-expect-at-the-third-un-ocean-conference-in-the-current-geopolitical-seascape/13 Feb 2025 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2hgpz4kc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lhnlwzq2dc2cAs if everything else wasn't enough, here's Trump's declaration of love to single-use plastics. Bon appétit! https://www.aol.com/back-plastic-trump-says-sign-173000512.html?guccounter=108 Feb 2025 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhnlwzq2dc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lhld34cfj227Latest from #TrumpMusk killers: https://www.reuters.com/world/un-food-agency-wfp-received-dozens-us-stop-work-orders-despite-emergency-waiver-2025-02-07/07 Feb 2025 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhld34cfj227https://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lhf6akewo22jCongratulations SPAIN for becoming today the first EU country to ratify the UN Agreement on the Conservation & Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity🐟 in Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) 🌊https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXI-10&chapter=21&clang=_en04 Feb 2025 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhf6akewo22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lgzibd5bdc2fShe is the last safety net in the EU Commission 🙏 I've just listened to Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu's carefully worded podcast conversation on @euractiv.com. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2025 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzibd5bdc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/remiparmentier.bsky.social/post/3lgve2fcvnc2z"The Trump administration placed nearly 60 senior officials at the USAid on leave on Monday, on suspicion they had been helping humanitarian organisations cope with the freeze." https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/28/un-aid-cuts-trump-funding29 Jan 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:gvceh66eubctfjp22223drvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgve2fcvnc2z