https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/climate-and-environment/?xtor=RSS-1 The planet is experiencing accelerated warming and biodiversity erosion at a rate that has not been seen for millions of years. Given the increasingly serious and lasting damage being done to the planet, human societies are becoming aware of the planet's limited capacities and the need to preserve and manage ecosystems over the long term so that they can continue providing essential services for our lives (waters, soils, air, forests, oceans, etc.). In this context, which is well-documented by science, the environment, and climate and biodiversity in particular, have become a major (…) en https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH72/visuel_defaut_une_fd-44916-890bc.jpg?1702480409 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr?xtor=RSS-1 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/climate-and-environment/news/2025/article/outcome-of-the-un-environment-assembly-s-seventh-session-12-12-25?xtor=RSS-1 The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), the governing body of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and leading global authority on the environment, brought to a close its seventh session at the UN headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, on 12 December 2025. The French delegation, made up of representatives from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, was led by Ambassador for the Environment Barbara Pompili. The session (…) 2025-12-19 17:15:52 66013_286937 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/climate-and-environment/news/2025/article/paris-welcomes-the-global-biodiversity-information-facility-26-11-25?xtor=RSS-1 This morning at UNESCO, Éléonore Caroit, the Minister Delegate for Francophonie, International Partnerships and French Nationals Abroad, opened the first meeting bringing together the authors of the global assessment issued by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). This platform would enable us to draft a new status review on global biodiversity loss by 2028 and to call on States to step up their conservation efforts. Addressing the (…) 2025-11-26 17:33:23 66013_286644 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/climate-and-environment/the-fight-against-climate-change/cop30-climate-a-new-direction-for-global-climate-action/article/climate-cop30-summary-25-11-25?xtor=RSS-1 The COP30 climate summit ended on November 22 in Belém, Brazil. Despite the Brazilian presidency's tireless efforts and leadership, it concluded with the adoption of a watered down agreement. France regrets the final text's lack of ambition toward the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Nearly 80 countries have not yet submitted their climate action plans in accordance with the Paris Agreement. The combined plans presented in Belém fail to put us on a trajectory that would limit climate (…) 2025-11-26 10:22:33 66227_286633 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/climate-and-environment/the-fight-against-climate-change/article/cop30-france-joins-declaration-on-information-integrity-on-climate-change-18-11?xtor=RSS-1 Confronted with the rise in climate disinformation, France has committed itself to the Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change, adopted by 12 States on 12 November 2025. It calls for a coordinated international effort by the international community, civil society and the private sector to guarantee reliable, transparent information on the climate. The Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate Change The Declaration calls on governments to adopt laws respectful of (…) 2025-11-18 19:15:01 63935_286566 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/climate-and-environment/the-fight-against-climate-change/cop30-climate-a-new-direction-for-global-climate-action/article/cop30-climate-a-new-direction-for-global-climate-action?xtor=RSS-1 The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP) will be chaired by Brazil, taking placing in Belém from 10 November to 21 November 2025. Ten years after COP21, which led to the adoption of the historic Paris Agreement, this new conference is a further step to speed up the implementation of climate commitments. The results of COP30 will be essential to meet the targets set, particularly the target to limit the increase in the global average temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. [(What is (…) 2025-11-07 19:18:15 66227_286430 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/climate-and-environment/news/2025/article/france-continues-its-2024-financial-commitment-to-global-climate-action-06-11?xtor=RSS-1 Every year, ahead of the COP – the next meeting of which will take place in Belém (Brazil) from 10 to 21 November 2025 –, France announces its annual climate finance sums for developing countries, in line with its international commitments and in partnership with the other European Union Member States. In 2024, France provided €7.2 billion of climate finance for developing countries, including €3 billion for climate-change adaptation. This finance predominantly consists of loans, donations from (…) 2025-11-07 13:31:15 66013_286413 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/climate-and-environment/news/2025/article/entry-into-force-of-the-agreement-on-the-conservation-and-sustainable-use-of?xtor=RSS-1 On 23 September 2025, during the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, M. Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, brought together, in the presence of UN Secretary-General Mr Antonio Guterres, all the representatives of the 68 States that, to date, have deposited their instruments of ratification of the Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (the BBNJ Agreement), allowing this decisive agreement (…) 2025-09-24 16:44:37 66013_285804 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/climate-and-environment/news/2025/article/30th-session-of-the-international-seabed-authority-isa-assembly-and-council-25?xtor=RSS-1 After three weeks of negotiations, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) concluded the 30th session of its Assembly and Council in Kingston, Jamaica. As it did at the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) in Nice, France called on other nations to join the coalition to adopt, at the very least, a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining. Croatia agreed to join the coalition, thereby becoming the 38th nation to support a precautionary pause or moratorium. France once again (…) 2025-07-29 17:04:58 66013_284966 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/climate-and-environment/news/2025/article/climate-advisory-opinion-by-the-international-court-of-justice-icj-on?xtor=RSS-1 On March 29, 2023, the UN General Assembly requested, via a resolution co-sponsored by all EU Member States, an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice concerning the obligations of States in respect of climate change. Questions submitted to the Court for their opinion dealt with States' international obligations with respect to the protection of the climate system and the environment from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and the ensuing legal consequences for States. (…) 2025-07-25 09:57:02 66013_284895 https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/french-foreign-policy/climate-and-environment/news/2025/article/environment-france-and-the-iucn-celebrate-20-years-of-partnership-by-signing-a?xtor=RSS-1 In 2025, the French government and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) mark 20 years of joint action for nature and sustainable development. The celebration of that anniversary on July 8 highlighted the achievements of a historic partnership that since 2005 has played a key role in protecting biodiversity at the global level. The occasion was marked by the signing of a new partnership agreement for 2026-2029, reflecting the two parties' ongoing commitment to (…) 2025-07-11 18:36:37 66013_284746