Greenpeace banner sign against deep sea mining at UNOC3 in Nice on June 11, 2025. Credit: Greenpeace By Kizito MakoyeNICE, France, Jun 13 2025 – The third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) concluded today in Nice with an urgent call for governments to translate bold words into concrete action to protect the world’s oceans. Co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, the summit brought together...

Amina Langa planting mangrove seedling on the Indian Ocean’s coast. Credit: WWF By Kizito MakoyeNICE, France, Jun 13 2025 – Just before dawn, a flotilla of wooden canoes drifts silently  through mangrove-tangled channels where roots sprout from the black mud of the lagoon. Here, at the edge between sea and forest, lies a story of restoration. The Northern Mozambique Channel (NMC) is...

At the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Credit: Maximilian Malawista By Maximilian MalawistaNEW YORK, Jun 13 2025 – Victims of Japan’s costly Eugenic Protection Law took to the stage sharing their life stories, offering their tragedies of sterilization and mutilation, in return for the hopes of “a society without discrimination”. At a side event on International Sharing of...

Credit: United Nations   The 51st G7 summit is scheduled to take place 15-17 June 2025 in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. The G7 consists of seven of the world’s largest developed economies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States plus the European Union (EU), a non-enumerated member. By OxfamALBERTA, Canada, Jun 13 2025 – Aid cuts could cost...

Four-month-old albatross at its colony at Campo Bosque, Punta Sur on Guadalupe Island. Credit: UNEP/Todd Brown By Naureen HossainNICE, Jun 13 2025 – At the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recognized three countries and regions for their large-scale programs to restore their native...