Environmental science and diplomacy at stake at the 3rd UN Oceans Conference
Paul Dunshirn, Arne Langlet and Wenwen Lyu give an overview over this years most important Ocean Conference - UNOC in Nice, France - attended by over 15.000 participants.
My Internship at Twin Politics -Discovering a New Model of Work
My name is Alexandre D´Amore, and I am currently at The Lycée Francais of Vienna, and I have decided to do my grade 10 one-week internship at TwinPolitics.
Ocean Governance at a critical juncture ahead of the Third UN Ocean Conference 2025 – our participation at UNOC 2025
The Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) is scheduled to take place in Nice, France, from June 9 to 13, 2025. UNOC3 aims to accelerate global action to conserve and sustainably use the ocean. TwinPolitics participates with field work, presentations and a special side event!
Driving the ‘Operationalization’ of BBNJ: How to Better Position Science and Address Data Needs
Wenwen Lyu summarizes the second week of BBNJ negotiations at the UN headquaters in New York and analyzes the most pressing issues setting up the institutional design of a future regime.
Setting up institutions during the first BBNJ PrepCom: How Far have we come?
Wenwen Lyu reports live from the first week of the BBNJ Prep-Com in New York and summarizes the discussions around forming institutions around the benchmark 2023 agreement leading up to the Ocean conference.
Big challenges, careful progress, and last-minute drama in deep-sea mining negotiations
Emil W. Hildebrand follows the Council of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) 30th Session in Kingston, Jamaica, which discussed the future of deep-sea mining and which led to a last minute surprise.
Negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty in Busan: We don’t have a treaty (yet)
Felix Nütz reports live from the fifth session of the International Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution in Busan, South Korea.
Data and AI in the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework: insights from CBD COP16 in Cali
Paul Dunshirn, Wenwen Lyu and Erik Zhivkoplias report from the COP of the Convention on Biological Diversity and look at the next steps towards the implementation of the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).
