Strategic advice and coordination
services on international environmental
and social issues
Welcome to The Varda Group
Current projects
All projectsDecember
"What Went Wrong in Busan? What Next?", an op-ed with proposals to bring the UN Plastics negotiations back on track, published by the International Institute on Sustainable Development (IISD)
December
Keynote talk on strategic communications and campaigning at the Amsterdam School for International Business
November
Participation in the Fifth Session of UN Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Busan, Republic of Korea
Read Rémi's oped "What can we Expect in Busan?", written in collaboration with Lucien Chabason and published by IDDRI
October
Participation in Biodiversity COP16 in Cali, Colombia on behalf of Let’s Be Nice to the Ocean
October
Publication of our new paper for next year’s Third UN Ocean Conference: Advancing the Protection Principle
October
Facilitating the America's Cup Blue Economy Forum on behalf of the Port of Barcelona
September
Facilitation of the Greenpeace Research Laboratory annual planning meeting
September
Guest speaker at the opening of the Nice Climate Summit (WATCH Rémi between 17’50 and 37’40)
September
Drafting on behalf of PR3, the Global Alliance to Advance Reuse, comments on the non-paper of the Chair of the UN Plastics Treaty negotiations
Varda Group in action
Varda in the media
The Varda group has vast experience across a wide range of issues, including climate change, marine biodiversity, fisheries conservation, the Arctic and Antarctic, maritime policy, nuclear safety, security, and arms control, toxic pollution and clean production, fresh water management and sanitation, sustainable consumption, tobacco control, international governance, international trade, access to information and transparency.
