Sebastien Willemart

Envi & Development @BelgiumMFA 🇧🇪 @CollegeofEurope 🎓 Previously @UEemAngola @WWF @UEenEcuador @UNDRR_Americas @mdregional_br @WYPW_PMJE @Y4Nature🌱 My views

[Sebastien Willemart @SebWillemart]

Urging Commissioners @Europarl_EN for more ambitious #PlasticStrategy, end #FossilFuels susbsidies, climate-compatible budget & trade, environmental taxation, fiscal justice. Watch https://t.co/3fgcjrBPDA Read https://t.co/e3eHeUrqNg

[European Central Bank @ecb]

Europe’s dependence on foreign energy makes it tougher for the ECB to keep prices stable, writes Executive Board member Frank Elderson.

Meeting clean energy targets would help by reducing the impact of volatile global markets on domestic energy prices https://t.co/ozmuJPaCdc

[Earth Negotiations Bulletin @IISD_ENB]

Concluding the first week of negotiations, delegates at #BBNJ PrepCom III took stock of progress and remaining work, expressing cautious optimism for a successful conclusion that will pave the way for the sustainable governance of the high seas.

https://t.co/wVpOxCjR9e

[Earth Negotiations Bulletin @IISD_ENB]

#UNEA7 closed with adoption of 11 resolutions and three decisions

President Abdullah Bin Ali Al-Amri called on delegates to carry with them the firm certainty that the resolutions adopted are living commitments

Read ➡️ https://t.co/AVmnomdGLX

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

The @UN Environment Assembly is where countries agree on how to tackle the world’s biggest environmental issues.

Since 2014, over 100 resolutions have advanced global action on climate, nature, pollution and a more resilient planet.

Stay tuned for #UNEA7!

🗓 8–12 Dec | Nairobi

For more info: https://t.co/7Zy1Xw7qPH

[Sebastien Willemart @SebWillemart]

Human activities have pushed Earth beyond its Safe Operating Space #PlanetaryHealthCheck2025

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

COP30: Key outcomes for food, forests, land and nature at the UN climate talks in Belém | @GAViglione @orladwyer_ @aruna_sekhar @daisydunnesci @YanineQuiroz

Read here: https://t.co/DUFPRHQE2N

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

🌿We’re launching a new EU Bioeconomy Strategy to cut fossil fuel use and boost green growth.

Using renewable biological resources from land and sea, we’re creating jobs, driving innovation, and promoting circular, sustainable solutions.

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém

Read here ➡️ https://t.co/QKdUftGKPo

#COP30

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

When we launched Global Gateway for Africa, we aimed to invest €150 billion in the continent.

4 years on, we’re well on track to exceed that goal.

With 120 billion of investments for Africa. And more coming.

For good, local jobs ↓ https://t.co/qQACBFXPtK

[African Union ECOSOCC @AU_ECOSOCC]

The first-ever G20 Summit on African soil wrapped up yesterday in Johannesburg, #SouthAfrica 🇿🇦!

#G20 Leaders have adopted the 2025 Summit Declaration, outlining commitments on global economic stability, #ClimateAction, #debt reforms, #digital #governance, #FoodSecurity, and inclusive growth. The Declaration highlights the need for stronger multilateral cooperation, reforms to the global financial system, support for developing countries, and concrete steps to address conflict, #energy access, and rising vulnerabilities worldwide.

Read the full @g20org Summit Leaders' Declaration for the detailed commitments and outcomes!

🔗https://t.co/hfJawFnsfm

#Solidarity #Equality #Sustainability #ReKaofela

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

IEA: Fossil-fuel use will peak before 2030 – unless ‘stated policies’ are abandoned | @DrSimEvans and Ho Woo Nam

Read here ➡️ https://t.co/g4YRenVe4E

[World Resources Institute @WorldResources]

Today, negotiators concluded #COP30 in Belém, Brazil. They reached an agreement to triple adaptation finance and to hold a series of dialogues on trade within the UNFCCC for the first time. However, the formal negotiations offered an inadequate response to the shortfall in ambition in national climate commitments, failing to explicitly agree on the roadmaps to transition away from fossil fuels and halt deforestation that many countries and stakeholders had advocated. The Brazilian COP President launched these roadmaps in its own capacity.

Other major highlights from the summit include the launch of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility; major efforts to unite local, regional and national governments around climate action; pledges for Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ finance and land rights; a pledge to quadruple 'sustainable fuels'; and much more.

Read the statement from WRI's CEO & President👉 https://t.co/4OuUBZ3JIO

[Green Climate Fund @theGCF]

#NEWS 📣 GCF achieves record-breaking year as Board channels USD 3.26 billion to developing countries. #ClimateAction

#GCFB43 details here 👉🏽 https://t.co/od8U7KG8IZ

[Sebastien Willemart @SebWillemart]

Human activities have pushed Earth beyond its Safe Operating Space #PlanetaryHealthCheck2025

[Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research PIK @PIK_Climate]

"Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director @jrockstrom presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025. #PlanetaryBoundaries https://t.co/sePpqOHlIA

[UN DESA @UNDESA]

What is the global #PlasticsTreaty and why does it matter?

Here are 5⃣ things to know as the second part of #INC5 is underway in Geneva 5-14 August: https://t.co/GleUsqOWB3

[Earth Negotiations Bulletin @IISD_ENB]

Before years of #plastic pollution treaty talks come to a head in Geneva, get the full view of the negotiating blocs, positions, and push for ambition in our new Guide to the Global Agreement to End Plastic Pollution

Read ➡️ https://t.co/03a1PaWnM1

#PlasticsTreaty

[Sebastien Willemart @SebWillemart]

International Court of Justice issues a historic advisory opinion that a clean, healthy & sustainable environment is a human right, clarifying that all States are obligated under international law to protect the global climate system and that polluters must be held accountable 🌎

[CIJ_ICJ @CIJ_ICJ]

READ HERE: The summary of the #ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

https://t.co/7TWc7ifwfX

[UN Land and Drought @UNCCD]

Today, @UNCCD launched our new #DroughtHotspots report, revealing the devastating scale of recent global droughts.

At our #FfD4 side event, leaders from government & finance discussed how to turn these findings into action. Here's what you need to know: https://t.co/pihs1uL20G

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

The EU has unveiled its long-delayed target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, but with contested new flexibilities built in to win over the most sceptical member states.
https://t.co/l1dJj2dOGx

[EU Transport @Transport_EU]

🤝 #EUTransport welcomes the landmark agreement reached at @IMOHQ today towards achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for global shipping!

This new measure is a major step forward in tackling maritime emissions on a global scale.

More ℹ️ https://t.co/BxiVvZDXg3

#MEPC83