Biodiversity: the Marseille congress wants to put pressure

Time is running out to save biodiversity and halt global warming: a few weeks before COP26 climate and COP15 biodiversity, the International Union for Conservation of Nature intends to put pressure on ambitious transformations, at a time when negotiations are slipping. IUCN, with 1,400 members (States, government agencies, NGOs, indigenous peoples, business associations) will close its world congress held in France with the publication of a "Marseille manifesto" and the adoption of motions in link with ongoing international negotiations.

First phone conversation in seven months between Joe Biden and Xi Jinping

US President Joe Biden spoke to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday for the first time in seven months to try to ensure that the "competition" between their two countries does not turn into "conflict", said the White House. During the interview, Mr. Biden conveyed the message that the United States wanted to ensure “that the momentum remains competitive and that we do not have a situation in the future where we go towards an unforeseen conflict”. , a senior US administration official told reporters. The Chinese president told his American counterpart on Friday that Washington's attitude towards Beijing has caused "serious difficulties" for bilateral relations, Chinese state media reported. This is the first telephone conversation between the two leaders since February. Mr. Biden had then recently succeeded Donald Trump, and had spent two hours on the phone with the Chinese president.

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The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, pleaded Thursday during an interview with AFP for the international community to maintain "a dialogue" with the Taliban in Afghanistan, where an "economic collapse" must be avoided with " millions of deaths".

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