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The French Senate on Tuesday adopted a bill to regulate fast fashion providers, such as e-commerce giant Shein, in a bid to reduce the environmental impact of the textile industry. 

France’s Senate approved a revised version of a law regulating fast fashion on Tuesday, which if implemented would ban advertising by fast-growing Chinese e-commerce platforms like Shein and Temu. Senators … Read More

As the French Senate examines an anti-fast fashion bill, we take a look at a more environmentally conscious way of shopping: buying used clothing. In France and elsewhere, the sector … Read More

Eighteen countries ratified the High Seas Treaty on Monday, bringing the total to 49 — just 11 short of the 60 needed for the ocean agreement to enter into force. … Read More

The Maldives, a dream destination in the Indian Ocean that’s popular with tourists from around the world, is threatened by rising sea levels – a direct consequence of climate change. Scientists warn the … Read More

Top of the agenda at the third UN Ocean Conference in the southern French city of Nice this week is the ratification of the High Seas Treaty to protect marine … Read More

Five times more aquatic animals were farmed across the world in 2023 than three decades ago, according to the UN’s food agency, providing a dietary source and likely solution for … Read More

Full speech: President Macron opens the UN Ocean Summit with a strong call for multilateral mobilisation to protect marine ecosystems.

Dawn Wright, Chief scientist of Esri, world’s leading geographic information system, is with us on FRANCE 24.

As the UN Ocean Conference kicks off in Nice, we’re focusing on seagrass meadows: vital climate allies that are among the least protected ecosystems on Earth. They store more CO2 … Read More