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Welcome to the Varda Group

The Varda Group provides strategic advice and campaign expertise and coordination services across a wide range of international environmental and social issues. The Varda Group consists of Varda BV (The Netherlands), Varda Desarrollo Sostenible SL (Spain), and Varda Ltd (UK). In addition, the Varda Foundation (Stichting Varda) is a not-for-profit organisation that has the capacity to carry out charitable projects. The Varda Group was established in 2003 by a team of leading campaigners with more than 100 years of combined experience working to protect the health and well-being of our planet and its inhabitants.

Current projects

February 2015

  • Organizational support to Climate Analytics, including facilitation of their strategic planning retreat
  • Conference on environmental advocacy for post-graduate students at Madrid's School of Industrial Management
  • Strategic development for the Global Ocean Commission

January 2015

  • Participation in the final meeting of the UN Working Group on Marine Biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction, New York
  • Preparation and facilitation of a planning meeting for Greenpeace in Europe as part of its Food For Life campaign, Berlin.

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Tweets: Kelly Rigg

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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    #Arctic Sea Ice Is Getting Thinner, Faster | Climate Central http://t.co/zPHVWBCfGp Death spiral...

    1 hour ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    Even at $10/barrel, oil can’t match #solar on cost http://t.co/sU7zcGmQbh Major financiers say solar and wind cheapest, most effective

    2 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    RT @climate_rev: 2 more sleeps 'til #TimetoAct2015! Joins 1000s to demand action on climate change. http://t.co/noJKrjvDlF http://t.co/UpSDUsQ7g0

    2 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    RT @UpstreamPolicy: Coral eating #plastic #waste in the #ocean - but no surprise - it's not good for them. http://t.co/9kbsT2JTq5

    2 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    RT @TheEconomist: The Economist explains why global warming does not necessarily result in warmer winters http://t.co/6N8SX14JD0 http://t.co/uHNSJJjN4a

    2 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    Currently reading http://t.co/mMDYSwC2fe Seychelles debt for ocean conservation milestone agreement reached with Paris Club creditors

    5 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    Senate Fails to Override Obama's Veto of Pipeline Bill http://t.co/jIzfhArVAE But already hatching new plots of course. #NoKXL

    5 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    Droughts in the #Amazon are speeding up #climate change http://t.co/ZDtRODiDsD via @MailOnline Net emitter of CO2

    6 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    RT @LangBanks: Fancy that… Cost of clearing #nuclear waste at Sellafield rises £5bn in a year http://t.co/rkPGUcK5GD http://t.co/p9NpFfFytQ

    6 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    RT @NewClimateEcon: If we paid for the hidden cost of emissions, #gas would be $6.25 a gallon in the US http://t.co/ouoVhMyYqa @qz http://t.co/1bcDc8ldBe

    6 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    As he should, stupid product "@HuffPostGreen: The inventor of the Keurig K-Cups is feeling pretty guilty right now http://t.co/a4BHVn86RS"

    6 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    UK joins Romanian push for new EU #nuclear aid package http://t.co/TuxtK09QX2 #Justsayno

    6 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    RT @CreeClayton: Plz RT! @pmharper government pushing #FirstNations to give up land rights for oil and gas profits http://t.co/BZMm5J61eb via @Martin_Lukacs

    6 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    RT @GOceanC: Impressive @LewisPugh swimming across #Antarctica http://t.co/zCpXqdfMUJ Even more when he does it to protect the Ross Sea #CCAMLR

    23 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    RT @allison_ar: New report outlining a #lowcarbon #cleantech future for Mexico @cleantechgroup @AICChile @EndeavorMIA download here: http://t.co/YnHYg7CwUy

    23 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    Bikini Atoll #nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable http://t.co/F0JELGMuHd A moral low point in US history

    23 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    Cape Town Photos Today as Fires Continue on Hottest Day in 100 Years! http://t.co/qbJ442NF8y via @sapeople

    23 hours ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    Shell Wants to Look for Oil in the Most Dangerous Drilling Environment in the World http://t.co/O4ne98hZ9P via @thenation #Arctic

    1 day ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    Mapping the global battle to protect our planet http://t.co/uMPMvHPr5C "visualising a growing movement"

    1 day ago
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    Kelly Rigg
    @kellyrigg
    Analysis: UK carbon emissions fell 9% in 2014 | Carbon Brief http://t.co/LETB1WBrmg #climate

    1 day ago

Tweets: Remi Parmentier

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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    As well as in France, #nuclear reprocessing is ruinous in the UK - and dirty: http://t.co/mWq03L2ZMs

    20 hours ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    #Nuclear reprocessing is a ruinous, in both the UK & France. RT: “@PeterRoche3: Sellafield cleanup costs rise by 5bn http://t.co/ZuoAqwttMO”

    20 hours ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    #Antarctica is a terrifying place for a human to swim, unless you carry a message: http://t.co/WdbqUB07Yx

    21 hours ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    Is #God another word for "ecosystem services"? #PopeFrancis to speak on 25 Sept @UN #SustainableDevelopment Summit: http://t.co/a2TNWVlyX1

    1 day ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    Intriguing, or mind-blowing planetary connection? African Dust in the #Amazon #Rainforest: Wiley online Library http://t.co/B7jw2HCjDc

    4 days ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    France's #nuclear industry free fall: http://t.co/Inmd3JNejL

    4 days ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    RT @seb_GPF: #nucleaire hors de prix : Tb analyse @Denis_Baupin : risque effet domino de la faillite d'@AREVAfr sur @EDFofficiel http://t.co/mTpfHrX2Pz

    4 days ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    #Climat RT: “@laurentsamuel: L'appel de Manille est sans ambition et régressif! - @scoopit http://t.co/zLUbnIkkLl”

    5 days ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    The last frontier - Do you think there should be a transparent public debate before #seabed #mining is allowed? http://t.co/5faEEgELAS

    5 days ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    RT @UkIn2deep: Fears that a seabed mining 'marine industrial revolution' could wipe out habitats worldwide http://t.co/JtN2L78Qox http://t.co/uIvHJksP5e

    5 days ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    Very cool: 6,000 #solar, #climate friendly Mosques in #Jordan: http://t.co/WVPm2K4ePQ vía @climateprogress

    1 week ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    RT @ClaudeClerc: @RemiParmentier @mdiplo Les Français vont rester les spécialistes du nucléaire... Tout comme ils sont restés les spécialistes du Minitel.

    1 week ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    @kellyrigg Who's next? St Peter's Basilica in Rome after #PopeFrancis releases his Encyclical on the #environment this summer?

    1 week ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    Fatally -- #Nuclear industry in #France: yesterday's hightech is today's lowtech: http://t.co/jCiD9Qt97C via @mdiplo @plutonyck

    1 week ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    @mdiplo Le hightech d'il y a 40 ans est le lowtech d'aujourd'hui. Et ça ne va pas s'arranger avec le temps.

    1 week ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    "Scientific American" @sciam has published a commentary on last month's #BBNJ #ABNJ #ocean #UN negotiation: http://t.co/u8Oq5rNlbi

    1 week ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    RT @KAI_Consulting: Learning about environmental advocacy with @RemiParmentier in our IMSD Open Class @eoi http://t.co/ZawtY23XpE

    1 week ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    RT: “@GreenpeaceUK: .@santanderuk would probably rather you didn't see this video. So RT to make sure everyone does http://t.co/OgWh5fi4XZ”

    1 week ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    RT @Kelly_Heber: Mapping ocean plastic waste by nations, visualization of interest to #MITCoasts http://t.co/i8Tzump0QI http://t.co/0YlfmKWgI0

    1 week ago
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    Remi Parmentier
    @remiparmentier
    #Terremoto en #España. Preparaos con el #fracking: http://t.co/b20bJg0nwv

    1 week ago

Varda connect: Facebook

  • Overjoyed to discover the Varda website was hacked overnight. Hopefully we will...

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    Overjoyed to discover the Varda website was hacked overnight. Hopefully we will have it back shortly.
    1 week ago

  • Kelly is spending this week in Berlin, working with the Climate Analytics team.

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    Kelly is spending this week in Berlin, working with the Climate Analytics team.


    Climate Analytics | Preventing dangerous climate change
    www.climateanalytics.org
    Preventing dangerous climate change. Supporting science-based policy to prevent dangerous climate change, enabling sustainable development.
    2 weeks ago

  • Rémi is explaining what was The Big Deal last week.

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    Rémi is explaining what was The Big Deal last week.


    Chez Rémi: The big deal
    chezremi.blogspot.com
    My Planet-अपने ग्रह-Ma Planète-私の惑星-Mi Planeta-我的星球-Planet μου-Il Mio Pianeta-Моя Планета-Meu Planeta-بلدي كوكب-mia Planedo-benim gezegen-Meine Planete
    1 month ago

  • On his blog, Rémi pays a very personal tribute to Charlie Hebdo, and explains wh...

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    On his blog, Rémi pays a very personal tribute to Charlie Hebdo, and explains why he's probably not answered any of your emails in the last 36 hours.


    Chez Rémi: Good mourning
    chezremi.blogspot.com
    My Planet-अपने ग्रह-Ma Planète-私の惑星-Mi Planeta-我的星球-Planet μου-Il Mio Pianeta-Моя Планета-Meu Planeta-بلدي كوكب-mia Planedo-benim gezegen-Meine Planete
    1 month ago

  • Wow - Kelly has done a good job developing our new website. Happy new year - Hap...

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    Wow - Kelly has done a good job developing our new website. Happy new year - Happy new website.


    Varda Group | The Varda Group
    www.vardagroup.org
    Welcome to the Varda Group The Varda Group provides strategic advice and campaign expertise and coordination services across a wide range of international environmental and social issues. The Varda Group consists of Varda BV (The Netherlands), Varda Desarrollo Sostenible SL (Spain), and Varda Ltd (U…
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Varda connect: blogs

Climate blog by Kelly Rigg (EN):

 

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Blog by Rémi Parmentier (ES):

 

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Rémi's blog (EN/FR):

 

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Varda in the media

    2015
    • Rémi Parmentier was quoted on high seas governance in Scientific American, on behalf of the Global Ocean Commission, February 2015
    • Interview on Radio Canada: Vers un traité pour la protection des océans (in French), Rémi Parmentier, on behalf of the Global Ocean Commission, February 2015
    • Rémi Parmentier was quoted in Le Journal de l'Environnement: Vers un traité onusien de la haute mer, January 2015
    2014
    • Kelly Rigg was featured by Todd Essig in Forbes: Leadership Lessons From The People's Climate March, September 2014
    • Article by Rémi Parmentier on ocean governance in Liaison Énergie-Francophonie: Plongée en haute mer à Rio, May 2014
    2013
    • Kelly Rigg on RTCC: US adaptation promises mustn’t replace binding targets, November 2013
    • Why Are Women Left out of Climate Change Policy Making? Kelly Rigg quoted in the Earth Island Journal, September 2013
    • Women’s leadership will strengthen climate action, article by Kelly Rigg on RTCC September 2013
    • Women leaders convene to make a move on climate change, with a quote from Kelly Rigg on trust.org, September 2013
    • Kelly Rigg was featured in the March edition of Origin magazine (page 51), March 2013
    2012
    • On behalf of Pew, Rémi Parmentier was quoted in Le Figaro, EFE, SIPA-AP and Le Nouvel Observateur, among others, regarding the future of bluefin tuna, October 2012
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10 years of Varda

artgallery-screenshot-action small In 2013, the Varda Group celebrated its 10th anniversary. Looking back, what stands out the most is the privilege we've had to work with some of the most exciting campaigns and activists in the world. And we've managed to have a lot of fun along the way.