https://www.scmp.com/rss/515274/feed Raphael Edou is the Africa programme manager at the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA-US), leading campaigns that address forest crimes, violation of indigenous people and local communities’ rights, and corruption across Africa. He is a former minister of climate change and forest, and former minister of land use and local governance in Benin. He was also the deputy mayor of Benin’s capital Cotonou. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com On his coming trip to China, French President Emmanuel Macron will certainly discuss the war in Ukraine with President Xi Jinping. How to collaboratively mitigate its immediate impact in Europe, address its geopolitical and energy-related consequences, and bring it to an end via a shared peace plan, will be top-of-the-list issues for the two heads of state. I look forward to hearing positive news. But it is going to be a challenge for China and France to find meaningful common ground. The... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3215105/together-xi-and-macron-can-save-congo-basin-deforestation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3215105/together-xi-and-macron-can-save-congo-basin-deforestation?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:00:17 +0000