80% Of Pollution To Marine Environments Originates from Land Sources – Including Car Pollution
While the large oil spills that we often hear about on the news only account for 12% of the oil in our oceans, three times as…
PACIFIC AGREES ON PLAN TO STOP WASTE ENDING UP IN THE OCEAN
28 Aug 2018 – A waste specialist at the Pacific’s environment agency SPREP says consensus has been reached on a strategic plan for managing pollution in the…
OCEAN HEALTH INDEX RELEASES SEVENTH ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL OCEAN HEALTH
6 Dec 2018 – Today the Ocean Health Index (OHI) released its seventh assessment of global ocean health. Like the previous two years, the 2018 average score…
PACIFIC ISLANDS SEEK $500M TO MAKE OCEAN’S SHIPPING ZERO CARBON
24 Sept 2019 – Coalition of six nations aims to raise funds and achieve full decarbonisation by 2050. A coalition of Pacific island nations wants to raise…
PETER THOMPSON, SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE OCEAN ANNOUNCES PRACTICAL FOLLOW-UP TO THE OCEAN CONFERENCE VOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS
3 Oct 2017 – Peter Thompson, the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General’s first ever Special Envoy for the Ocean has announced practical follow-up actions to be taken in…
“OUR OCEAN” CONFERENCE RAISES OVER $7 BILLION FOR MARINE PROTECTION
6 Oct 2017 – A global conference, Our Ocean, to better protect marine life has raised more than $7 billion and won commitments to protect huge swathes…
WORLD MARITIME DAY 2020
The theme for this year is “Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet,” which provides an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of the United Nations’ Sustainable…
CALL FOR ACTION AT UN OCEAN CONFERENCE
4 Jun 2017 – A surge in the number of voluntary commitments to take action to improve the health of the ocean has been recorded, and more are…
2ND UN OCEAN CONFERENCE POSTPONED TO 2021, LISBON
The 2020 High-Level UN Conference to Support the Implementation of SDG 14 was due to be held 2 – 6 June 2020 in Lisbon, Portugal…
UNDP AT THE OCEAN CONFERENCE
The first ever global Ocean Conference is being held this week at the United Nations in New York (5-9 June). It is designed to be…
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