Finishing What the World Started at the UN Ocean Conference
NICE – As the sun sets on the third United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice, there is much to celebrate, but also much unfinished business for the world to address…
Ocean Conservation
Who Will Defend Our Oceans—the Last Global Commons?
Our planet’s oceans remain one of the last global commons—a shared resource that supports countless species, regulates our climate, and feeds billions of people. However, for over 50 years, we…
The Time Has Come to Establish the International Arctic Ocean Sanctuary
In addition to accelerating efforts to reduce global carbon emissions to reverse global warming, governments must urgently adopt strong, permanent protections for the entire Arctic Ocean. On World Ocean Day,…
The Ocean Is Not Just a Carbon Sink
VICTORIA – Next week, governments and civil-society organizations from around the world will gather in Nice, France, for the United Nations Ocean Conference. The third such meeting since 2017, the…
Accelerating Our Ocean’s Protection
WASHINGTON, DC – Since 1971, the ocean has absorbed more than 90% of the excess heat caused by human-generated climate change, pushing it to the brink of collapse. The fact…
The World Needs Ocean-Based Climate Solutions
NEW YORK – Following the recent 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, we are confronted with one pressing question: What’s next? With countries set to submit early…
Trouble Lurks Beneath the Surface of Ocean Conservation
by César Gaviria and Patti Harris BOGOTÁ – The ocean is our greatest natural resource. It provides half the planet’s oxygen, helps to feed half the world’s people, and, as…
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