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A school of fish swims close to Los Islotes Island in La Paz, Mexico.
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Greed is driving oceans toward collapse

The ocean is under siege – and greed is to blame. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged world leaders and grassroots groups to confront the powerful interests driving marine destruction, from illegal fishing and plastic pollution to the accelerating impacts of climate change.

Statsraad Lehmkuhl docks the Port Lympia in Nice, France.
UN News/Heyi Zou

No green without blue: Young ocean explorers set sail for a sustainable future

With science at the forefront of the opening day of the Third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3), UN News boarded a 111-year-old Norwegian tall ship on the French Riviera to meet 50 science students, along with a host of lecturers and citizen scientists fresh from a 46-day expedition. Fueled by satellite data from the European Space Agency (ESA), their invaluable observations echo the urgent call to understand and protect the world’s oceans.