oceans

Peter Thomson.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

‘We’re all in this together’ says UN Ocean Envoy, in battle to save life below the waves

26 September 2018
Interviews

Sea life, and the ocean that sustains it, is in “very deep trouble”, says the UN Special Envoy tasked with helping the world reach Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, but it’s not too late to get there. At UN Headquarters for high-level week of the General Assembly, Mr. Thomson told Paulina Greer of UN News, a huge collective effort was needed now to save the ocean.

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The Ocean Cleanup/Pierre Augier

‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ clean-up project launches trial run: UN Environment

10 September 2018
SDGs

A trial run of an innovative system designed to clean up the world’s seas and oceans, founded by UN Environment Programme (UNEP)  “Champion of the Earth” laureate Boyan Slat, has set off from San Francisco, in a bid to begin the removal of the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

G7 Canada/Xavier Dachez

‘We face a global emergency’ over oceans: UN chief sounds the alarm at G7 Summit event

9 June 2018
Climate Change

Unless there is a change of course, the amount of plastic waste in the world’s oceans will outweigh the fish that live in them, by 2050, said the United Nations Secretary-General on Saturday, declaring that the world now faces a “global emergency” over the oceans.

UN Photo/Martine Perret

World must unite against ‘preventable tragedy’ of ocean pollution: UN chief

8 June 2018
Climate Change

From carrying your own water bottle, to volunteering for a local clean-up, everybody needs to do something to stop plastic pollution from getting into the world’s oceans, said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his message for World Oceans Day.

Saeed Rashid

FROM THE FIELD: Plastic pollution choking world’s oceans

7 June 2018
Climate Change

An underwater photographer’s chance encounter with a starving turtle led to a personal “awakening” about the dangers discarded plastic poses to sea life in the world’s oceans.

Zack Rago at the United Nations HQ.
UN News/Liz Scaffidi

“Coral nerd” biologist highlights reefs at risk

4 July 2017
General News

Perhaps the most surprising thing about self-proclaimed “coral nerd” Zack Rago, is that he grew up in the land-locked US state of Colorado.

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The United Nations Development Programme to appoint globally-acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Cody Simpson to inaugural role during the UN’s first ever Ocean Conference.
UNDP

First-ever Oceans Advocate makes a splash in NY

9 June 2017
General News

The new Oceans Advocate, globally-acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Cody Simpson, learned how to swim before he could walk.

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Photo: UNESCO
UNESCO

Lack of ocean science could threaten planet’s wellbeing: UNESCO

8 June 2017
General News

The lack of scientific data on the oceans is a key missed opportunity for development and a potential threat to the planet, the UN said on Thursday.

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UN/Lulu Gao

FEATURE: Relationship with ocean vital part of Trinidad and Tobago culture

7 June 2017
Oceans comprise roughly three-quarters of the Earth’s surface and play an essential role in human well-being, producing half the oxygen necessary for life on the planet. They also serve as the backdrop for another important component of a well-rounded life: recreation.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

FEATURE: Climate change and the world’s oceans

5 June 2017
The vital link between oceans and climate change is among the issues at the forefront of discussions at the United Nations Ocean Conference taking place in New York from 5 to 9 June.