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Oceans of opportunity squeezed dry by unsustainable use

·March 3, 2025·4 min read

In the run-up to the UN Ocean Conference 2025 in June, the UN trade and development agency, UNCTAD, emphasised that oceans are essential to all life, by sustaining biodiversity, regulating the climate and generating oxygen. Oceans also have massive untapped economic potential that is capable of delivering food security, creating jobs and driving...

UNEP oceans advocate Lewis Pugh on epic Hudson swim to highlight importance of river health

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·August 10, 2023·2 min read

The 315-mile swim, roughly 507 kilometres, will take him from the river’s source in the Adirondack Mountains to where it meets the Atlantic Ocean in New York City, home to UN Headquarters. Mr. Pugh headed for the Hudson on Wednesday and is set to start swimming on Sunday. He expects...

UN agencies head up new $115 million push for cleaner, healthier oceans

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·July 3, 2023·2 min read

FAO will co-lead the Clean and Healthy Oceans initiative together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), in a strategic partnership with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the UN educational, science and cultural agency UNESCO....

World Oceans Day underscores need to protect ‘the foundation of life’

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·June 8, 2023·2 min read

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater action to protect oceans in his message to mark World Oceans Day on Thursday. “The ocean is the foundation of life. It supplies the air we breathe and food we eat. It regulates our climate and weather. The ocean is our planet’s...