The WEF’s Tuna Traceability Declaration comes into force this year – a crucial step towards stemming illegal fishing that harms both ecosystems and economies Source: World Economic Forum |...Read More
The co-facilitators of the 2020 UN Ocean Conference preparatory process announced agreement on eight themes for interactive dialogues during the Conference. The UN Secretary-General will begin preparing concept notes on...Read More
The gap between the rich and the poor is larger than previously thought. Globally, the poorest 20 per cent of any given country needs an average of more than 11...Read More
Why Global Citizens Should Care Plastic pollution has become an environmental crisis. The United Nations urges countries to restrict plastic production and better recycle existing plastic to prevent further harm...Read More
Juan cut the engine and we drifted across Laguna Fernández, its mirror-flat surface reflecting cotton-wool clouds, the silence broken only by the raucous cry of a crested screamer. Soon, a...Read More
A prosthetic allows the jellyfish to swim three times faster. When combined with sensors, they could measure ocean conditions such as temperature, salinity, acidity, oxygen levels, nutrients and microbial communities....Read More
A waste management firm in Nova Scotia is giving discarded single-use items new life as synthetic timbers, rails and fence posts. Source: World Economic Forum | Agenda | feedRead More
Tunisia has announced plans to stop its supermarkets and pharmacies from using single-use plastic bags from next month before phasing them out completely in 2021. Plastic pollution has been a...Read More
The World Ocean Summit will bring together a global group of policymakers, business and civil society leaders, investors, scientists and entrepreneurs to debate and develop new ideas on how to decouple economic growth...Read More
Mr. Sukhdev, who received the award alongside conservation biologist Gretchen C. Daily, was the Special Adviser and Head of UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative, a major project launched by then-UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to demonstrate that greening of...Read More
