09 May 2023
A United Nations report highlights the opportunities the ocean holds and charts a course to sustainably use marine resources. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Trade and Environment Review 2023, published on 8 May, analyses the world’s ocean economy – worth an estimated $3-6 trillion – and assesses how human activity and multiple […]
22 Mar 2023
World Water Day was 22 March and was about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. According to the UN, we are seriously off-track to meet Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: clean water and sanitation for all by 2030. In the ancient story, the hummingbird carries drops of water to put out a […]
15 Feb 2023
Water is an impact multiplier for sustainability and inextricably linked to climate change and the degradation of ecosystems. Ninety per cent of natural disasters are water-related – whether flood, drought, or super-storm – causing millions in damages annually. With each passing year, there are more record-setting wet and dry seasons, affecting livelihoods, creating supply chain […]
06 Dec 2022
The new UNEP State of Finance for Nature report calls for investment in nature-based solutions to more than double if we are to achieve our climate, biodiversity, and land degradation goals. Important reading ahead of COP15 (running from 7-19 Dec in Canada), the report outlines the need to both phase-out nature-negative finance flows and dramatically increase private […]
03 Nov 2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the World Bank, have launched the report State of the world’s drinking water: An urgent call to action to accelerate progress on ensuring safe drinking water for all. The report is a comprehensive survey of what is known about the links between water, […]
30 Aug 2022
Failure in efforts to create global ocean treaty A fifth effort to pass a global agreement to protect the world’s oceans and marine life has failed. Numerous news outlets, including the BBC, reported that talks to pass the UN High Seas Treaty had been ongoing for two weeks in New York, but governments could not agree […]
05 Jul 2022
The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture aims to provide objective, reliable and up-to-date information to a wide audience – policymakers, managers, scientists, stakeholders and indeed everyone interested in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. The 2022 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture coincides with the launch of the Decade of Action to […]
14 Jun 2022
News release from the UN: The UN Ocean Conference (27 June to 1 July), co-hosted by Portugal and Kenya, is a unique opportunity to boost collective efforts and find science-based solutions to effectively address the challenges that the ocean is now facing. Heads of Government and State together with leaders from the private sector, the […]
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