28 Sep 2021
The IPCC’s 2021 Sixth Assessment Report is code red for humanity and underscores the ocean’s continuous decline. That’s why for UNESCO marine World Heritage it is all hands on deck to help sites adapt and we are proud to announce the first Chief Resilience Officer in Belize. Check our latest Editorial in Science on why blue […]
27 Jul 2021
Science is done and translates into rational decisions – right? Wrong! How lobbying works for real. The Great Barrier Reef is not on the ‘in danger’ list. Why, and what happens next? There are tens of billions of corals on the Great Barrier Reef that knit together to form a giant mass that is most certainly, definitely, […]
15 Mar 2021
Bill Austin – Carbon Stocks in the UK EEZ – hot off the presses Scientists from the University of St Andrews and Marine Scotland have undertaken the first full mapping of carbon stores across the UK’s offshore Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to provide updated evidence for those trying to address aspects of climate and environmental change. […]
18 Jul 2019
UNESCO, Sustainable Development Goals Water Europe has launched its new publication ‘Water in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: How can Europe Act’. The publication has been jointly designed and developed with the UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) and its objective is to advocate for the role that the European Union, the European Commission and the […]
06 Sep 2017
In a world where demands for freshwater are ever growing, and where limited water resources are increasingly stressed by over-abstraction, pollution and climate change, neglecting the opportunities arising from improved wastewater management is nothing less than unthinkable. This is how the 2017 World Water Development Report concludes, highlighting the vital importance of improving the management […]
17 May 2017
1. UN World Water Development Report: Wastewater: The Untapped Resource UNESCO Wastewater: The Untapped resource Most human activities that use water produce wastewater. As the overall demand for water grows, the quantity of wastewater produced and its overall pollution load are continuously increasing worldwide. Over 80% of the world’s wastewater – and over 95% in some least developed countries […]
28 Mar 2017
The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO) and the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG MARE) adopted today a “Joint Roadmap to accelerate Maritime/Marine Spatial Planning processes worldwide”. The roadmap identifies common challenges and proposals for actions to be implemented in the coming years, reaching out for collaboration with other UN bodies […]
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