oceans Archives - United Nations Sustainable Development /sustainabledevelopment/blog/tag/oceans/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World Wed, 18 Jul 2018 19:48:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 World Oceans Day 2018 to focus on cleaning up plastic in oceans /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2018/06/world-oceans-day-2018-to-focus-on-cleaning-up-plastic-in-oceans/ Thu, 07 Jun 2018 21:34:42 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=49813 8 June, New York – To highlight growing concern for the health of the world’s marine ecosystems, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ will mark World Oceans Day on 8 June with a range of events that both celebrate the benefits that oceans provide, as well as amplify the need to take greater action to protect this global resource. [...]

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]]> COP23: Restoring coral reefs in Belize /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/11/cop23-restoring-coral-reefs-belize/ Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:29:40 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=41778 The post COP23: Restoring coral reefs in Belize appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> FAO: Join global treaty to root out the scourge of illegal fishing /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/10/fao-join-global-treaty-to-root-out-the-scourge-of-illegal-fishing/ Sat, 07 Oct 2017 20:37:45 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=32603 Calling for strengthening the fight against illegal fishing, the United Nations food security agency has urged all countries to join a landmark global treaty that aims to rid the world of the multibillion-dollar scourge.

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]]> New ocean report findings support need for stronger high seas governance /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/07/new-ocean-report-findings-support-need-for-stronger-high-seas-governance/ Tue, 11 Jul 2017 21:56:22 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=29493 The report recognizes the mounting evidence that some parts of the ocean are near their ecological tipping point due to climate change and other human impacts.

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]]> Secretary-General’s World Oceans Day message /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/06/secretary-generals-world-oceans-day-message/ Thu, 08 Jun 2017 23:51:48 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=27552 "Caring for, and using, our oceans in sustainable ways is critical to achieve ecological and economic goals for communities everywhere," he says.

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]]> Prince Albert II of Monaco on the Ocean Conference – Press Conference (7 June 2017) – #SaveOurOcean /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/06/prince-albert-ii-of-monaco-on-the-ocean-conference-press-conference-7-june-2017-saveourocean/ Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:50:17 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=27444 The post Prince Albert II of Monaco on the Ocean Conference – Press Conference (7 June 2017) – #SaveOurOcean appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> Why the oceans matter? – Amina J. Mohammed, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Deputy Secretary-General /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/06/why-the-oceans-matter-amina-j-mohammed-un-deputy-secretary-general/ Tue, 06 Jun 2017 03:26:49 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=27107 The post Why the oceans matter? – Amina J. Mohammed, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Deputy Secretary-General appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> The Ocean Conference Opening – António Guterres (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General) /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/06/the-ocean-conference-opening-antonio-guterres-un-secretary-general/ Tue, 06 Jun 2017 03:13:06 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=27101 The post The Ocean Conference Opening – António Guterres (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Secretary-General) appeared first on United Nations Sustainable Development.

]]> ‘The ocean and us’ – BBC Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Oceans Summit /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/06/the-ocean-and-us-bbc-un-oceans-summit/ Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:03:06 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=27038 [/fusion_text]

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]]> ‘Beginning of end for rogue fishing,’ says Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ agency as more States back landmark treaty /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/06/beginning-of-end-for-rogue-fishing-says-un-agency-as-more-states-back-landmark-treaty/ Fri, 02 Jun 2017 09:23:07 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=26935 A new agreement aimed at stopping rogue fishing practices represents the capstone of years of diplomatic effort to combat the scourge of illegal fishing, according to the United Nations food agency.

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]]> The Ocean Conference: An Integrated Vision that must be Delivered /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/05/the-ocean-conference-an-integrated-vision-that-must-be-delivered/ Wed, 24 May 2017 18:53:32 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=26574 At the Ocean Conference (scheduled to take place 5-9 June) in New York, nations will gather to discuss how best to deliver on Sustainable Development Goal 14, Life Below Water. This event is critical because it will, for perhaps the first time, focus the international community on how critical our oceans to our life and livelihoods.

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]]> Feature: Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ’s mission to keep plastics out of oceans and marine life /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/04/feature-uns-mission-to-keep-plastics-out-of-oceans-and-marine-life/ Thu, 27 Apr 2017 20:38:29 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=25979 There will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans by 2050 unless people stop using single-use plastic items such as plastic bags and plastic bottles, according to figures cited by the United Nations.

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]]> Climate change will lead to annual coral bleaching, study predicts /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2017/01/climate-change-will-lead-to-annual-coral-bleaching-study-predicts/ Mon, 09 Jan 2017 20:33:10 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=23802 Researchers found that the reefs in Taiwan and the Turks and Caicos archipelago will be among the first to experience annual bleaching.

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]]> Plans for global conference on oceans in New York next June moving forward /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/12/plans-for-global-conference-on-oceans-in-new-york-next-june-moving-forward/ Wed, 14 Dec 2016 15:03:06 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=23583 The Ocean Conference will bring together representatives from governments, the private sector, and civil society to discuss solutions to the problems facing the oceans.

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]]> Media advisory: Briefing at COP22 on upcoming Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Oceans conference /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/11/media-advisory-briefing-at-cop22-on-upcoming-un-oceans-conference/ Tue, 15 Nov 2016 16:16:47 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=22647 PGA, conference co-chairs and president to hold press briefing on June 2017 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Conference to support the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14.

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]]> Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO hails creation of world’s largest marine protected area /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/08/unesco-hails-creation-of-worlds-largest-marine-protected-area/ Tue, 30 Aug 2016 21:24:04 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=19702 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵESCO welcomes the establishment by US President Barack Obama of the largest nature reserve in the world, done through expanding a marine reserve in the state of Hawaii.

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]]> Ban Ki-moon reunites with Hokule’a crew for World Oceans Day /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/06/ban-ki-moon-reunites-with-hokulea-crew-for-world-oceans-day/ Thu, 09 Jun 2016 15:40:33 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=17907 Warning that we are dangerously close to breaking the limit of how we should use oceans, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with a Polynesian voyaging canoe crew using traditional methods to circumvent the world.

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]]> World Oceans Day in photos /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/06/world-oceans-day-in-photos/ Wed, 08 Jun 2016 21:40:23 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=17862 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon asked that we recommit to using the oceans' gifts "peacefully, equitably and sustainably."

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]]> Concern about marine ecosystems at center of World Oceans Day observances /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/06/concern-about-marine-ecosystems-at-center-of-world-oceans-day-observances/ Mon, 06 Jun 2016 20:51:32 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=17739 Growing concern over the health of marine ecosystems is at the center of United Nations observances to mark World Oceans Day 2016 on 8 June.

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]]> On World Oceans Day, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ urges global resolve to ‘appreciate, protect and restore’ Earth’s oceans /sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/06/on-world-day-un-urges-global-resolve-to-appreciate-protect-and-restore-earths-oceans/ Mon, 08 Jun 2015 14:38:06 +0000 /sustainabledevelopment/?p=5877 Although the world's oceans are vast, their capacity to withstand damage caused by human activity is limited, compromising their critical contribution to the future of sustainable development, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared today as the United Nations kicked-off its celebrations for the 2015 edition of World Oceans Day.

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