COP26: Not a Moment to Waste: Ocean Climate Action Needs to be Counted Now
Marine biologists, economists, NGOs and a Scottish Labour Advisor to COP26 called for acknowledgement by governments of the critical role played by the ocean in addressing the climate crisis, and...
‘Save the Ocean to Save the Climate’: Activists Take Icy Dip near Glasgow During COP26 Climate Talks
Activists took a chilly swim in the North-East Atlantic Ocean this morning to demonstrate the importance and value of the ocean in mitigating the effects of climate change, at Ardrossan...
EU Holds Key To Just Transition to Low-Carbon, Low-Impact Fishing Industry – Report
The EU and its member states must transition to a more ecologically, socially and economically sustainable fishing industry - and already have the means to do so, according to a...
AGRIFISH: Some Baltic Fish Still in Crisis as the EU Starts to Consider Ecosystem Impacts
NGOs say EU fisheries ministers are listening to some of the science - but crucial ocean ecosystem connections are still being ignored
Listen to the Ocean: EU AGRIFISH Fisheries Ministers Receive Face the Music: End Baltic Overfishing
As EU fisheries ministers arrived for the AGRIFISH Council meeting early today in Luxembourg, they received a musical exhortation from a quartet of classical musicians and an opera singer, calling...
Report: EU Fuel Tax Subsidies Worth €1.5 billion are Driving Climate Impacts & Overfishing
The EU fishing fleet receives a tax break of between €759 million and €1.5 billion from fuel tax subsidies each year, as well as producing nearly 7.3 million tons of...
‘Save the Ocean to Save the Climate’, Swimmers Tell Leaders in Marseille
Dozens of people dived into the Mediterranean Sea today during the IUCN World Conservation Congress to celebrate the power of the ocean to fight climate change, and to call on...