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ocean solutions, finance, governance and innovation
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Amazon’s plastic packaging waste alone could encircle the globe 500 times: buff.ly/AREVW3M. We need to do better.
Use less, buy less, waste less.
#ActOnClimate #climate
Use less, buy less, waste less.
#ActOnClimate #climate
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Amazon’s plastic packaging waste alone could encircle the globe 500 times: buff.ly/AREVW3M. We need to do better.
Use less, buy less, waste less.
#ActOnClimate #climate
Use less, buy less, waste less.
#ActOnClimate #climate
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After extensive #COP24Med working group talks, causing Plenary to go late, delegates agreed on the proposed Programme of Work and Budget for 2026-2027 (with no increased contributions)
Agreement was also reached on the draft Cairo Ministerial Declaration
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Agreement was also reached on the draft Cairo Ministerial Declaration
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December 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
After extensive #COP24Med working group talks, causing Plenary to go late, delegates agreed on the proposed Programme of Work and Budget for 2026-2027 (with no increased contributions)
Agreement was also reached on the draft Cairo Ministerial Declaration
➡️ enb.iisd.org/barcelona-co...
Agreement was also reached on the draft Cairo Ministerial Declaration
➡️ enb.iisd.org/barcelona-co...
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Norway and Cook Islands put their deep-sea mining plans on pause.
www.southernfriedscience.com/norway-and-c...
www.southernfriedscience.com/norway-and-c...
Norway and Cook Islands put their deep-sea mining plans on pause.
In the last month, two major players in the development of the deep-sea mining industry have put their plans on pause, calling for more research and less urgency in the race to the bottom. In Novem…
www.southernfriedscience.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Norway and Cook Islands put their deep-sea mining plans on pause.
www.southernfriedscience.com/norway-and-c...
www.southernfriedscience.com/norway-and-c...
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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing costs the global economy over USD$20 billion each year.
Protect your balance sheet, and the Ocean with Vessel Viewer - due diligence data and insights for better informed insurance decisions: https://ow.ly/jUjK50XwSQX
🎦 https://ow.ly/9ylR50XwT0I
Protect your balance sheet, and the Ocean with Vessel Viewer - due diligence data and insights for better informed insurance decisions: https://ow.ly/jUjK50XwSQX
🎦 https://ow.ly/9ylR50XwT0I
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing costs the global economy over USD$20 billion each year.
Protect your balance sheet, and the Ocean with Vessel Viewer - due diligence data and insights for better informed insurance decisions: https://ow.ly/jUjK50XwSQX
🎦 https://ow.ly/9ylR50XwT0I
Protect your balance sheet, and the Ocean with Vessel Viewer - due diligence data and insights for better informed insurance decisions: https://ow.ly/jUjK50XwSQX
🎦 https://ow.ly/9ylR50XwT0I
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In his opening address at #COP24Med, Mitja Bricelj (Slovenia), President of the Barcelona Convention’s Bureau, highlighted the rich 50-year heritage of the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) and the Convention, which brings together countries from three continents. #blueeconomy @unep.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In his opening address at #COP24Med, Mitja Bricelj (Slovenia), President of the Barcelona Convention’s Bureau, highlighted the rich 50-year heritage of the UNEP Mediterranean Action Plan (MAP) and the Convention, which brings together countries from three continents. #blueeconomy @unep.org
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Accelerating Blue Package momentum for a breakthrough to unlock the climate-fighting potential of the #Ocean, stakeholders at #COP30 gathered to launch new resources to track progress on ocean health and achieve a cleaner ocean economy
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#SDG14
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#SDG14
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Accelerating Blue Package momentum for a breakthrough to unlock the climate-fighting potential of the #Ocean, stakeholders at #COP30 gathered to launch new resources to track progress on ocean health and achieve a cleaner ocean economy
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/events/globa...
#SDG14
Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/events/globa...
#SDG14
From „Ocean to Land“ Session at UNFCC COP30 Today.
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
From „Ocean to Land“ Session at UNFCC COP30 Today.
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At COP30 Brasil, ORRAA aims to showcase ocean-climate solutions, position ocean finance as a core element of the climate agenda and shape the narrative on finance and implementation.
We're at several side events: https://oceanriskalliance.org/events/orraa-at-cop30/
We're at several side events: https://oceanriskalliance.org/events/orraa-at-cop30/
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
At COP30 Brasil, ORRAA aims to showcase ocean-climate solutions, position ocean finance as a core element of the climate agenda and shape the narrative on finance and implementation.
We're at several side events: https://oceanriskalliance.org/events/orraa-at-cop30/
We're at several side events: https://oceanriskalliance.org/events/orraa-at-cop30/
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"Animals that capture nutrients through filtration, such as #mussels, #anemones, and soft #corals, do not thrive when bottom trawls stir up sediment from the #seabed. Several of these species have recovered significantly." www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/kos...
Researchers make stunning discovery after studying major river for more than 2 decades: 'Recovered significantly'
The Kosterhavet National Park on the west coast of Sweden saw significant positive changes to marine life after implementing trawling restrictions.
www.thecooldown.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Animals that capture nutrients through filtration, such as #mussels, #anemones, and soft #corals, do not thrive when bottom trawls stir up sediment from the #seabed. Several of these species have recovered significantly." www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/kos...
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This week in the Deep-Sea Round-Up:
🔸️A brand new issue of Deep-Sea Life with a brand new look!
🔸️Register for DOSI’s events at #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion!
Read the latest Deep-Sea Round-Up here: www.dosi-project.org/dosi-deep-se...
📷 vampire squid by Schmidt Ocean Institute.
🔸️A brand new issue of Deep-Sea Life with a brand new look!
🔸️Register for DOSI’s events at #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion!
Read the latest Deep-Sea Round-Up here: www.dosi-project.org/dosi-deep-se...
📷 vampire squid by Schmidt Ocean Institute.
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This week in the Deep-Sea Round-Up:
🔸️A brand new issue of Deep-Sea Life with a brand new look!
🔸️Register for DOSI’s events at #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion!
Read the latest Deep-Sea Round-Up here: www.dosi-project.org/dosi-deep-se...
📷 vampire squid by Schmidt Ocean Institute.
🔸️A brand new issue of Deep-Sea Life with a brand new look!
🔸️Register for DOSI’s events at #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion!
Read the latest Deep-Sea Round-Up here: www.dosi-project.org/dosi-deep-se...
📷 vampire squid by Schmidt Ocean Institute.
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🌿 JNCC at @unep.org #CartagenaConvention COP 18 and #SPAWProtocol COP13 🌿
Last week, we presented our project: “Blue Growth through Green Restoration: Capacity Building on Seagrass Ecosystems under the Cartagena Convention”
A thread 🧵
Last week, we presented our project: “Blue Growth through Green Restoration: Capacity Building on Seagrass Ecosystems under the Cartagena Convention”
A thread 🧵
October 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🌿 JNCC at @unep.org #CartagenaConvention COP 18 and #SPAWProtocol COP13 🌿
Last week, we presented our project: “Blue Growth through Green Restoration: Capacity Building on Seagrass Ecosystems under the Cartagena Convention”
A thread 🧵
Last week, we presented our project: “Blue Growth through Green Restoration: Capacity Building on Seagrass Ecosystems under the Cartagena Convention”
A thread 🧵
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More than 200 miles off the coast of Central America, eight bright buoys are floating that are changing the way we understand the ocean. Cooperation to explore the Thermal Dome, an oasis of marine life and productivity in the tropical Pacific! @blueactionfund.org @sargadom.bsky.social
Documentary - Installation of smart buoys in the waters of the Thermal Dome
YouTube video by Fundación MarViva
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October 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
More than 200 miles off the coast of Central America, eight bright buoys are floating that are changing the way we understand the ocean. Cooperation to explore the Thermal Dome, an oasis of marine life and productivity in the tropical Pacific! @blueactionfund.org @sargadom.bsky.social
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A decade of BGC-Argo and plankton records shows North Pacific heatwaves reshape food webs and trap small particles in midwater, slowing deep-ocean carbon export. Impacts vary by event, underscoring the need for sustained ocean monitoring. @mbarinews.bsky.social @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
University of Miami Rosenstiel School (@miamirosenstiel.bsky.social)
The Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science is one of the world’s premier education and research institutions.
miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A decade of BGC-Argo and plankton records shows North Pacific heatwaves reshape food webs and trap small particles in midwater, slowing deep-ocean carbon export. Impacts vary by event, underscoring the need for sustained ocean monitoring. @mbarinews.bsky.social @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social
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Happening now #IUCNcongress Congress Opening Ceremony themed "Revitalising global governance for nature and people." speakers will highlight the value of multilateralism in a polarised world!
October 9, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Happening now #IUCNcongress Congress Opening Ceremony themed "Revitalising global governance for nature and people." speakers will highlight the value of multilateralism in a polarised world!
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A new study led by @globaloceanbgc.bsky.social researchers at MBARI has found that marine heatwaves can reshape ocean food webs, slowing the transport of carbon to the deep sea and hampering the ocean’s ability to buffer against climate change.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/marine-...
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/marine-...
Marine heatwaves have hidden impacts on ocean food webs and carbon cycling • MBARI
New study analyzing data from robotic floats and plankton records reveals how marine heatwaves reshape ocean food webs and slow transport of carbon to the deep sea.
www.mbari.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A new study led by @globaloceanbgc.bsky.social researchers at MBARI has found that marine heatwaves can reshape ocean food webs, slowing the transport of carbon to the deep sea and hampering the ocean’s ability to buffer against climate change.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/marine-...
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/marine-...
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🌊 A study led by Scripps postdoctoral researcher Yao Yu shows how NASA’s SWOT satellite is transforming our view of the deep ocean. In just one year, NASA’s SWOT satellite has mapped the seafloor in greater detail than similar systems achieved in 3 decades.
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/swot-sh...
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/swot-sh...
SWOT Sharpens Seafloor Focus
A satellite-mounted instrument has in just one year produced higher-resolution imagery of the global seafloor than that from comparable systems over the past 30 years.
scripps.ucsd.edu
October 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🌊 A study led by Scripps postdoctoral researcher Yao Yu shows how NASA’s SWOT satellite is transforming our view of the deep ocean. In just one year, NASA’s SWOT satellite has mapped the seafloor in greater detail than similar systems achieved in 3 decades.
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/swot-sh...
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/swot-sh...
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See what happens under extremely high pressure? What the video.
“Who me? As a tripod fish, I deal with stress and fear by transforming into an eyeless abyssal predatory elder god. What about you?”
🎥 Huge thanks to @frida.yolotzin for letting me use the baby tripod fish video, and @schmidtocean for permission to share the adult video.
🎥 Huge thanks to @frida.yolotzin for letting me use the baby tripod fish video, and @schmidtocean for permission to share the adult video.
September 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
See what happens under extremely high pressure? What the video.
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A new study by Research Project Grantee, Professor Chris Perry @exeter.ac.uk, and others projects that most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode as the climate warms. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... @exetermarine.bsky.social @nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A new study by Research Project Grantee, Professor Chris Perry @exeter.ac.uk, and others projects that most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode as the climate warms. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... @exetermarine.bsky.social @nature.com
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The first part of the WTO’s treaty banning harmful fisheries subsidies, known as Fish One, entered into force Sept. 15 after more than two decades of negotiation.
The treaty will lapse in four years if no follow-up “Fish Two” deal can be reached, but negotiations remain stalled.
The treaty will lapse in four years if no follow-up “Fish Two” deal can be reached, but negotiations remain stalled.
24 years on, part one of WTO treaty curbing fisheries subsidies takes effect
Part one of the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s treaty to ban harmful fisheries subsidies finally came into force Sept. 15. WTO member states adopted the treaty in June 2022 following a grueling…
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September 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The first part of the WTO’s treaty banning harmful fisheries subsidies, known as Fish One, entered into force Sept. 15 after more than two decades of negotiation.
The treaty will lapse in four years if no follow-up “Fish Two” deal can be reached, but negotiations remain stalled.
The treaty will lapse in four years if no follow-up “Fish Two” deal can be reached, but negotiations remain stalled.
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🎉 Celebrating a huge win for the Ocean! 60 countries have officially ratified the High Seas Treaty, triggering its entry into force 🎉
The High Seas Treaty is an essential building block for us to regenerate ocean health by 2030. 🌊
📚 Read more: highseasalliance.org/2025/09/19/h...
The High Seas Treaty is an essential building block for us to regenerate ocean health by 2030. 🌊
📚 Read more: highseasalliance.org/2025/09/19/h...
HISTORIC MILESTONE FOR GLOBAL OCEAN PROTECTION: 60th ratification triggers entry into force of High Seas Treaty - High Seas Alliance
19 September 2025. Following the deposit of ratification instruments by four new countries this week at the United Nations–Sri Lanka, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone and Morocco- the High...
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September 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🎉 Celebrating a huge win for the Ocean! 60 countries have officially ratified the High Seas Treaty, triggering its entry into force 🎉
The High Seas Treaty is an essential building block for us to regenerate ocean health by 2030. 🌊
📚 Read more: highseasalliance.org/2025/09/19/h...
The High Seas Treaty is an essential building block for us to regenerate ocean health by 2030. 🌊
📚 Read more: highseasalliance.org/2025/09/19/h...
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How can the #HighSeasTreaty help enable the protection of nearly half of our planet?
Discover how we can protect it for future generations: buff.ly/mQVvEgX #RaceForRatification
Discover how we can protect it for future generations: buff.ly/mQVvEgX #RaceForRatification
September 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
How can the #HighSeasTreaty help enable the protection of nearly half of our planet?
Discover how we can protect it for future generations: buff.ly/mQVvEgX #RaceForRatification
Discover how we can protect it for future generations: buff.ly/mQVvEgX #RaceForRatification
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Was bringt jährlich bis zu 810.000 Tonnen mehr recycelte Rohstoffe, 1,9 Millionen Tonnen CO2-Einsparung und 39.000 zusätzliche Arbeitsplätze? Die volle Herstellerverantwortung bei Sammlung und Entsorgung von Elektroaltgeräten. Das zeigt unsere neue Studie. www.duh.de/presse/press...
Jährlich bis zu 810.000 Tonnen mehr recycelte Rohstoffe möglich: Deutsche Umwelthilfe fordert volle Herstellerverantwortung bei Sammlung und Entsorgung von Elektroaltgeräten
• DUH-Studie zeigt auf: Durch Umstieg von geteilter auf vollständige Herstellerverantwortung könnte Elektroschrott-Sammelziel endlich erreicht werden• Großes Potenzial: Jährlich bis zu 810.000 Tonnen ...
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September 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Was bringt jährlich bis zu 810.000 Tonnen mehr recycelte Rohstoffe, 1,9 Millionen Tonnen CO2-Einsparung und 39.000 zusätzliche Arbeitsplätze? Die volle Herstellerverantwortung bei Sammlung und Entsorgung von Elektroaltgeräten. Das zeigt unsere neue Studie. www.duh.de/presse/press...