Tag: World Ocean Day

• Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 11:44 UTC

  “I ask all Member States to commit to protecting 30% of our blue planet by 2030”

  

  On World Oceans Day we recall that life underwater is essential to life on land. The ocean produces half of the oxygen we breathe. As a major heat and carbon sink, the ocean plays a fundamental role in mitigating climate change. The ocean also provides food for billions around the world.

• Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 11:09 UTC

  ”On this World Oceans Day, we focus on Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean

  

  The COVID-19 pandemic is a sharp reminder of how we are all intimately connected -- to each other and to nature. As we work to end the pandemic and build back better, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity – and responsibility -- to correct our relationship with the natural world, including the world’s seas and oceans.