Oceans & Coasts
activities related to the sustainable management of the ocean, marine resources and coastal areas; includes efforts that recognize the ocean’s contribution to the climate change challenge as a carbon sink, as well as the interactions between climate change and the ocean, such as carbon dioxide-driven acidification, impacts of rising ocean temperatures, carbon storage in the ocean seabed, and ocean fertilization; with regard to biodiversity and ocean health, activities related to fisheries and aquaculture such as dwindling fish stocks and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, pollution and debris, and biodiversity and ecosystem protection and conservation, including the impacts of invasive species; also includes activities related livelihoods and the “blue economy.”
news
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Progress “Limited” During March Fisheries Subs...
guest articles
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The Underexposed Effects of Climate Change on Groundwater: An Out-Of-Sight Crisis
Assessing Baselines and Coordinating Actions for the SDGs Decade of Action
policy briefs
SEE MOREVanuatu Launches Campaign to Support Post-pandemic Sustainable Tourism
Coherent Global Trade Policy Frameworks Needed for Circular Economy for Plastics
WTO Intensifies Work on Trade and Environment
WTO, Geneva’s Youth Discuss Future of Trade and Environment
Events
SEE MOREWorld Oceans Day 2022
8 June 2022
worldwide
International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing 2022
5 June 2022
worldwide
Africa Environment Day/Wangari Maathai Day 2022
3 March 2022
worldwide
World Wildlife Day 2022
3 March 2022
worldwide
Barcelona Convention COP 22
7-10 December 2021
Antalya, Turkey
61st Meeting of the GEF Council
7-9 December 2021
Washington D.C., US