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ocean news - what’s the latest?
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Russia and China drag heels on Antarctica protection
Central Western Daily, 25.10.24
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Protecting the ocean and biodiversity
Tectonic Earth, 24.10.24
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NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program
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Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
The Guardian, 14.10.24
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ASEAN, Beijing Agree To Avoid Conflict In South China Sea
Bernama, 11.10.24
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'Huge environmental win': Australia to Protect 52% of its Oceans, More Than Any Other Country
Good News Network, 10.10.24
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EU Commission reaffirms stance against deep-sea mining in favour of marine protection
Environmental Justice Foundation, 10.10.24
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Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal is About to Go Big
Hakai, 07.10.24
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Is the ocean becoming too acidic to sustain life? – podcast
Guardian, 02.10.24
NOAA OKEANOS Explorer Program
Geoscientists Discover Mysterious Subduction Zone beneath Pacific Ocean
Science News, 01.10.24
Muhammad Amdad Hossain/Climate Visuals
Coastal communities face ‘catastrophic flooding’ from rising sea levels
Al Jazeera, 28.09.24
ocean meetings - ongoing and upcoming
7 October - 22 November: Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf Sixty-second session at the UN, New York, USA.
21 October – 1 November: Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP 16 will be held in Cali, Colombia.
28 October - 8 November: ISA Council to meet in Kingston, Jamaica.
11 - 22 November: COP29, the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
11-26 November: informal consultations on the draft resolutions under agenda item “Oceans and the law of the sea” on sustainable fisheries and oceans and the law of the sea (GA79) at the UN, New York, USA.
27 November: Meeting of States Parties to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea – Resumed 34th meeting,at the UN, New York, USA.
12 -14 November: 12th World Congress of Ocean (WCO 2024) to be held in Singapore.
18-22 November: OceanPredict’24 Symposium, at UNESCO, Paris, France.
25 November – 1 December: The fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (Plastic Pollution INC-5), will take place in Busan, Republic of Korea.
2 - 6 December: The IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) will meet at the IMO in London, UK.
9 - 13 December: Reef Futures 2024 will be held in Riviera Maya, Mexico.
3 - 28 March 2025: part 1 of the 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority Assembly and Council will be held in Kingston, Jamaica.
7 - 11 April 2025: the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 83) will meet at the IMO in London, UK.
28 April - 1 May 2025: the tenth Our Ocean Conference will be held in Busan, Republic of Korea.
9 -13 June 2025: the third United Nations Ocean Conference will be co-hosted by the Governments of Costa Rica and France and held in Nice, France.
23 June - 25 July 2025: part 2 of the 30th Session of the International Seabed Authority Assembly and Council will be held in Kingston, Jamaica.
23 - 31 July 2025: COP15 of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands will take place in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
9 - 15 October 2025: the IUCN World Conservation Congress will take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
20 - 31 October 2025: CCAMLR-44 to meet in Hobart, Tasmania.
ocean reports & latest publications
WWF: 2024 Living Planet Report: A System in Peril
ASOC: Protecting a Changing Southern Ocean
Global Mangrove Alliance: State of the World’s Mangroves 2024
Peace for the Ocean Declaration
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Legal Manual on Pollution Crimes in the Marine Environment
UN DOALOS: BBNJ Agreement Factsheet #1: Overview
Nature: The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable ocean
IDDRI: Integrating the ocean into the climate regime: Progress report and future prospects
IOC State of the Ocean Report 2024
Global Ghost Gear Initiative 2023
Statista/German Ocean Foundation State of the oceans 2024
State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024 / interactive briefing
Seas at Risk: The changing seascape of deepsea mining in Europe
Greenpeace: Un-tangled How the Global Ocean Treaty can help repair High Seas Mismanagement
2024 Ocean Decade Conference - The Barcelona Statement
State of the World’s Sea Turtles (SWOT) Report
United Nations Secretary-General Report on Oceans and the Law of the Sea 2024
The Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Index Report
The Ocean Foundation: Deep-Sea Mining Isn’t Worth the Risk
nature: Satellite mapping reveals extensive industrial activity at sea
UNEA: Strengthening ocean efforts to tackle climate change, marine biodiversity loss and pollution
The ROCA Report: Assessing Progress on Ocean and Climate Action: 2022-2023
Let’s be Nice to the Ocean: Thinking Outside the Box before the Third UN Ocean Conference
Copernicus Ocean State Report 7
UNCTAD Maritime Transport Review 2023
UCTAD: Trade and Environment Review 2023
World Ocean Day 2023 Annual Report
Greenpeace: 30×30: From Global Ocean Treaty to Protection at Sea
State of Global Environmental Governance 2022
What Ocean Sustainability Means for Business, World Economic Forum
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