A new report finds some countries upping ambition in national climate plans. But small island developing States and the poorest countries lead the way despite emitting very little. G20 countries need to step up on emissions cuts and climate finance.
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have recognized three new restoration initiatives in East Africa, Mexico, and Spain. These initiatives are restoring almost five million hectares of marine ecosystems.
Plankton – the ocean’s lifeblood – regulate the climate, feed the seas, and shape life on Earth. Scientists along the French Riviera are in a race against time to unlock the mysteries of these tiny organisms before their decline reverberates across the planet.
Opening the Third United Nations Ocean Conference on 9 June, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stressed that the ocean is the ultimate shared resource, but warned that “we are failing it.”