The Ocean Imperative

Maya Delaney & Aminath Shauna tout the potential of green and blue bonds to protect critical ecosystems and build economic resilience.

Ilana Seid calls for creative mechanisms for financing investment in our planet’s largest carbon sink.

César Gaviria & Patti Harris warn that current marine protected areas come nowhere close to what is needed to preserve sea life.

Karen Sack urges policymakers and business leaders to take the climate and biodiversity crises littorally.

Mirei Endara de Heras explains why on-the-ground initiatives to remove waste must complement top-down efforts to curb production.

Mariana Mazzucato, et al. explain why new thinking is needed to address a crisis closely linked to climate change and biodiversity loss.

Jennifer Morris offers a checklist of objectives that a new comprehensive agreement on marine conservation must accomplish.

Raimund Bleischwitz explains why protecting marine ecosystems requires a new international treaty that addresses six issues.

Helen Clark, et al. call on governments to end harmful fisheries subsidies at the upcoming WTO Ministerial Conference.