7 February, 2020
2020: the year for action, to ‘rise up’ and safeguard ocean life
Environment programme / Programme news
Photo by Dimitris Vetsikas from Pixabay
With the ocean in deep crisis, members of civil society and philanthropic organisations are urging governments and corporations to take bold action to safeguard the ocean. After a two-day preparatory meeting in New York ahead of June’s UN Ocean Conference in Portugal, activists handed over what they termed “A Blue Call to Action” to the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, on Wednesday.
Read more here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/02/1056792