What we've promised will not be enough to save the world's oceans

Sep 20, 2019

Coral surrounds a small island on the Great Barrier Reef, located off the coast of Queensland, near the town of Rockhampton, in Australia, November 15, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray - RC12B5178830

A third of the planet's fish stocks are heading for extinction. Image: REUTERS/David Gray

Peter Thomson

UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean and Co-Chair, Friends of Ocean Action

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The Great Barrier Reef in Australia experienced its second major bleaching event in 2 years in March 2017. Image: Dean Miller—Greenpeace

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Students from the Environmental Care Movement (GPL) clean up rubbish on the Coastal Tourism Area of Lhok Bubon, in Indonesia on Aug.18, 2019. Image: Nurul Fahmi / SOPA Images/Sipa U

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