'You can't have a healthy planet without a healthy ocean': interview with UN Special Envoy for the Ocean

Aug 12, 2021

these fish are swimming in plastic. Problems caused by human activity like this pollution are damaging the health of our ocean

The United Nations’ Special Envoy for the Ocean said we need to take more drastic measures to improve the health of our ocean. Image: Unsplash/Naja Bertolt Jensen

Emma Charlton

Writer, Forum Agenda

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