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SDIS2021
SDIS21: How to Save the Planet - What are the challenges in making the planet more sustainable?
To stop global warming and achieve all 17 SDGs, urgent action is needed to reduce emissions, reverse biodiversity loss and invest in renewable energy.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
4 tuna species are showing signs of recovery. Here's what that tells us about the future of fisheries
An update to the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species shows hope for four species of commercially-fished tuna - but work remains to protect marine life.
Restoring ocean life
This ship has no crew and it will transform our understanding of the ocean. Here's how
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship (MAS) uses AI and energy from the sun to independently traverse the ocean, gathering vital data to expand our understanding of the factors influencing its he...
SDG 14: Life Below Water
WTO deal is within reach to remove harmful fishing subsidies and halt global fish meltdown
Under its new Director General, the WTO is within reach of a deal 20 years in the making that will bring immense benefit for ocean life.
UpLink
11 innovations protecting life below water – and above it
The ocean is our lifeline but its present and future health is under threat. These innovators from around the world have the solutions that can help.
The Ocean
Out of balance: Everything made by humans now outweighs everything made by nature
Anthropogenic mass - basically everything humans have built - is now thought to weigh the same as all the planet's living biomass, according to a new study.
The Ocean
Here's how fishing stifles the ocean's ability to capture carbon
When fish die naturally, their bodies and the carbon they contain sink to the depths of the ocean. Yet when fished, this carbon is released into the atmosphere as CO2.
SDG 14: Life Below Water
Overfishing is a social injustice. To end it, we need to eliminate harmful fisheries subsidies.
Overfishing is a social injustice. To end it, we need to eliminate the harmful fisheries subsidies that are overexploiting the ocean's resources.
SDG 15: Life on Land
The four most promising worlds for alien life in our solar system
Within our solar system, the four most likely planets to sustain life based on their environment, include Mars, Europa, Enceladus and Titan.
SDI2020
How to Save the Planet: What are the challenges in making the planet more sustainable?
To meet the SDGs' environmental targets and build back better after COVID-19, we must invest in climate solutions and making cities and infrastructure more sustainable.
The Ocean
11 innovative and surprising solutions for saving our seas
Changemakers brought together by innovation platform Uplink hail from six continents and tackle a range of challenges facing the Ocean, from freight shipping to plastic pollution.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
Highly protected marine areas will benefit UK fishing, not threaten it
Highly protected marine areas are the best way to conserve and restore marine life. Here's why the UK government must seize its chance to create more of them.
The Ocean
How to follow the Virtual Ocean Dialogues
Find all the information you need to follow #OceanDialogues on our social channels.
COVID-19
COVID-19 is a chance to end harmful fishing subsidies. Here's why we must take it
The COVID-19 recovery is an opportunity to foster a sustainable ocean economy. To that end, governments must end the funding of harmful fishing practices.
The Ocean
We need natural solutions to fight ocean and climate risk
The ocean, which feeds us, regulates our climate and is one of the engines of the global economy, is changing at the fastest rate in human history. We need to find practical, powerful way...