The Ocean
Will WTO members act now to end harmful fisheries subsidies?
Members of the WTO have been negotiating rules for two decades to stop harmful fisheries subsidies. Will they fulfil their commitment to protect the ocean?
Peter Thomson
1972-87, civil servant in the government of Fiji, working in the fields of rural development and foreign affairs. 1978, joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Suva; postings included Japan, Australia and Fiji; in Fiji, served as Permanent Secretary of Information and Permanent Secretary to the Governor-General; 1987, resigned from the civil service; 2010, resumed diplomatic duties. Formerly: Fiji’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York; 2013, chaired the United Nations’ largest negotiating bloc, the Group of 77 and China; 2014, served as President of the Executive Board of the UN Development Programme/UN Population Fund/UN Office for Programme Support; President of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly. October 2017, appointed UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean.
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Virtual Ocean Dialogues 2021
COP26が、海の力で気候変動を緩和する好機となる理由
海洋環境の悪化を食い止めるために活動するグローバルコミュニティは、今年11月に、英国グラスゴーで開催予定のCOP26（国連気候変動枠組条約第26回締約国会議）に期待をかけています。気候変動の緩和と適応のために海洋が担う重要な貢献が必須検討事項となること、そして海洋と気候の関係が示す課題への取り組みを強化しリソースを拡大することが、COP26の結論に盛り込まれることです。
Virtual Ocean Dialogues 2021
Why COP26 is our best opportunity to strengthen the ocean's role in fighting climate change
It is vital that we see an exponential increase in the share of climate finance going into the sustainable blue economy over the next decade.
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.
COVID-19
UN chief: Our global recovery must include a plan for the ocean
Peter Thomson, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean's makes the case for a 'blue-green' recovery following the coronavirus pandemic.
The Ocean
What we've promised will not be enough to save the world's oceans
Overfishing, plastic pollution, falling oxygen levels and rising temperatures are deteriorating ocean health. We must change our ways if we are to save them, writes Peter Thomson, the U.N...
The Ocean
These next four months of trade talks will decide the future of our oceans
Global negotiations crucial to stopping over-fishing and guaranteeing the future of the ocean are coming to a head. Here's what needs to happen.
The Ocean
海洋保全で重要な貢献を果たすジェンダー平等
インドの海岸沿いに位置するオリッサ州。そこで農業を生活の糧としてきた女性たちは、災いから新たな機会を生み出してきました。サイクロンや海面上昇、水中の塩分濃度の上昇によって甚大な被害を受けた同州では、肥沃な土地が不毛の地と化し、女性たちは、収入源を失い、栄養不良から健康状態も悪化。社会から取り残されているという思いを強めるという苦しい状況に、長年立たされていました。
The Ocean
Gender parity has a huge role to play in the fight to save our oceans
A lack of gender diversity is stifling the innovation, productivity and solutions women can offer for creating sustainable ocean livelihoods - and that has to change. It's time to highl...
The Ocean
90% of fish stocks are used up – fisheries subsidies must stop emptying the ocean
In order to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and secure the livelihoods of millions across the developing world, harmful subsidies to large fleets must end by 2020.
The Ocean
The G7 should take the lead on ocean targets for 2020
In his message to G7 leaders, the United Nations Special Envoy for the Ocean says sending a strong signal on oceans will fast-track solutions to our planet's most pressing challenges: cli...
The Ocean
The decline of our oceans is accelerating, but it’s not too late to stop it
Our oceans are in decline, and human activity is to blame. To reverse this trend, we must move with purposeful steps. Here are five that could be taken immediately.
Future of the Environment
Our opportunity to halt the ocean’s decline
The ocean is in trouble. Its bill of health does not make for happy reading, and there is clear conclusion that human-based activities are the cause of the ocean’s decline.