Ostend, 17 September 2019 - Marine litter is both a global and a local challenge. Across the world, an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in our oceans every year. Overall, 80 percent of all marine litter comes from land-based sources. In the North Sea, there are almost 4,000 items per square kilometre floating around, and 95 […]

Every September, the Member States of the United Nations meet at the General Assembly in New York to discuss the critical issues of global concern. This year, in addition to the general debate, world leaders will participate in a series of summits to boost action on climate change and accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. […]

11 September 2019 - Radical and urgent changes are needed if the Sustainable Development Goals are to be achieved by 2030 according to a major scientific report published today. Achieving the goals is still possible, but only if there is a fundamental—and urgent—change in the relationship between people and nature, and a significant […]

Among the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Goal 14, to protect ‘life below water’ has become more critical than ever. The recent boat trip of Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish environmental activist, to New York for the upcoming UN climate summit on 23 September, and big climate youth marches across Europe, show just how […]

One of the first things you encounter when you swim in the sea are jellyfish. The second, however, is most likely made of plastic. The jellyfish meet plastic when a group of Icelandic women who call themselves the 'JellyFish' will swim over the English Channel in early September to highlight plastic pollution in world seas. "When […]