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Charting our Course to the 2025 UN Ocean Conference

7 September, 2023

Keep Sustainable Development Goal 14 as our lodestar, and the UN Decade of Ocean Science as our chart, and we will be staying the course towards a healthy and equitable ocean – By Ambassador Peter Thomson, UNSG’s Special Envoy for the Ocean In early June 2025, on the shores of the Mediterranean in the beautiful […]

Happy World Krill Day! Today we’re celebrating the importance of this tiny creature

11 August, 2023

August 11 is the occasion for a very important holiday – World Krill Day! As the Executive Director of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, I’ve learned a lot about Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and the critical role they play in Antarctic ecosystems. Since these small creatures often get overshadowed by other Antarctic species, I […]