{"id":55322,"date":"2022-08-23T18:53:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T16:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=55322"},"modified":"2024-12-16T18:57:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T17:57:53","slug":"future-oceans-decided-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/55322\/future-oceans-decided-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"IGC5 &#8211; The future of the oceans will be decided this week&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The future of the oceans is being decided this week at the United Nations, where governments are negotiating a new Global Ocean Treaty.&nbsp; The outcome will determine the fate of our blue planet for centuries to come.<\/p>\n\n<p>We need our oceans. They keep our planet habitable. They provide sustenance and livelihoods for billions, and are home to so much of our planet\u2019s biodiversity.<\/p>\n\n<p>But they are in crisis. From industrial fishing to deep sea mining, the oceans face so many threats. Thankfully, more than 100 governments have joined scientists in supporting the solution; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbd.int\/article\/draft-1-global-biodiversity-framework\">protecting at least 30% of the oceans by 2030, the 30&#215;30 target, to give them space to recover<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>This is impossible without a strong new Treaty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Currently, there is no way for governments to protect the high seas, waters outside national jurisdictions. A strong Treaty would fix this by enabling the creation of vast ocean sanctuaries, off limits to destructive human activities.<\/p>\n\n<p>The need for action is urgent. Governments first discussed a new Treaty almost two decades ago. While they\u2019ve talked, the ocean crisis has deepened. Countless species and habitats have been destroyed or lost.<\/p>\n\n<p>A strong Treaty would provide hope for the future of the oceans, and for the billions of people who depend on them.<\/p>\n\n<p>A weak Treaty, or any further delay, would make 30&#215;30 practically impossible. This would be a slap in the face for all those who have put faith in political leaders actually keeping their promises.<\/p>\n\n<p>Over 5 million people have joined us to call for action to protect the oceans and deliver a strong Treaty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Now it\u2019s up to delegates to protect the oceans. Time truly is running out. The world is watching. The future is watching.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Signed by:<br><br><em>Rosanna Arquette, Actor and Activist<br>Hayley Atwell, Actor<br>Alec Baldwin, Actor and Activist<br>Javier Bardem, Actor<br>Carlos Bardem, Actor<br>Lily Cole, Model<br>Fearne Cotton, Presenter<\/em><br><em>Laura Dern, Actor and Activist<br>David de Rothschild, Explorer<br>Shepard Fairey, Artist and Activist<br>Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall, Chef<br>Jane Fonda, Actor and Activist<br>Silvia Frey, KYMA Sea Conservation &amp; Research<br>Stephen Fry, Actor<br>\u00c1lvaro Longoria, Film Director and Activist<br>Robert Lindsay, Actor<br>Joanna Lumley, Actor and Activist<br>Will McCallum, Head of Oceans, Greenpeace UK<br>Adam McKay, Writer, Director, Producer<br>Helen Mirren, Actor<br>Arizona Muse, Model<br>Cornelia Nauen, Mundus Maris &#8211; Sciences and Arts for Sustainability<br>Vicki Nichols Goldstein, Inland Ocean Coalition<br>NOMA, Model and Activist<br>Farah Obaidullah, Women4Oceans<br>Lillian Ono, Climate justice activist<br>Chris Packham, Presenter<br>Piper Perabo, Actor<br>Michael Palin, Actor<br>Grag Queen, Singer and Activist<br>Inde Relph and Sally Ranney, Co-founders, GlobalChoices<br>Mark Rylance, Actor<br>Susan Sarandon, Actor and Activist<br>Andrew Sharpless, Oceana, CEO<br>Alex Smolinsky, SharkProject International, President<br>Alejandro Sanz, Singer&nbsp;<br>Andrew Sharpless, Oceana, CEO<br>Gustaf Skarsg\u00e5rd, actor and environmentalist<br>Alex Smolinsky, SharkProject International, President<br>Brett Sommermeyer, Law of the Wild, Legal Director<br>Alison Sudol, Singer, Actress and Activist<br>Masahiro Takemoto, Diver and Environmentalist<br>Ted Turner, Founding Member, Ocean Elders<br>Amber Valletta, Model and Activist<br>Shailene Woodley, Actor and Oceans Advocate<br>Bonnie Wright, Filmmaker and Author<br>Sindhu Vee<br>Daisuke Yosumi, Author and Naturalist<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrities joined with Greenpeace to issue an open letter to the United Nations where the future of the oceans is being decided as governments negotiate a new Global Ocean Treaty. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":55239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_planet4_optimize_post_is_variant":false,"_planet4_optimize_experiment_name":"","_planet4_optimize_variant_name":"","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"not set","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[89,85],"p4-page-type":[59],"class_list":["post-55322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-and-economic-systems","tag-climate","tag-oceans","p4-page-type-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55322"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55457,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55322\/revisions\/55457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55322"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=55322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}