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Victory For the Oceans: World Leaders Deliver a Global Ocean Treaty!
Big Win! On Saturday night, world leaders delivered one of the biggest conservation victories in human history — a Global Ocean Treaty to help protect at least 30% of the world’s oceans! World leaders still must formally adopt the treaty, but the negotiations are done!
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Jane Fonda delivers 5.5 million signatures calling for a Global Ocean Treaty
It is at our own peril to delay any further. I urge you as a mother, a grandmother, and a citizen of this world. New York (February 21, 2023)-As the…
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Javier Bardem, Jane Fonda and other celebrities plea for ocean protection as UN Global Ocean Treaty negotiations enter last stages
Javier Bardem, Jane Fonda, Helen Mirren, and other celebrities renowned for their environmental advocacy joined with the Greenpeace network and several other civil society organizations from around the world to…
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Why do we need a Global Ocean Treaty?
While we were projecting a video on the Brooklyn Bridge calling on world leaders to adopt a strong Global Ocean Treaty, a reporter asked me how the oceans are doing.…
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Why protecting the ocean means protecting people
When you read the phrase ‘ocean conservation’ what images come up in your mind? A mighty blue whale? Cute penguins from our recent Antarctica trip? Maybe some fish swimming in…
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Jason Momoa calls on world leaders at the 7th Our Ocean Conference to protect the oceans
In collaboration with Greenpeace USA, actor, activist, and native Hawaiian, Jason Momoa delivered a powerful statement today to delegates at the 7th Our Ocean Conference in Palau highlighting the special…
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Lessons from the Blue Hole
We need to flip the way we think about our oceans. Our current approach is based on the very old belief that we can do what we want to the…
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Impossible Journey
In hindsight, it was kind of a crazy idea. In the middle of a pandemic, individuals from across the Greenpeace network set out to bring people from twenty-one countries and…
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
As we are taught when we are kids, the ocean covers most of the surface of our planet. But, of course, that is only the surface. The oceans provide 99…
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The Ends of the Earth
Campaigners, crew members, researchers, and scientists from throughout Greenpeace’s global network are heading back to Antarctica with the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise and a small but mighty two-person submarine called…