World Ocean Day is much more than a day: It’s a lifestyle, it’s a way of life, it’s a mindset. Together, we are helping grow the global movement for a healthy blue planet! The 8th of June is the annual crescendo of celebration and action, and throughout World Ocean Day month there will be thousands of activities and events. When […]
Viewpoint: No change in fossil fuel production plans
By Jeremy WilliamsThere’s a giant cognitive dissonance at the heart of global climate politics. Almost every country now agrees that it has work to do to prevent climate disaster. The age of scepticism is over and every major economy has set carbon targets. At the same time, those governments all want to maximise fossil fuel production. According to the recent […]
You Can Help Create a Strong Global Plastics Treaty
Our planet – our home – is overwhelmed with plastic pollution; it’s everywhere: from the highest mountains to the deepest ocean trenches, in our food, and in our bodies. Most of us are aware that plastic pollution is awash in our ocean and killing its life. A lot don’t fully understand how much it’s also harming human health. Plastic production, […]
Coming in Early 2024: Free Youth Advocacy Training Programs for Ocean-Climate Action
Early in 2024, The Ocean Project will be running two of our annual super collaborative 4-week virtual “Advocacy Training” programs, designed for youth ages 13-23. The content for both will be similar although we will have different presenters each time, including youth leaders and seasoned professionals. The first four-week training program, in January and February 2024, is open to youth […]
Opinion: Ten lies Rishi Sunak is telling about net zero
By Jeremy Williams “We need sensible, green leadership,” Rishi Sunak told the country last night, and “a better, more honest debate about how we secure the country’s long-term interest.” He used the words ‘honesty’ five times during a speech which contained dozens of falsehoods about climate policy. So, in the interests of an honest debate, here are ten of the […]
Ocean Justice: Protecting and Restoring Our Blue Planet for Future Generations
“Defining” Ocean Justice Ocean justice sits at the intersection of environmental protection, social equity, and human rights. The concept can encompass who has access to the ocean, has a say in ocean policy, and is most harmed by inaction in safeguarding and revitalizing our coastal and marine environment. Ocean justice, like climate justice, is a concept that defies a singular […]
The European Commission targets underground carbon capture and storage
climate change Photo credit: European Commission (EC). By Anders Lorenzen Capturing and storing carbon has by some experts been cited as a necessity if we are to stick to global climate targets. In a recent proposal, the European Commission (EC) listed carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a key green transition technology and proposed an EU wide-target to capture CO2, […]
Increasing the Impact of Young Conservation Leaders and World Ocean Day
For more than 25 years, The Ocean Project has been committed to catalyzing collective action for our ocean and climate. Moving forward, we will be centering even more of our efforts on collaborating with young conservation leaders. We will also be growing our coordination efforts with World Ocean Day in June and expanded engagement with this global network throughout the […]
Momentum Growing to Protect and Restore our Ocean!
Our ocean finally gets a High Seas Treaty! This past weekend, nations agreed on language to protect the world’s biodiversity in international waters of the ocean, a vast area that covers nearly half the planet’s surface. The High Seas – also known as “Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction” (BBNJ) – include all the ocean waters and seafloor beyond 200 nautical miles […]
Book review: Five Times Faster, by Simon Sharpe
By Jeremy Williams Every week there are steps forward on climate change to report. There is movement. Things are happening. “The problem,” writes Simon Sharpe, “is the pace of change.” It’s all moving too slowly, bogged down in glacial decision-making processes, held back by institutional inertia and the power of vested interests. The carbon intensity of the global economy is […]