Papua New Guinea has signed into the UN High Seas Treaty (BBNJ Agreement) in Nice, France. Prime Minister James Marape inked ...

The world’s oceans are sick. Global leaders are in the French Riviera this week to attempt to agree on the cure.

At the U.N. Ocean Conference, Tonga’s princess called for recognition of whales’ legal rights. The move is one of several ...

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders to curb practices harming the world's ocean during the opening of the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3). The ...

Climate change, plastic pollution, disappearing ecosystems, and industrial overreach are converging into a single, planetary emergency. But, perhaps the biggest threat of all is one that’s rarely ...

The third U.N. Ocean Conference opened Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real protection ...

Eighteen countries ratified the High Seas Treaty on Monday, bringing the total to 49 — just 11 short of the 60 needed for the ...

The United States signed the treaty — formally known as the “Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the ...

UN Ocean Conference opens in France with 60 leaders debating deep-sea mining, marine protection zones, and calls for a global ...

COI’s second phase aims to raise €3 billion by 2030 for plastic waste reduction • New focus includes packaging innovation and stronger recycling systems • Africa remains heavily impacted despite low ...