Tireless champions of the BBNJ Agreement are pushing for rapid ratification.

But ratification without the means, resources and capacity for implementation cannot be celebrated.

Delivering on both can change the world.

🌊 Ocean solutions are critical to fighting the #ClimateCrisis and good for the #BlueEconomy , which is worth $3-6 trillion/year and can fund #SDG14 .

Putting the ocean first can help building a climate-resilient, prosperous and sustainable future. straitstimes.com/business/the-r…

Guyana President Dr. Irfaan Ali's mic drop moment 🎤

“Let me stop you right there…” he said to explain to BBC’s Stephen Sackur who are the real polluters of this planet.

There is a development vs. nature challenge that every nation has to wade through but the developed world…

Manta Rayas Ecuador- Antonella gofund.me/9bf783fa.

May Her Memory Be Eternal and her passion for marine life work live on! 🙏🏼

Nature-based Solutions are underfunded.

They receive less than a third of what is needed per year to meet climate, biodiversity & land degradation goals.

At #UNEA6 , alongside Mama Rachel Ruto, EGH, I outlined how we need to track financial flows to nature:
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Today is Multilateral Environment Agreement day at #UNEA6

These agreements are a family, working together #ForPeopleForPlanet

Because action on climate is biodiversity action

Action on land is climate action

Action on pollution & waste is nature action
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What poem or quote would you give to young people who are feeling hopeless?

Fuad Bateh and I have been increasingly distressed about the 'High Seas Treaty' re-branding of the BBNJ agreement, so we wrote about it: Fuad Bateh Marine Policy #BBNJ #HighSeasTreaty #biodiversity

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War is always a defeat. Wherever fighting occurs, people are exhausted. Let us #PrayTogether tirelessly, because prayer is effective. May we ask the Lord for the gift of minds and hearts dedicated concretely to #Peace .

📃 The Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty can bring about greater sharing of the wealth of the oceans.

In this talk, @SivaThambisetty & experts discuss how the treaty speaks to equity and climate change.

🗓️ 6 February. More details 👇 lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/02…

Accumulating material goods is not enough to live well, because life does not depend on what we possess (cf. Lk 12:15). Life depends on good relationships: with God, with others, and also with those who have less. #GeneralAudience

US record 'billion-dollar' climate disasters, in 2023 -US companies encouraged by mix of Governments, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Insurance Companies should invest not only NDC investments but also Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction eg MPAs across 50% earth. reuters.com/world/us/us-sa…

Samantha Power Calls on Samantha Power to Resign Over Gaza theintercept.com/2023/12/15/sam…