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UN chief issues โ€˜SOSโ€™ for Pacific Islands worst hit by warming ocean

August 27, 2024 โ€” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday ocean temperatures are rising in the Pacific Islands at three times the rate worldwide, and its population was โ€œuniquely exposedโ€ to the impact of rising sea levels.

Speaking to reporters in Tonga where the Pacific Islands Forum is being held, Guterres highlighted the findings of a report that showed the South West Pacific was worst hit by sea level rises, in some places by more than double the global average in the past 30 years.

โ€œI am in Tonga to issue a global SOS โ€“ Save Our Seas โ€“ on rising sea levels,โ€ he said.

โ€œRising seas are amplifying the frequency and severity of storm surges and coastal flooding. These floods swamp coastal communities. Ruin fisheries. Damage crops. Contaminate fresh water. All this puts Pacific Island nations in grave danger,โ€ he said.

Read the full story at Reuters

UN head declares โ€˜ocean emergencyโ€™ as global leaders gather in Lisbon

June 28, 2022 โ€” The UN secretary general has declared that the world is in the middle of an โ€œocean emergencyโ€, and urged governments to do more to restore ocean health.

Speaking at the opening of the UN ocean conference in Lisbon, Portugal, attended by global leaders and heads of state from 20 countries, Antรณnio Guterres said: โ€œSadly, we have taken the ocean for granted and today we face what I would call an ocean emergency. We must turn the tide.โ€

Guterres said the โ€œegoismโ€ of some nations was hampering efforts to agree a long-awaited treaty to protect the worldโ€™s oceans.

In March, UN member states were criticised by scientists and environmentalists for failing to agree on a blueprint for protecting the high seas against exploitation. Of the 64% of the high seas that lie beyond territorial limits, only 1.2% is currently protected.

Read the full story at The Guardian

UN World Ocean Assessment: The ocean is in trouble, but we still have time to act

May 20, 2021 โ€” The Second World Ocean (WOAII) Assessment, launched in April, serves as an important tool to aid in policy making for world leaders. As part of the United Nationโ€™s Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the States of the Marine Environment, the effort behind creating the assessment relies on the expertise of hundreds of co-authors and leading experts worldwide.

The report details new research, gaps in knowledge, and current knowledge about the state of the worldโ€™s oceans and the many pressures they are under, as described by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his speech for the launch event for the report.

Peter Auster, UConn Research Professor Emeritus of Marine Sciences and Senior Research Scientist at Mystic Aquarium, was one of the expert co-authors of the report. He recently met with UConn Today to answer some questions about the latest state of the ocean assessment.

Read the full story at PHYS.org

UN chief warns oceans are โ€˜under threat as never beforeโ€™

June 7, 2017 โ€” UNITED NATIONS โ€” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the first-ever U.N. conference on oceans Monday with a warning that the seas are โ€œunder threat as never before,โ€ with one recent study warning that discarded plastic garbage could outweigh fish by 2050 if nothing is done.

The U.N. chief told presidents, ministers, diplomats and environmental activists from nearly 200 countries that oceans โ€” โ€œthe lifeblood of our planetโ€ โ€” are being severely damaged by pollution, overfishing and the effects of climate change as well as refuse.

The five-day conference, which began on World Environment Day, is the first major event to focus on climate since President Donald Trump announced last Thursday that the United States will withdraw from the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Agreement โ€” a decision criticized by Boliviaโ€™s President Evo Morales and other speakers.

Guterres said the aim of the conference is โ€œto turn the tideโ€ and solve the problems that โ€œwe created.โ€

He said competing interests over territory and natural resources have blocked progress for far too long in cleaning up and restoring to health the worldโ€™s oceans, which cover two-thirds of the planet.

Read the full story from the Associated Press at the New Bedford Standard-Times

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