Tag: Oceans

New Greenpeace International report outlines a concrete roadmap to achieve 30% protection of the Atlantic high seas by 2030

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 2, 2026 “Well Connected” proposes an ocean sanctuary network that would protect over a third of the...

COP17 delivers fragile deal to boost conservation and funding for nature

Governments at the COP17 nature summit in Armenia agreed on Saturday to scale up their policies to protect the...

Protecting nature is a public duty, not a Wall Street profit opportunity

An Lambrechts is a biodiversity politics expert at Greenpeace International with extensive experience in biodiversity-related multilateral negotiations. She is...

Countries urged to ramp up “insufficient” nature policies at COP17

A first set of biodiversity plans filed by countries to reverse nature loss are "insufficient" to meet this decade's...

How to Hold a Sponge: On quiet leadership and the conditions for change

By: Sheila Sampath, Head of Nature and Biodiversity Since I started at Greenpeace, I’ve begun and ended most days the...

We did it: Canada has ratified the Global Ocean Treaty. What now?

After more than 20 years of campaigning, Canada has finally ratified the Global Ocean Treaty. A historic win for...

Greenpeace Canada applauds Canada’s ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty, paving the way for world’s first ocean sanctuaries

September 23, 2026 – Today, Prime Minister Carney announced the official ratification of the Global Ocean Treaty at the...

Methane 101: Understanding the Second Most Important Greenhouse Gas

By Olivia Rosane and Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Quick Key Facts Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide...

Deepest-Known Animal Communities Found Almost Six Miles Below Sea Level

Thousands of mollusks and worms have been discovered by a Chinese submersible in the Mariana Trench, almost six miles...

Probiotic Found to Slow Disease Spread Among Florida Coral

A beneficial bacterial probiotic is restoring hope for mitigating disease spread in corals off the coast of Florida. In...

Earth Overshoot Day Reaches Record for Earliest Date

Earth Overshoot Day is the point in the year when human demand for materials obtained from nature exceeds what...