Engaging, activating and innovating change; and accelerating investment that builds ocean health and resilience.
#Love30x30
The ocean gives us life: it provides half the oxygen we breathe, has absorbed a quarter of our CO2 emissions and over 90% of the excess heat trapped by those emissions, it puts food on our plates and is home to 80% of all life on Earth.
But it is in danger – and so are we. You may not be able to tell from above the surface, but the threats are many and the risks are real: plastic is choking sea life, pollution is causing ‘dead zones’, corals are dying, the ocean is warming and becoming more acidic, and too many boats are chasing fewer and fewer fish.
Luckily, it’s not too late to solve this crisis if we take urgent action NOW.
The ocean needs safe havens where nature can regenerate, and fortify itself against climate change and other threats, such as industrial fishing.
It’s time for a #Love30x30 ocean vision that strongly protects at least 30% of the ocean by 2030, from the Arctic to the Antarctic, coastal to high seas areas and everywhere in between.
ABOUT
OCEAN UNITE
Ocean Unite’s expert team is working to catalyse Ocean regeneration by engaging and activating audiences on the importance of the ocean, as well as innovating change and accelerating investment in building ocean health and resilience.
We deploy our network of over 30 global influencers from the worlds of politics, business, sport and media to deliver crucial Ocean messages to decision-makers at key moments that matter, ensure that at least 30 per cent of the ocean is highly protected by 2030, and to build ocean resilience.
Because the Ocean is Everybody’s Business, we also work with companies to highlight the importance of the ocean and to encourage them to ‘blue’ their businesses.
Engaging & Activating
Antarctica2020
Explore, use and share talking points on the key issues affecting our ocean.
Innovating Change
Ocean Everybody's business
Leading from the front to drive urgently needed positive change for the Ocean community.
Accelerating Investment
LATEST STORIES
As the ocean becomes warmer, sea levels rise while marine heatwaves lead to huge coral-bleaching events. A healthy #ocean is vital in the fight against #climatechange, but it has taken a back seat in climate negotiations. https://buff.ly/35QUhm3 via @devex #oceanrisk
"Last year the world woke up to the harm we’re inflicting on our planet. But a treatment plan – not just a grim prognosis – must feature in the stories we tell."
New blog by me on @FrameWorksInst 🌊communications research.
https://www.virgin.com/virgin-unite/it-time-change-oceans-story
. @LewisPugh atravesará un lago supraglacial para lograr creación de zona protegida en la Antártida. El nadador británico es pionero en la natación en los ecosistemas más vulnerables de la Tierra para realizar una campaña por su protección. https://buff.ly/30KR6LZ #Antarctica2020
2020 is a crucial year for the #ocean, and to inspire sea change we need to start by telling a new story – @TheNickyHawkins @FrameWorksInst: https://bit.ly/2usTH0H @oceanunite @VirginUnite #oceanhealth #OneOceanOnePlanet
Read Friend of Ocean Action @RichardBranson on tackling #ocean risk & the need for multistakeholder engagement: "No single sector can confront ocean & #climate risks alone." Solutions? Cutting emissions to meet Paris targets = a good place to start. v/ @OceanUnite #wef20 #SDG14+ https://twitter.com/richardbranson/status/1219588571725811712
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