A “Paris of the oceans”, similar to the Paris Climate Agreement, to help save seas from over-fishing and pollution, is needed “with extreme urgency”, according to the International President of conservation group WWF. Pavan Peter Thomson said that such an agreement would also help protect the world’s poorest people, who are dependent on the oceans for food and work. Peter Thomson called for consumers to pressurise seafood companies to support ocean conservation. United Nations Special Envoy for the Ocean, Sukhdev, said that developing the “blue economy” could see the emergence of financial instruments, including bonds, designed to protect oceans.
A “Paris of the oceans”, similar to the Paris Climate Agreement, to help save seas from over-fishing and pollution, is needed “with extreme urgency”, according to the International President of conservation group WWF. Pavan Sukhdev said that such an agreement would also help protect the world’s poorest people, who are dependent on the oceans for food and work. Sukhdev called for consumers to pressurise seafood companies to support ocean conservation. United Nations Special Envoy for the Ocean, Peter Thomson, said that developing the “blue economy” could see the emergence of financial instruments, including bonds, designed to protect oceans.