The foods we eat, the air we breathe, the water we drink and the climate that makes our planet habitable all come from nature. For instance, each year, marine plants produce more than a half of our atmosphere's oxygen, and a mature tree cleans our air, absorbing 22 kilos of...

  Facing the triple threat of climate change, loss of biodiversity and pollution, the world needs to step up efforts to revive damaged ecosystems that support all life on Earth. The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration is a global effort aimed at restoring the planet and ensuring One Health for people and nature....

This event will explore initiatives to improve reporting frameworks and overall availability and management of data at country level by harnessing the power of the private sector to capture and share more data on progress towards the SDGs.

The President of the General Assembly will convene a high-level thematic debate on the ocean and Sustainable Development Goal 14: Life Below Water on Tuesday, 1 June 2021, at United Nations Headquarters in New York. It has been more than three years since the first UN Ocean Conference. With the second...

  One in every five fish caught around the world every year is thought to originate from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU). IUU fishing impacts fishers and fish workers, the sustainability of fisheries and marine ecosystems and consumers.  The 2009 FAO Agreement on Port State Measures is the first binding international agreement designed to...