“We have a plan to save life in the ocean.
It is a plan to which all 193 Member States of the United Nations agreed in 2015. I refer of course to the Paris Climate Agreement and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, together with the rich mosaic of international conventions that underlay them.
Our universal task is clear: to implement this global plan with utmost resolve and integrity.
Most of us have our shoulders to the wheel, the wheel is turning, and history will be harsh on those who are not part of this common effort for the common good.”
- Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean
