As this year’s United Nations Ocean Conference began in France on Monday, scientists published a study showing that another “planetary boundary,” or barriers that ensure the Earth is a “safe operating space for humanity,” has been crossed. Researchers said in 2023 that 6 of the 9 boundaries — biogeochemical flows, biosphere integrity, the climate, freshwater,...
Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent Reporting fromUN Oceans Conference, Nice, France Getty Images Unregulated mining in the deep sea should not be allowed to go ahead, the head of the United Nations has warned. “The deep sea cannot become the Wild West,” UN Secretary General António Guterres said at the opening of the UN...
Daniela Relph Senior royal correspondent Reuters Prince William addressed a conference on protecting oceans in Monaco on Sunday The Prince of Wales has described the challenge of protecting the world’s oceans as “like none that we have ever faced before.” In a speech delivered to the Blue Economy and Finance Forum in Monaco, Prince William...
Daniela Relph Royal correspondent Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images The prince will attend a forum in Monaco and “[try] to harness capitalism for good” The Prince of Wales will travel to the South of France this weekend to call for more to be done to protect the world’s oceans. In what his team describes as a “landmark...