COP29 has resulted in an agreement to scale up finance to developing countries from public and private sources to $1.3 trillion per year by 2035. COP29 has also set the stage for a centralized carbon market under the UN.
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The Baltic Sea Oxygenation and the Super-Green Hydrogen Economy project (BOxHy) has been endorsed under the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development 2021 to 2030.
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The Ocean Pavilion, comprising ocean science organizations, is now in its second year at COP and is once again located in the Blue Zone, a designated area for UNFCCC formal negotiations, panel discussions and speaking events.
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He has become the first person in history to swim the full length of the Hudson River unassisted, calling attention to the health of rivers.
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Lewis Pugh, UN Environment Programme Patron of the Oceans, will attempt to become the first person to swim the full length of the Hudson River unassisted from August 13 to September 13, 2023 to highlight the critical importance of river health to the health of the world’s oceans and the overall global environment.
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Scientists have discovered three new hydrothermal vent fields over a 434-mi.-long stretch of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the first scientific expedition aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s new RV Falkor (too).
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