Events

Ocean Week 2025

22 September 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean governance
• Ocean plastic pollution

Publications

One Planet Shipping Case Study: Wind First!

16 September 2025

• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

Publications

Charting the course: Unlocking the Potential and Challenges of IMO’s Net-Zero Framework for Maritime Decarbonisation

21 August 2025

• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

Publications

Wind propulsion must be prioritised in the EU Maritime Industrial Strategy

30 July 2025

• Climate and ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

Publications

It’s time to address the triple planetary crisis: Our response to the EU Port Strategy

30 July 2025

• Climate and ocean

General News

Global deep-sea mining talks yield mixed verdict: No mining for now but no reform either

26 July 2025

General News

It’s the (Blue) Economy, Stupid! Marine Regeneration and Prosperity Beyond Growth at the UNOC 2025 Ocean Basecamp

11 July 2025

• Systems change

Multimedia

Monica Verbeek at UNOC3 in Nice, France

10 July 2025

Member's News

Women of Ria: Coastal Leadership for Climate and Seagrass Conservation

9 July 2025

Press Releases

NGOs welcome Danish ban of bottom trawling in 19% of its marine waters 

2 July 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

General News

OSPAR Ministers Signal Precaution on Deep-Sea Mining 

26 June 2025

• Deep sea mining
• Ocean governance
• Ocean use

Press Releases

Historical step as OSPAR bans toxic scrubber discharges in North-East Atlantic waters

26 June 2025

• Clean ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

Publications

Environmental Groups Call for Scrubber Ban Ahead of OSPAR Ministerial Meeting in Vigo

19 June 2025

• Clean ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

General News

Joint NGO recommendations on Baltic Sea fishing opportunities for 2026

17 June 2025

Press Releases

UNOC: EU’s environmental reputation in tatters as it fails marine protected areas on international stage

13 June 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Low impact fisheries
• Marine protected areas

Press Releases

Ocean protection means including shipping in countries’ Paris climate targets

10 June 2025

• Clean ocean
• Decarbonising shipping

Press Releases

Civil society applauds the President of the European Council António Costa’s call for a deep-sea mining moratorium

9 June 2025

• Deep sea mining

Press Releases

‘Protect the ocean, protect life!’: Ocean advocates make global call for action before UN Ocean Conference

7 June 2025

• Blue Manifesto
• Marine protected areas
• Ocean governance