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Over the past decade, the Arctic Council (AC) has evolved into the pre-eminent international forum for addressing Arctic issues. Among other things, it now boasts a permanent Secretariat and an Indigenous Peoples Secretariat. It has also helped establish a number …

This article is adapted from a keynote speech to G7 Ocean and Environment Ministers in Halifax, Canada, on 20 September 2018. Fighting for the ocean is one of the greatest and defining challenges of our age. Our relationship with the …

The ocean has shaped my life, from my beginnings in the outer islands of Fiji to my appointment last year as the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy for the ocean. Like millions of others before me who have taken sustenance and …

Plastic waste in the ocean is a global problem; some eight million metric tonnes of plastic ends up in the ocean every year. One possible solution – paying a small amount for returned drink containers – has been consistently opposed by the beverage …