The 3rd part of the 5th round of the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations #INC53 resumes in Geneva, Switzerland for the election of a new Chair ✍️ We hope for leadership that's fair, transparent & committed to public interest. Swipe to learn about our expectations for the new chair.

🐋 Over the last days, a #beluga whale has been seen off the coast of the #Netherlands, raising concerns about its survival & attracting some unwanted attention. Boats & drones are causing visible stress to the animal. These disturbances drain precious energy the whale needs to find its way home. 1/2

We’re thrilled to share that Türkiye🇹🇷 has ratified the #HighSeasTreaty. Every new ratification brings us closer to truly universal participation in this landmark Agreement. Let’s keep the momentum going! 🌎 #60ToGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/

👉 Unilateral deep-sea mining attempts undermine international law & global ocean governance. Deep-sea mining will cause irreversible damage to deep-sea ecosystems. A global moratorium is urgently needed. ⚠️ With the BBNJ in force, it is important to take its embedded protection commitments seriously.

Spain's whale protection inaction has reached Parliament. 🐋 Following OceanCare's #ACCOBAMS complaint, the #SUMAR parliamentary group – Spain's coalition partner – is now demanding answers. 1/4

Today, the world has made history - the #BBNJ Agreement has officially entered into force. Hear from ministers, ocean advocates, and High Seas Alliance members urging all nations to keep global momentum toward universal ratification high. #HighSeasTreaty #60ToGlobal

⏳ Years of negotiation, advocacy & collaboration have led to this historic moment! The #HighSeasTreaty is now in force, a testament to the leadership of governments, civil society, Indigenous leaders, scientists & many more ocean champions everywhere. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4aNEvO8

🌊 A historic day for the #ocean! The #HighSeasTreaty has officially entered into force, a win for multilateralism and for our blue planet. Next step: universal membership! 📣 We call on remaining governments to join the Agreement now! #OceanCare #BBNJ @highseasalliance.bsky.social

They keep on coming! Ghana🇬🇭 has ratified the #HighSeasTreaty. Every new ratification brings us closer to truly universal participation in this landmark Agreement. Let’s keep the momentum going! 🌎 #60ToGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/

We’re thrilled to share that Qatar🇶🇦 has ratified (acceded) the #HighSeasTreaty. Every new ratification brings us closer to truly universal participation in this landmark Agreement. Let’s keep the momentum going! 🌎 #60ToGlobal https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/

1/5 Major progress for whale protection! 🐋 #Spain must reclassify Mediterranean sperm and fin whales as endangered. Here’s why this matters — and what needs to happen next. @miteco.gob.es @ecologistasenaccion.org @oceanaeurope.bsky.social @greenpeace.es

2025: Amplifying the ocean’s voice. From Geneva to Bern, we turned advocacy into action: rerouting ships to protect sperm whales, pushing for quieter seas and new science on Faroe pilot whale hunts. Watch our proudest achivements in our recap video 🎥 #OceanCare www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

2025 was a milestone year for the ocean: we arrived in Nice with 114,000+ signatures and carried the petition “Because Our Planet is Blue” to the highest political levels. Catch our proudest achivements of 2025 in our recap video 🎥 #OceanCare #OceanAdvocacy www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Great news for sperm whales! 🐋 The Greek shipping company #NeptuneLines commits to rerouting in the Hellenic Trench to protect the <200 remaining endangered sperm whales in the Eastern Mediterreanean. This will significantly reduce deadly ship strikes with whales. 🌊 #NeptuneGroupofCompanies 1/2

❗Calling for Strong Leadership on the Global Plastics Treaty Recently, OceanCare, a core member of the @breakfreefromplastic.org Coalition, joined 166 organisations worldwide in calling for strong, transparent leadership as the #INC prepares to elect a new Chair for the continuing negotiations. 1/2

#UNEA-7: OceanCare’s Geschäftsführerin @fabiennemcl.bsky.social sprach mit dem #Deutschlandfunk über die besorgniserregende Erosion wissenschaftsbasierter Entscheidungsfindung und warum #Multilateralismus heute wichtiger ist denn je. 🎧 Interview anhören: www.deutschlandfunk.de/un-umweltvol...

🌍 #UNEA-7 in Nairobi has ended with 11 out the 15 Resolutions being adopted. Some on #oceanconservation were achieved, but only because of significant compromises & a weakening of the texts. Overall, we saw worrying signs for how the world tackles the triple planetary crises. 1/7 📷 @enb.iisd.org

👉 New research shows: mercury levels in harbour porpoises have nearly doubled since the 1990s – despite international efforts to control this pollutant. 1 od 10 porpoises now has mercury at levels that cause serious health damage. ⚠️ Read more about the study: www.oceancare.org/en/stories_a...

🌊 At #UNEA7 in Nairobi, OceanCare urges decisive #OceanAction. On the table are crucial resolutions that could tangibly improve ocean conservation. But what we're witnessing is a reason for concern. This cannot become the new normal of #multilateralism. The precautionary principle must be adhered.

Opening plenary #UNEA7 has begun. Let's remind countries that addressing #plasticpollution is crucial for planetary resilience. Follow the livestream via @unep.org here 👇 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k18... #BreakFreeFromPlastic

At #COP24, OceanCare called for a Regional Climate Change Mitigation Plan for the Mediterranean. With the new Climate Change Regional Activity Centre (CC/RAC) now operational, countries must move from adaptation to mitigation — because climate protection is ocean protection. 🌊 #BarcelonaConvention

#COP24: The 24th Conference of the Parties to the UNEP/MAP-Barcelona Convention concluded yesterday in Cairo. A significant development: Ocean noise has been formally agreed as a common indicator to assess the Mediterranean's environmental status. 🔉 More:👇📹 @unep.org

#COP24: UN Ocean Envoy Amb. Peter Thomson reminded delegates that true ocean stewardship means acting for future generations — guided by regeneration, reciprocity & respect at the core of ocean governance. 🌊 He urged: #Ocean & climate action are inseparable. It’s time to stop fossil fuels. @unep.org

The #Mediterranean talks about climate impacts. But concrete emission reduction plans? Missing. The #BC3 analysis shows: at current emission rates, the carbon budget of the region will be exhausted by 2035. At #COP24, we're pushing for a regional mitigation plan. Not just impact assessments.

At #COP24Med, on the Regional Activity Centre on Climate Change, OceanCare recalled countries' commitment to decarbonization voiced at COP23. He drew attention to the recent study that predicts that at current emission rates, the Mediterranean's Remaining Carbon Budget will be exhausted by 2035.

👉Yesterday at our side event at the #COP24 of the #BarcelonaConvention, Dr. María Victoria Román from #BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change presented the first analysis to identify the Remaining Carbon Budget for the Mediterranean Region – and what it means for Range States.

Opening of the The 24th Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP24) to the #BarcelonaConvention. This meeting marks a critical moment for the #Mediterranean region. OceanCare’s delegation will actively advocate for climate-ocean action to become a core pillar of the Convention's work. 🙌

50 Years of #Mediterranean Cooperation — Now It’s Time To Progress Ocean-Climate Action 🌍💙 This week’s 24th Meeting of the Contracting Parties, #COP24, to the #BarcelonaConvention marks a critical moment for the Mediterranean region. 1/5 👇

From 2–5 December, all 21 Mediterranean countries and the #EU, are meeting in Cairo for the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the #Mediterranean (COP24, also known as #BarcelonaConvention). This is a crucial moment for the region’s climate future. 1/5

The Mediterranean's carbon budget will be exhausted by 2035 at current emission rates. Next week at #COP24 of the #BarcelonaConvention in Cairo, OceanCare & BC3 will present our report showing why urgent action is needed. 📅 Tue, 2 Dec 2025 | 1pm 📍 Malachite I + II Room, St. Regis, Cairo 1/2

🐋 #ACCOBAMS has a mechanism in place that allows review of whether countries are properly implementing conservation action or not. OceanCare recently submitted a complaint to #Spain for failing to update the protection status of fin & sperm whales in its National Registry. More in the video.👇

The 9th Meeting of the Parties to #ACCOBAMS – the Agreement to protect whales and dolphins in the Mediterranean and Black Seas – has ended last week in Limassol, Cyprus. At some issues, we're leaving, with tangible progress to build on. 🙌🐬🐋 Watch here our recap. 📷

Ship strikes are the biggest threat to fin & sperm whales in the #Mediterranean. But solutions exist – if we act now. This week at the 9th Meeting of #ACCOBAMS, OceanCare & Tethys Research Institute co-hosted a side event bringing together experts & decision-makers to address this threat. 1/3

OceanCare advocating for stronger protection at conference in Cyprus 🇨🇾 🌊 This week, OceanCare will be on the ground in Limassol for the 9th #ACCOBAMS Meeting of the Parties – where 24 parties work together to protect whales and dolphins in the Black Sea, #Mediterranean and contiguous Atlantic. 1/3

🌊 At COP30, it's time to address how human activities in the Ocean are fueling both the climate and ocean crisis: 1/5

🌊 Climate Protection IS Ocean Protection – and vice versa. As world leaders gather for #COP30 in Belém, Brasil, the Ocean remains critically undervalued. Yet without a healthy ocean, there is no climate solution. 1/4

⚠️ 🐬 New scientific critique of the Faroe Island pilot whale hunt: Our new welfare assessment published in Biology Letters highlights the negative impacts on pilot whales hunted in the #FaroeIslands & disproves claims that the hunt is swift and efficient. 1/3

The 20th meeting of the London Protocol just concluded, where #marinegeoengineering took stage in discussions about ocean governance. Current marine geoengineering proposals raise major concerns & none are ready for deployment. The precautionary approach remains paramount. 1/2

🌊 40 countries officially take a stand against deep-sea mining!Antigua & Barbuda & Romania have recently joined the call. The message is clear: The deep sea is not a resource to be exploited. It's a vital part of our planet that needs protection. #DefendTheDeep @deepseaconserve.bsky.social

🐋 The SAvE Whales project just completed its 2nd year of the implementation phase & we're making real progress towards full implementation. Sperm whales are critically endangered in the #Mediterranean. The eastern population faces extinction, with ship strikes as primary threat. 1/ 3

Sharing important news from Fundación CRAM about a sperm whale that washed ashore on Pals Beach, Catalonia, Spain. The carcass was detected in an already decomposed state showing severe marks of propeller marks. 1/4 www.linkedin.com/posts/fundac...

What is a carbon budget? 🤔 Think of it like a bank account – but for #CO2 emissions. Scientists have calculated how much CO2 we can still emit, or 'spend', before exceeding the Paris Agreement targets. 1/3

Bis 2035 könnte das Kohlenstoff-Budget der Mittelmeerregion erschöpft sein, wenn nicht schnell gehandelt wird. Lesen Sie mehr zu OceanCare's und Basque Centre for Climate Change's Analyse zum verbleibenden Kohlenstoffbudget im Mittelmeerraum in der @diebild.bsky.social: www.bild.de/leben-wissen...

Why is the Mediterranean a climate hotspot? 🌡️ The numbers: 🔹Carbon budget of the Region exhausted by 2035 at current emission levels ⚠️ 🔹Region Warming 20% faster than the global average 🔹Sea Surface Temperature: +1.5°C in just 40 years. 1/3

🚨 The #Mediterranean is running out of time. New study from OceanCare the Basque Center for Climate Change (BC3) shows the region's carbon budget will be exhausted by 2035 at current emission rates. The region already passed 1.5°C warming. 1/3 👇 #ClimateEmergency

Which vessels pose the greatest collision risk to #Mediterranean whales? 🛳️⚠️ Our 2024 analysis reveals which vessel types operate at the most dangerous speeds. 1/4

2023 vs. 2024: #Ship speeds unchanged despite protection zone 🚢🚨 Since the designation of the NW Mediterranean as PSSA by the @imohq.bsky.social, the comparative analysis by Quiet-Oceans, commissioned by OceanCare, shows the shipping industry has not adopted IMO speed reduction recommendations. 1/3

Are ships slowing down in the NW #Mediterranean whale protection zone? Our new data says no. 🐋⚠️ In 2023, the @imohq.bsky.social (IMO) designated this area as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) with voluntary speed limits of 10-13 knots to protect endangered whales from ship strikes. 1/3

The very sad news has just reached us at OceanCare that Dr. @janegoodall.org, the world-renowned primatologist and conservationist, has passed away. Our tribe of conservationists and animal defenders has lost its most senior elder, someone who has strongly guided the movement's moral compass. 🕊️ 1/2

🐬 Solitary #Dolphins: When Connection Becomes Dangerous. Imagine encountering a dolphin who approaches you in the water, seeming curious and friendly. It sounds magical – and it is, at first. But behind this seemingly beautiful interaction lies a heartbreaking reality. 1/3