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Your stairway lies on the whispering wind
Brussels by night -Gare Central
November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Brussels by night -Gare Central
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The #HighSeasTreaty has won the Earthshot Prize for the 'Revive our Oceans' category! We're honored to receive this award on behalf of the Treaty- it has been a collective effort & a recognition of all the hard work by so many people over so many years: highseasalliance.org/2025/11/06/h...
High Seas Treaty wins prestigious Earthshot Prize - High Seas Alliance
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 5 November 2025. The High Seas Treaty has been announced as the winner of the 2025 Earthshot Prize in the “Revive Our Oceans” category, a historic recognition of the global eff...
highseasalliance.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The #HighSeasTreaty has won the Earthshot Prize for the 'Revive our Oceans' category! We're honored to receive this award on behalf of the Treaty- it has been a collective effort & a recognition of all the hard work by so many people over so many years: highseasalliance.org/2025/11/06/h...
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🌏 Biodiversity loss has deep-rooted causes—from power imbalances to short-term priorities. These shape indirect & direct drivers like land/sea use change, exploitation & climate change.
Graphic from the IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment ⤵️
Graphic from the IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment ⤵️
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🌏 Biodiversity loss has deep-rooted causes—from power imbalances to short-term priorities. These shape indirect & direct drivers like land/sea use change, exploitation & climate change.
Graphic from the IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment ⤵️
Graphic from the IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment ⤵️
It was a long walk.
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It was a long walk.
Nighttime walks in the rain. Brussels. October 2025.
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Nighttime walks in the rain. Brussels. October 2025.
The only way is up
October 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The only way is up
Boat dreams
August 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Boat dreams
Happy world ocean day. We only have one - look after it.
June 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Happy world ocean day. We only have one - look after it.
Warsaw. You can’t beat spring rain.
May 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Warsaw. You can’t beat spring rain.
The optimism of brutalism. The Barbican.
May 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
The optimism of brutalism. The Barbican.
The Barbican
May 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The Barbican
Red sky, shepherds, etc. #Cork #Speirgorm
May 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Red sky, shepherds, etc. #Cork #Speirgorm
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Delegates at prep talks for the entry into force of the #BBNJ agreement addressed:
• rules of procedure
• arrangements for the Secretariat
• funding
• arrangements with @theGEF
• operationalization of the Clearing-House Mechanism
Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/marine-biodi...
• rules of procedure
• arrangements for the Secretariat
• funding
• arrangements with @theGEF
• operationalization of the Clearing-House Mechanism
Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/marine-biodi...
April 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Delegates at prep talks for the entry into force of the #BBNJ agreement addressed:
• rules of procedure
• arrangements for the Secretariat
• funding
• arrangements with @theGEF
• operationalization of the Clearing-House Mechanism
Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/marine-biodi...
• rules of procedure
• arrangements for the Secretariat
• funding
• arrangements with @theGEF
• operationalization of the Clearing-House Mechanism
Summary ➡️ enb.iisd.org/marine-biodi...
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The Preparatory Commission for the #HighSeasTreaty is concluding its first session, with the Co-Chairs summing up progress in deliberations on, among others:
▪️rules of procedure
▪️arrangements of the secretariat
▪️selection process for the seat of the secretariat
▪️Clearing-House Mechanism
▪️rules of procedure
▪️arrangements of the secretariat
▪️selection process for the seat of the secretariat
▪️Clearing-House Mechanism
April 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Preparatory Commission for the #HighSeasTreaty is concluding its first session, with the Co-Chairs summing up progress in deliberations on, among others:
▪️rules of procedure
▪️arrangements of the secretariat
▪️selection process for the seat of the secretariat
▪️Clearing-House Mechanism
▪️rules of procedure
▪️arrangements of the secretariat
▪️selection process for the seat of the secretariat
▪️Clearing-House Mechanism
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Act.
This is our best way to protect our oceans. And our future.
Today, we’re taking steps to put into practice the historic High Seas Treaty we signed last year, enabling the creation of Marine Protected Areas in international waters ↓
europa.eu/!ctBrDX
This is our best way to protect our oceans. And our future.
Today, we’re taking steps to put into practice the historic High Seas Treaty we signed last year, enabling the creation of Marine Protected Areas in international waters ↓
europa.eu/!ctBrDX
April 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Act.
This is our best way to protect our oceans. And our future.
Today, we’re taking steps to put into practice the historic High Seas Treaty we signed last year, enabling the creation of Marine Protected Areas in international waters ↓
europa.eu/!ctBrDX
This is our best way to protect our oceans. And our future.
Today, we’re taking steps to put into practice the historic High Seas Treaty we signed last year, enabling the creation of Marine Protected Areas in international waters ↓
europa.eu/!ctBrDX
That’s a niche constituency. New York.
April 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
That’s a niche constituency. New York.
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The #NexusAssessment address the interlinkages and co-dependencies among sectors, challenges and solutions.
April 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The #NexusAssessment address the interlinkages and co-dependencies among sectors, challenges and solutions.
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This is fantastic! This website allows you to watch TV stations from around the world. I just watched 2 minutes of Afghan volleyball. All the small regional TV stations from Germany are here too. Spread the word! Source: tv.garden
March 29, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This is fantastic! This website allows you to watch TV stations from around the world. I just watched 2 minutes of Afghan volleyball. All the small regional TV stations from Germany are here too. Spread the word! Source: tv.garden
The Proustian memory of childhood holidays #Cork #Speirgorm
March 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The Proustian memory of childhood holidays #Cork #Speirgorm
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𝚷ℼℿ𝛑 Happy Pi Day! In honor of everyone’s favorite non-terminating decimal number– and dessert– the best minds in WHOI Creative came up with these pie charts to help explain the complex system that is the ocean. 🌊🥧♾
Which is your favorite? 😆
Which is your favorite? 😆
March 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
𝚷ℼℿ𝛑 Happy Pi Day! In honor of everyone’s favorite non-terminating decimal number– and dessert– the best minds in WHOI Creative came up with these pie charts to help explain the complex system that is the ocean. 🌊🥧♾
Which is your favorite? 😆
Which is your favorite? 😆
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Read my latest article, on whether Trump’s obsession with mineral security will benefit prospective deep sea miners. For @prospectmagazine.co.uk
The US—one of the world’s largest consumers of critical metals and minerals—has been on the sidelines of seabed mining. Will Trump’s election be a game-changer?
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Miners are desperate to excavate the pristine deep ocean. Could Trump help them?
Critical minerals, useful in the green transition, are scattered across the seabed—but environmental concerns and uncertain demand have so far protect...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Read my latest article, on whether Trump’s obsession with mineral security will benefit prospective deep sea miners. For @prospectmagazine.co.uk