Representatives of all UN member states are meeting in Ottawa, Canada from 23 to 29 April 2024 to advance negotiations on an international legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. With only one more round of negotiations to go, this week will be crucial in reaching ...
The Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy, the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency of Greece, together with the international marine conservation organisation OceanCare and the Athens-based environmental think tank The Green Tank announced today, as part of the Our Ocean Conference 2024, their ...
Debate at UN environmental summit highlights need for global ban on solar geoengineering - Switzerland ultimately withdrew its resolution on solar radiation modification at the Sixth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) after governments could not even reach consensus on a knowledge repository for the controversial technologies. - The resolution went in several directions during an intense set of negotiations, with different ...
The world’s environment ministers are meeting in Nairobi, Kenya this week for the sixth UN Environment Assembly to discuss how multilateralism can help tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, loss of nature and biodiversity, and pollution and contamination. OceanCare is very concerned that a ...
Member States of the United Nations Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals will meet in Uzbekistan, 12-17 February 2024 to address issues of critical importance to the global biodiversity crisis. The most intense debate is expected to be on the controversial issue of deep-sea mining. ...
Plastics Treaty Negotiations end without major outcomes but an effective instrument to stem the plastic tide remains within reach N airobi/Zurich, 19th November 2023: Today, the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3) for ...
CLEAN-UPS OR CLEAN-WASHING? Environmental organisations claim Plastic clean-up tech not all it seems on the surface LONDON/ZURICH, 6th November 2023: A new report from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and OceanCare highlights the damaging impacts of ‘quick fix’ ocean clean-up ...
New Report Debunks Claims of Whale and Dolphin Hunters in Faroe Islands California/Washington, DC/London/Munich/Zurich, September 25, 2023: Today, in the wake of the latest Faroe Islands drive hunt on Friday that saw the killing of 42 more pilot whales, seven of the world’s leading animal welfare and ...
Harpoons to be fired again as Iceland resumes its fin whale hunt London/Vienna/Zurich, 31st of August 2023: With today’s announcement by Iceland‘s Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, not to continue this summer’s temporary whaling ban, fin whales will soon be killed again. The two Icelandic whaling vessels left port ...
The Hague, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Micreos announced that it has appointed Joost Goderie to the management board as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Joost will be working closely together with the other members of the management team to help drive Micreos's growth and deliver its targeted antibacterial technology to the world. He will be responsible for ...
European Union Member States Condemn Faroe Islands Drive Hunts Press Release Wädenswil/Switzerland, 21st December 2021 In recent decades, the European Union Member States have remained largely silent on the killing of small cetaceans in the Faroe Islands, shying away from criticising a brutal and obsolete tradition. Today marks a turn-around on this ...
Press Release Whale conservation in dire straits, International Whaling Commission at the crossroads – NGO Vision Paper on the IWC’s 75th anniversary Wädenswil/Washington D.C., 2nd December 2021. The International Convention for the Regulation ...
Press release Once again: Dolphin mass killing in the Faroe Islands Wädenswil, 23. September 2021: Just ten days after a mass killing of more than 1,400 Atlantic white-sided dolphins, the Faroe Islands saw another drive hunt yesterday, September 22nd. This time, 52 pilot whales were driven into a beach and brutally killed. The marine conservation ...
OceanCare criticizes massive kill of Atlantic white-sided dolphins off the Faroese-Islands Wädenswil/Switzerland, 14th September 2021. This Sunday, 12th of September 2021, the Skala Fjord in the east of the Faroese-Islands in the Atlantic has been the scene of one of the largest kills of dolphins in ...
Press release / interview proposal OceanCare Wädenswil, Vienna, Madrid, 2nd September 2021 “Slow down to save the climate” Reducing shipping speed helps tackle the climate crisis with immediate effect - Climate crisis: Mediterranean Sea projected to heat up by 1.8 to 3.5 degrees until 2100[i] - Climate offenders: New EMTER Report says that maritime ...
OceanCare's first assessment following the presentation of the European Commission’s "Fit for 55" legislative package OCEANCARE WELCOMES THE INCLUSION OF SHIPPING IN THE EU EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME The EU thus sets an example to the International Maritime Organization on the need to establish a global ...
Press Release SPAIN BANS ANY NEW HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION AND EXPLOITATION PROJECT BY LAW A clear step forward in Spain's commitment to the decarbonisation of its economy that will also bring multiple benefits for marine wildlife in Spanish waters Wädenswil, May 13, 2021: OceanCare congratulates that t ...
Media Release Sea Turtle Rescue Alliance Launches on World Wildlife Day A global network of veterinarians come together to save endangered sea turtles around the world Florida - USA, Bohol - Philippines, Zurich - Switzerland , 1 March 2021 : This Wednesday, March 3, marks World Wildlife Day and the launch of the Sea Turtle Rescue Alliance (STRA) with ...
Press release Hope for ban on oil and gas exploration in Spanish waters Wädenswil, January 13, 2021: While France has already imposed a ban on exploring any new oil and gas sites in its waters and the Danish government has just announced such ban for its waters within the North Sea, the Spanish Government has proposed a similar measure within its draft ...
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Bern (ots) - Small and medium-sized towns are increasingly appearing on the radar of policy makers all over Europe. Findings from a project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation on the role and significance of these towns in Switzerland show that national policy and planning overlook their potential. For a long time, policy and research on urban development have primarily focused on large cities. Now, an ...
EQS Group-Ad-hoc: Von Roll Holding AG / Key word(s): Disposal Von Roll Holding AG: Sale of the Luhe site 22-May-2018 / 07:30 CET/CEST Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 688039 22-May-2018 CET/CEST ...
EQS Group-News: Von Roll Holding AG / Key word(s): AGM/EGM Von Roll Holding AG: 195th Annual General Meeting of Von Roll Holding AG held: All proposals of the Board of Directors approved 25.04.2018 / 07:30 678683 25.04.2018 ...
EQS Group-Ad-hoc: Von Roll Holding AG / Key word(s): Disposal Von Roll Holding AG: Disposal of municipal drinking water business 16-March-2018 / 07:00 CET/CEST Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 664823 16-March-2018 CET/CEST ...
EQS Group-Ad-hoc: Von Roll Holding AG / Key word(s): Final Results Von Roll Holding AG: Von Roll achieves operational turnaround in financial year 2017 13-March-2018 / 07:00 CET/CEST Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 663141 13-March-2018 CET/CEST ...
EQS Group-Ad-hoc: Von Roll Holding AG / Key word(s): Disposal Von Roll Holding AG: Partial sale of Von Roll BHU Umwelttechnik 08-Feb-2018 / 07:30 CET/CEST Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 652361 08-Feb-2018 CET/CEST ...