Hi John,

You're part of a community of nearly 5 million people calling on world leaders to protect 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 - the minimum scientists tell us is needed to reverse the decline in ocean biodiversity - but with only weeks until the UN Oceans meeting in New York, leaders need to stop talking and start acting!

That’s why we’ve made a tool so you can share a video message with leaders demanding that they turn up in New York with a plan to protect the oceans now before it’s too late.

Discussions for a global oceans treaty have been going on since 2002 , and all the while things have only been getting worse for our oceans. Industrial fishing is driving species to the brink - we’ve lost 70% of sharks in the last 50 years alone. Since the talks began there have been 1000 marine heatwave days. Marine heatwaves cause algal blooms, coral bleaching and decimate kelp forests. This also results in mass die-offs of fish and the birds that feed on them. [1,2,3]

At present less than 1% of international waters are protected, and we are running out of time to turn things around before 2030. That’s why this meeting is so important, and we can’t let leaders kick the can down the road again or it will be too late. [4]

Will you take a couple of minutes to record a message for leaders to let them know in your own words why they have to act now to protect the oceans?

We’ve created a tool that makes it quick and easy for you to record and share your video message with leaders as they gather in New York to discuss ocean protection. Millions of you have already signed the petition, but this will make it personal. This way leaders will get to hear the voices and see the faces of our movement to protect the oceans.

Thanks for your support

Aiyan Maharasingam

Greenpeace UK

NOTES:

[1] Protecting the Ocean We Need - Securing the Future We Want

[2] Half a century of global decline in oceanic sharks and rays

[3] Marine heat waves threaten kelp forests

[4] Ocean sanctuaries

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