
Melissa Wright
@melissaw_enviro
@Bloombergdotorg Environment | Passion for global action to protect our oceans from the threat of climate change. Tweets my own. 🐟
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http://www.bloomberg.org/program/environment/vibrant-oceans/ 12-12-2012 18:05:37
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ICYMI: This week, Bloomberg Philanthropies helped organize “High Ambition for the High Seas,” an event to galvanize support for the historic #HighSeasTreaty & unveil a new Chile-led initiative, #BBNJ First Movers! #ClimateWeekNYC Details: bit.ly/3XVKnxD


Glad to be joining forces with Emmanuel Macron and the French government to drum up support & ratifications for the #HighSeasTreaty and advance global ocean conservation ahead of next year’s #UNOC3! 🌊🇫🇷 Bloomberg Philanthropies #ClimateWeekNYC


We’re not where we need to be to protect our ocean and the lives that depend on it. A recent report, supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, highlights key actions governments need to take now to protect our ocean. See how we can turn the tide at #COP16.

Powerful call-to-action from climate activist Brianna Fruean! 🌊 Ahead of #COP16, we must hold governments accountable to their commitment to protect and conserve at least 30% of the ocean by 2030. Proud to support the Together for the Ocean campaign. for-the-ocean.org


New piece on getting 30x30 back on track by Melissa Wright👇🏼#COP16Colombia #COP16EnCali #30x30 #ocean Bloomberg Philanthropies bit.ly/3YC4zVZ



NEWS 📰 At #COP16, we joined top philanthropies including Arcadia, Bezos Earth Fund, & more in a $51.7M pledge to fast-track the creation of MPAs in the high seas–the largest private funding to date to protect the high seas! 🌊 #30x30 Bloomberg Philanthropies bloombg.org/3YKOhsL


🪸BIG NEWS! The world’s largest coral – measuring longer than a blue whale 🐋 - has been found near the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean by a National Geographic Pristine Seas expedition. As we celebrate this marvel, we also recognize our responsibility to protect it. Coral reefs like this

By protecting over 625M acres of ocean from new offshore drilling, President Donald J. Trump took a key step today toward protecting 30% of U.S. waters by 2030. Bloomberg Philanthropies will keep working with @Oceana & other partners to ensure we reach 30% of all ocean by 2030.

The Marshall Islands are home to some of the most vibrant marine ecosystems in the world, including coral reefs that Enric Sala describes as a “time machine.” Fantastic that these healthy ecosystems will now be protected! 🪸 National Geographic Pristine Seas bit.ly/4hb7hsk




Ahead of next month’s #UNOC, actor, activist, and @Oceana board member Ted Danson is calling for greater transparency in the seafood supply chain in a powerful new op-ed. Read more in Inter Press Service: bit.ly/3SpbBcI Global Fishing Watch

Co-produced by our friends at NatGeo Pristine Seas, Ocean with David Attenborough shines a light on the ocean’s magnificence, the impacts of bottom trawling, & the urgent need to achieve 30x30. Mark your calendars for the premiere, Sat 6/7 on National Geographic. 🌊 @Oceana Global Fishing Watch


At #UNOC3, world leaders finally named transparency and technology as essential to protecting our ocean. Now what? In a new op-ed, Bloomberg Philanthropies’s Melissa Wright and our CEO TonyLong-CEO-GFW lay out what must happen next. 🔗 globalfishingwatch.org/opinion/at-uno… #30x30 #OceanTransparency
