May 28, 2026 · 26 min · 15 segments
From Hay Festival 2026, a dive into a big year for our oceans, with plankton specialist Vincent Doumeizel and physicist turned oceanographer Helen Czerski. Vincent is author of the Power of Plankton…
Vincent DoumeizelGuest
Helen CzerskiGuest
Tom WhippleHost
It is the 58th session of the UN General Assembly, and we have reached agenda item 52A.
It read, "Requests the Secretary General to convene the fifth meeting of the consultative process in New York from the 7th to the 11th of June 2004 and provide it with the necessary facilities." You still with me?
Last year, their recommendations were ratified by the 60th country, which means that this year the UN High Seas Treaty has entered law.
For the first time, we have environmental rules to deal with the tragedy of our biggest and probably most tragic collective commons, the sea.
This is possibly the most important year for sea politics and sea science in decades.
It is the 58th session of the UN General Assembly, and we have reached agenda item 52A.
It read, "Requests the Secretary General to convene the fifth meeting of the consultative process in New York from the 7th to the 11th of June 2004 and provide it with the necessary facilities." You still with me?
Last year, their recommendations were ratified by the 60th country, which means that this year the UN High Seas Treaty has entered law.
For the first time, we have environmental rules to deal with the tragedy of our biggest and probably most tragic collective commons, the sea.
This is possibly the most important year for sea politics and sea science in decades.
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