ISPRA supports the Ocean with the international initiative Source to Sea
Stefano Laporta, President of the Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, is among the signatories of the Open Letter launched by the S2S Platform to support the SDG 14 for the health of the Ocean. This letter, to be officially presented during the international ocean conference postponed to next year, calls on leaders across sectors, organisations, and nations to take coordinated action from source to sea to protect and restore ocean health.
The ocean is a treasure trove for biodiversity and an essential source of life, as the air we breathe, the food we eat and the climate on which our survival depends all rely on a healthy ocean. The ocean supports entire communities and industries, sustains hundreds of millions of jobs and helps drive the modern global economy.
Therefore, all sectors of society must understand and take responsibility for their impact on the ocean, whether it is through runoff from agriculture, untreated wastewater from industrial and domestic uses, inadequate solid waste management, extensive water diversion, sediment trapping in reservoirs, wetland drainage or habitat fragmentation as a result of encroachment.
This international appeal in support of the SDG14 in the UN Agenda calls upon decision-makers and citizens to join forces to protect the ocean, from source to sea, and encourage the international community to move towards sustainable consumption and production systems provided by the circular economy.