Pacific Environment - Protecting the living environment of the Pacific Rim

Welcome to Pacific Environment’s December newsletter! This month, we highlight a major grant from the U.N. Environment Programme that will propel our marine conservation into the new year, consider ways to avoid toxic chemicals in our holiday purchases and...

I got off the plane to find a long list of texts — messages filled with anger and disappointment about the delay of the historic climate framework at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). Those words were still echoing in...

Cyber Monday is the busiest online shopping day of the year in the United States. In 2024, it generated...

​​​California’s leadership in sustainable trade took center stage in Tokyo o​​n Sept. 29, 2025,​ during a ​California trade mission​...

Welcome to Pacific Environment’s October newsletter! This month, we explore how marine protected areas are safeguarding ocean biodiversity and...

OSLO — Norway has a unique opportunity to stamp its influence on the clean up of Arctic shipping, ahead of an upcoming International Maritime Organization meeting in February 2026 in London that will set rules on what fuels can be used in the immediate future by shipping in the...

Bangkok (November 7, 2025) – Seven community-based organisations across the East Asian Seas have been awarded a total of USD 350,000 through the SEA Grants program to protect and conserve marine and coastal ecosystems in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand. Coastal communities in this region, a global centre of...

SAN FRANCISCO — The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Singapore and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries...

SAN FRANCISCO — Around 31 million people in the U.S. live near ports, breathing toxic diesel pollution from ships,...

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The fifth resumed session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee to advance a global plastics treaty (INC-5.2)...

Black carbon from Arctic shipping is accelerating climate breakdown. Pacific Environment's new report calls for urgent regulation to switch to cleaner fuels and protect the Arctic.

Pacific Environment’s new report exposes the hidden costs of scrubber wastewater — from severe ecological damage to serious human health risks. With the International Maritime Organization’s Pollution Prevention and Response Subcommittee meeting in London (January 27–31, 2025), we are calling for an immediate global ban on scrubber discharge into...

Two reports co-released today by Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California Berkeley and Energy & Environmental Research...

Plastic pollution threatens the ecological environment, human health, and is a key driver of climate change. Single-use plastic is...

In honor of International Plastic Free Day and ahead of the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations, Pacific Environment has released...