--- description: Thomson is the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean and co-chair of Friends of Ocean Action at the World Economic Forum. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Peter Thomson ## Peter Thomson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Thomson is the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean and co-chair of Friends of Ocean Action at the World Economic Forum. ## Peter Thomson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Nov 30, 2023 ### [The Ocean Is Our Best Chance At Survival](https://time.com/6341040/ocean-climate-change-cop-28/) If COP28 is to succeed, it must focus on the seas, argues Peter Thomson, the U.N. Secretary-General’... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 10, 2023 ### [The High Seas Treaty is Only the Beginning](https://time.com/6261890/high-seas-treaty-protect-oceans/) The High Seas Treaty deserves our admiration. But it is not our destination, writes Peter Thomson. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 12, 2019 ### [The Ocean Is in Trouble and Current Global Commitments Aren’t Enough to Save It](https://time.com/5669048/ocean-warming-climate-change/) We all have a stake in the Ocean's health, writes the UNSG's Special Envoy for the Ocean [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/peter-thomson/","name":"Peter Thomson"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/peter-thomson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/peter-thomson/"},"name":"Peter Thomson","jobTitle":null,"description":"Thomson is the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean and co-chair of Friends of Ocean Action at the World Economic Forum.","url":"https://time.com/author/peter-thomson/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```