{"id":8678,"date":"2023-09-18T11:40:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T15:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=8678"},"modified":"2023-11-22T12:03:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T16:03:06","slug":"investing-in-life-below-water-is-an-investment-all-sustainable-development-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2023\/09\/18\/investing-in-life-below-water-is-an-investment-all-sustainable-development-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in life below water is an investment in all sustainable development goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/\/Canva-SeagrassFish-Stock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8729 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/\/Canva-SeagrassFish-Stock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/Canva-SeagrassFish-Stock.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/Canva-SeagrassFish-Stock-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/Canva-SeagrassFish-Stock-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/Canva-SeagrassFish-Stock-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/Canva-SeagrassFish-Stock-1536x1187.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>This piece is now available on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2023\/09\/for-the-oceans-global-community-must-fund-sustainable-development-goal-14-commentary\/\">Mongabay<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During New York Climate Week, climate leaders will gather together to make essential decisions to mitigate the effects of climate change. It is critical that our oceans are a priority.<\/p>\n<p>The ocean is profoundly underfunded, and yet it is absolutely vital to billions of lives around the world and climate resilience. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, \u201cLife Below Water,\u201d is the least funded of the SDGs \u2014 despite the fact that it can support all of the other Sustainable Development Goals. Without serious investment in our oceans, we risk missing the mark overall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read about the critical need to achieve this goal to ensure the health of our oceans on <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2023\/09\/for-the-oceans-global-community-must-fund-sustainable-development-goal-14-commentary\/\">Mongabay<\/a> now.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This piece is now available on Mongabay. During New York Climate Week, climate leaders will gather together to make essential decisions to mitigate the effects of climate change. 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