{"id":384852,"date":"2025-08-30T10:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384852\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T10:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:08:11","slug":"motion-for-the-ocean-the-nen-north-edinburgh-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384852\/","title":{"rendered":"Motion for the Ocean \u2013 The NEN \u2013 North Edinburgh News"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTLAND\u2019S CAPITAL DECLARES URGENT NEED FOR OCEAN RECOVERY<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In recognition of its coasts, canals, lochs and estuaries, Edinburgh has become the first Council in Scotland to adopt a \u2018Motion for the Ocean\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Launched by a group of ocean experts, the formal declaration commits local authorities to promote and prioritise ocean recovery during the United Nations\u2019 Decade of the Ocean.<\/p>\n

With waterways at the heart of Edinburgh\u2019s environment, economy and community enjoyment, the pledge was taken by councillors on Thursday (28 August) following a motion from Councillor Conor Savage.<\/p>\n

It will build on existing partnership working to consider improvements to water quality, sustainability and marine education \u2013 including the opportunity for all Edinburgh primary school pupils to experience the ocean first hand.<\/p>\n

Following the decision, the Council Leader will write to the First Minister asking the Scottish Government to consider national protection of coastal communities, while officers will look at how ocean recovery can be achieved under the Council\u2019s existing action plans and strategies, which include the\u00a0Climate Ready Edinburgh Plan<\/a>,\u00a0Water Vision<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Biodiversity Action Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Council Leader Jane Meagher said:<\/strong> \u201cAs a coastal city,\u00a0we all need to take care of the fantastic waterways that surround us. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis includes the Water of Leith which runs the breadth of Edinburgh, and the popular and well visited Firth of Forth which is home to a huge diversity of marine species and is one of the best places in Scotland to see passing dolphins.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important that we play our part in protecting the waterways in and around our city. This new commitment supports not only our net zero target and the fight against climate change but the United Nation\u2019s vision to address issues facing the ocean, so we can continue to protect and preserve our rivers and coasts for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCOTLAND\u2019S CAPITAL DECLARES URGENT NEED FOR OCEAN RECOVERY In recognition of its coasts, canals, lochs and estuaries, Edinburgh…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-384852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115117171962802909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}