To keep the focus on the oceans in the run-up to COP21, a Parley Talks session and launch event under the title “Oceans. Climate. Life.” was held at the United Nations in New York, on the occasion of the High-Level Meeting on Climate Change convened by the President of the General Assembly.

"Her Deepness" Dr. Sylvia Earle urges us to consider the impacts of marine plastic pollution, overfishing, ocean acidification and human-driven changes she has witnessed in the span of just 50 years.

Marco Spier blends science fiction, advertising and design to bring alternate realities to life. The founder of Psyop reaches millions of people around the world through the power of visual storytelling — a skill he's now bringing to the ocean cause.

Orbiting the Earth in under two hours, you see a sunrise and sunset every 45 minutes. NASA astronaut Leland Melvin has seen the oceans from a vantage point few will experience first-hand: outer space.

Acclaimed photographic artist, filmmaker, and cultural activist Chris Jordan believes we have lost touch with what we love in turning away from dark realities. His works bridge the gap. 

Engineer-turned-whale scientist Christopher Clark is one of the sea's best listeners. In his Parley Talk, Clark explores the science of bioacoustics and the devastating ways human-induced noise pollution is silencing the sea.

Dec. 8-9, Parley for the Oceans turned the legendary Les Bains into a collaboration space for "Oceans. Climate. Life." at COP21 in Paris.

Iain Kerr, CEO of Ocean Alliance, has spent the last couple decades using unobtrusive methods to better understand what’s out there, and what it means to the animals. At Parley Wall Street, he shares key findings from the Voyage of the Odyssey, a 5 ½-year journey of 87,000 nautical miles spent collecting the first-ever global data set on toxic contaminants by studying the sperm whale.

Felix Hallwachs, Managing Director of Little Sun, believes that by collaboratively participating in the creative process, we can shape a better and brighter world.

Marine ecosystems are on the brink of a complete collapse as a result of plastic pollution and other irresponsible human activities. Miranda Wang first witnessed the reality of our plastic waste problem upstream, on a field trip to a local landfill during her junior year of high school.