Professor Thompson, recently named by TIME magazine among its 100 most influential people in the world for 2025, said: „In the past quarter of a century, most of the world has become more aware of the threats facing our planet. The key questions have always been around the best way of tackling them. Marine scientists have shown that a combination of global and local action can bring about positive change – the successful banning of tributyltin (TBT) by the International Maritime Organization in 2003 being a notable example. As international discussions continue around factors such a Global Plastics Treaty and the most effective ways to reduce global warming, it is important that we recognise past environmental success and build on them.”

What the scientists got right

Oil spills would decrease in frequency and quantity;
More food would be collected from rocky shores, both recreationally and commercially;
The global redistribution of non-native species would increase as global temperatures change;
A combination of agricultural intensification, and riverside and coastal urbanisation, would lead to increased sediment running into rivers, estuaries and seas.

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