★Written by the Senior Adviser to the UN Global Compact’s Ocean Programme, The Plankton Miracle uncovers the hidden connections between these microscopic organisms and the survival of our planet.
★A timely exploration of the smallest life forms with the largest impact.

Readers will encounter unforgettable stories: a scientist who survived 65 days crossing the Atlantic eating only plankton, and the truth behind ancient myths of “blood rain” traced back to plankton blooms. How plankton made life on Earth possible - and why it's the key to our future.

Vincent Doumeizel
Vincent Doumeizel, Senior Advisor Ocean, United Nations Global Compact, France
Vincent started working in Africa for the French government supporting international aid. There he realized the impact of poverty and global hunger and decided to devote his life to mitigate them. With now 20 years experience in the Food sector, he is now Senior Adviser for Ocean at United Nations Global Compact as well as director for the Food Programme for the Lloyd’s Register Foundation. Partnering with institutions and large brands, Vincent led the “Seaweed Manifesto” in a call to scale up the seaweed industry in order to address our most important challenges (hunger, climate change, pollution, poverty, etc..). Vincent is now leading the 1st global platform for Seaweed Stakeholders, the Global Seaweed Coalition and actively advocate for seaweed in all medias and high level events around the globe (see here)
Vincent released “The Seaweed Revolution”, a reference book that already received many awards & accolades around the world.

Organization info:
The UN Global Compact is the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative with 13000 corporate participants and other stakeholders over 170 countries with two objectives: "Mainstream the ten principles in business activities around the world" and "Catalyse actions in support of broader UN goals. It is a non-binding United Nations pact to encourage businesses worldwide to adopt sustainable and socially responsible policies, and to report on their implementation. The UN Global Compact is stating ten principles in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption. Under the Global Compact, companies are brought together with UN agencies, labor groups and civil society.