US EditionMacron vows to defend science as host of UN oceans summit
- The third UN Oceans Conference will be held in Nice, France, between June 9 and 13.
- The summit is being held amidst concerns that diplomatic efforts to broker global environmental agreements have struggled recently, and as an OECD report warns that the ocean economy's growth could stall.
- President Macron outlined eight priorities for the summit, including expanding ocean areas under international protection, tackling pollution and overfishing, and cleaning up marine transport, with dozens of heads of state expected to attend and a conference of 2,000 scientists from 100 countries preceding the summit.
- At the SOS Ocean Paris Meeting, Macron vowed to defend science, particularly singling out Washington's environmental funding cuts, stating, "In Nice... No action regarding the ocean should be taken without being guided by science," while also aiming to increase the number of nations ratifying a high seas governance treaty from 21 to 60.
- Environment groups, along with figures like Enric Sala and Marco Lambertini, urged Macron to ensure nations fulfill existing conservation pledges before making new ones at the summit, while Kirsten Schuijt cautioned that the UN Ocean Conference might not result in action, and deep-sea mining remains a point of contention, with France taking a "precautionary" approach.
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Protecting the oceans: Emmanuel Macron sets a set of goals for the UN conference in June in Nice
In particular, the Head of State called for the continuation of the fight against "illegal, illegal and unreported fishing", which, according to him, still accounts for between 10 and 20% of production.
SOS Océan Summit: in Paris, the warning cry launched by scientists and representatives of civil society
Two months before the third United Nations Conference on the Ocean, held in Nice in June, the SOS Océan Summit is held on 30 and 31 March in Paris. Scientists and representatives of civil society sound the alarm in the presence of a few political figures, including French President Emmanuel Macron. This meeting is an opportunity to launch a manifesto for the protection of the oceans.
“Neptune, before Mars”: EU and Macron make the ocean a priority and shoot arrows at the USA
With multiple calls for action, the initiative in Paris shows that the ocean is an unbalanced system and that it is necessary to join political will to protect it in a sustainable way.
Manifesto calls for COP in 2026 and international law to reduce plastic
Launched at the SOS Oceano event in Paris, in preparation for the third United Nations ocean conference (UNOC3), to be held in Nice in June, the manifesto addresses all those who “will decide and act for the ocean” and asks for action: “We must act. We must act for the ocean. We have to act with the ocean. We have to act in the ocean.”
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