US EditionMacron Rallies Nations to Protect Oceans as UN Sounds Alarm on Marine Crisis
- French President Emmanuel Macron opened a week-long United Nations Ocean Conference on June 8, 2025, in Nice to address ocean conservation challenges.
- The summit aims to build on the 2023 High Seas Treaty, which requires ratification by 60 countries to legally protect international waters covering two-thirds of the ocean.
- Approximately 50 countries have ratified the treaty, and the summit focuses on accelerating commitments while confronting threats like overfishing, pollution, and climate change effects on marine ecosystems.
- Macron stated the treaty could enter into force early 2026 with sufficient ratifications, while UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged leaders to increase investment, noting only $10 billion of the $175 billion needed yearly was committed.
- The summit expects to finalize the Nice Ocean Action Plan, a set of voluntary commitments to transform pledges into real protections for oceans crucial to climate stability and biodiversity.
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On Tuesday 10 June on France 2, the French President reported on his diplomatic achievements since the inauguration in Nice the previous day of the world conference on the ocean. But scientists as experts of NGOs remain more than sceptical about these announcement effects.
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