US EditionNice Ocean Summit Advances High Seas Treaty and Strengthens Marine Protections
- World leaders gathered in Nice on Monday for the UN Ocean Conference to advance marine protection and regulate deep-sea mining.
- This event followed growing concerns over US President Trump's unilateral push to fast-track seabed mining in international waters.
- The conference saw 19 countries ratify the High Seas Treaty last week, raising total ratifications to 50, still short of the 60 needed for enactment.
- French envoy Poivre d'Arvor called it "a significant victory" but noted "one country may be missing," referring to limited US involvement and Trump's policy.
- The summit concluded with the adoption of the Nice Ocean Action Plan, featuring over 800 voluntary commitments and a collective appeal to enhance ocean conservation, reduce environmental contaminants, regulate international waters, and increase financial support for vulnerable coastal and island communities.
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2025 UN World Oceans Day Highlights ‘Wonder’ of the Deep Blue Sea
Each year since 2009, United Nations World Oceans Day (UN WOD) has celebrated the vast life-sustaining world that covers 70 percent of our planet, more than 90 percent of which remains unexplored. The theme of this year’s UN WOD is “Wonder: Sustaining what sustains us,” in celebration of the watery world that produces at least half of Earth’s oxygen, is the home of most of the biodiversity on the planet and is the primary source of protein for o…
World leaders back ocean treaty and new marine reserves, but critics say action still lags
The United Nations Ocean Summit in France ended with pledges to ratify a treaty protecting international waters, but world leaders faced pushback for slow progress and weak commitments on key issues like bottom trawling and deep-sea mining.Karen McVeigh reports for The Guardian.In short:Sixty heads of state and 190 ministers met in Nice for the UN ocean summit, where France announced that the high seas treaty is expected to take effect by Januar…
Initiative Launched to Equip 10,000 Vessels for Weather Monitoring
A new initiative was launched last week, aimed at improving weather forecasting and ocean monitoring. The initiative - dubbed 10,000 Ships for the Ocean - aims to increase the number of vessels equipped for ocean and weather monitoring. Although the ocean covers over 70% of the Earth, vast areas remain under-observed. Limited coverage means that there are critical knowledge gaps in some weather systems. The goal is to increase the current fleet …
Strange and Beautiful: Our Oceans and How to Protect Them June 18
Ms. Alex Rose, Science editor of Ocean Geographic Magazine, Founder of Blue Ring, Explorers Club Fellow, award winning nature photographer and environmental journalist, will be present a session, “Strange and Beautiful: Our Oceans and How to Protect Them,” from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.. Wednesday, June 18, at Fresh Start Church, 10 S. Lancaster Avenue,...
66% of Britons don’t know that the ocean is the biggest natural carbon store on Earth and could hold the little-known solution to fighting climate change
Following the global spotlight of UNOC 2025 and the release of David Attenborough’s latest film, the ocean has moved to the heart of climate conversations. The conference united world leaders and scientists around the urgent need to protect marine ecosystems, echoing Attenborough’s powerful reminder that “the most important place on Earth is not on land but at sea.”
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