US EditionUNOC: Momentum Carries Summit to Edge of High Seas Treaty Success « Carbon Pulse
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Environmental diplomacy emerged from this third United Nations Conference on the Ocean. "Nice commitments for the ocean" were presented on Friday, at the end of the summit, and the Treaty on the High Seas is on track to be ratified.
The third UN conference on the ocean was concluded on 13 June with half-tone ambitions. In the midst of the crisis of multilateralism, however, steps have been taken in the defence of ecosystems on the high seas or in the fight against plastic pollution.
Far from the chambers and the hustle and bustle of the Third United Nations Conference on the Oceans, held this week in Nice, a French Mediterranean city, the top political leaders expressed their shared determination to conclude, before the end of the year, a world treaty that would allow regulating for the first time the entire life cycle of plastics. “There is a renewed commitment to conclude the treaty in August,” said Jyoti Mathur-Filipp, w…
On Friday 13 June, the UN summit on the oceans ended with concrete advances, but the absence of restrictions on oil or plastic made teeth gnashing.
In addition to the major declarations of intent that marked the summit during the week, the hope that the Treaty on the High Seas would enter into force next year allows France and Costa Rica to show concrete success.
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