Countries must move from “looting to protection” in order to save the world in the world from the crisis, the President of the United Nations, António GuxresHe said the ocean summit on Monday.
He said at the opening ceremony that all countries must provide “bold pledges”, including the goal of biological diversity to protect at least 30 % of the ocean by 2030, to address plastic pollution and overfishing and for more ruling on the high seas. Guterres also stressed the importance of pluralism and caution, in a clear criticism in the United States, which was not present at the conference: “The deep sea cannot become the wild West.”
“We live in the era of turmoil, but the determination that I see here gives me hope,” said Guterres to the summit in Nice. “I hope we can turn the tide. I hope we can move from looting to protection.”
His words were applauded by the audience, which included 60 world leaders, including the Brazilian President, Luiz Inosio Lula da Silva, and his Argentine counterpart, Javier MileyThe heads of developing countries on the small island, as well as ministers, policy makers, scientists and civil society activists.
The conference, which seeks to obtain the Upper Seas Treaty, comes against the backdrop of an increasing competition for the ocean resources. In April, Donald Trump moved to rapid mining in the depths of the seas under American law, Avoid the ongoing international efforts to regulate this industry. His actions urged the voices of those who call for a stop, amid warnings, which will lead to irreversible damage to weak ecosystems.
Emmanuel Macron, the French President, began his speech with an urgent invitation to “stimulate pluralism behind the Secretary -General of the United Nations” to save the oceans.
“During the burning of the Earth, Macron warned, adding that working together to” mobilize all actors, heads of state and governments that speak here but also scientists “was the only way to address the crisis.
Macron told the leaders that it was a “necessity” for the nations to impose a comment on the depths of the depths of the seas. “It is madness to launch predatory economic work that will disrupt the sea floor in the depths of the seas, disrupts biological diversity, and its destruction … The endowment on the exploitation of the bottom of the seas is an international necessity.”
37 countries have announced so far their support for disappearance or stopping, and in July, the International Sea Football Commission (ISA) will meet to discuss the global mining law.
Macron said the Treaty of the Upper Seas “will be implemented properly” because it is expected to reach 60 credible countries. He did not specify a schedule.
The highest seas is located outside the national borders, where segmented rules and imposition mean so far that the vast region was without law.
Getting 60 countries to ratify the agreement, which itself took 20 years to negotiate, was a decisive goal for him France And what is at the top.
Macron said: “In addition to the fifties already presented here in the past few hours, 15 countries have been officially committed to joining them,” Macron said.
The treaty, signed in 2023, will enter into force 120 days after ratification.30×30“But, too, it is an increase in national water protection.
The French president was criticized for less than others to achieve this goal, by failing to ban fishing in the “protected” areas. On Sunday, France announced it was “challenging” from lower hunting and seeking to protect 4 % of the capital’s water.
“These ads bring more questions than answers,” Nicholas Furnier, the campaign director in Usna, said.
The United Kingdom announced on Sunday that it would ban the bottom window in half of its protected marine areas.
The conference comes as only 2.7 % of the ocean actually protected from destroyed activities, according to the Institute of Maritime Conservation.
