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World leaders call for end to 'plunder' at U.N. ocean summit
World leaders at a United Nations conference in France now call for an end to ocean-plundering activity with a global ...
UNOC: The mining industry's growing appetite for the ocean floor drives debate at UN ocean conference
Extracting rare metals from the ocean floor risks harming largely unexplored ecosystems and presents a dilemma the ...
Inside Climate News6h
UN Ocean Conference Opens With a Call to Defend the Deep Sea
Marine experts say governments must protect fragile ecosystems from destructive practices such as bottom trawling and deep ...
What’s At Stake As Leaders Gather To Negotiate The Future of Our Oceans
The document describes oceans as facing a “global emergency,” ravaged by warming temperatures, plastic pollution, and the ...
Radio France Internationale13h
Macron rallies nations to protect oceans as UN sounds alarm on marine crisis
As world leaders gather on the French Riviera to confront mounting threats to the oceans, momentum is building behind a ...
RTÉ Ireland8h
Absence of high-ranking US delegation Ocean Conference 'disappointing' - Taoiseach
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has described as "disappointing" the absence of a high-ranking delegation from the United States at ...
At Nice's UN Ocean Conference, the international community is rallying to save the seas
Global warming, acidification, overfishing, pollution – oceans are suffering. From June 9 to 13, around 60 heads of state ...
Radio France Internationale12h
Scientists launch Ocean health barometer Starfish at UN summit
A new initiative to monitor the health of the world’s oceans was unveiled Sunday at the United Nations Ocean Conference in ...