“Nothing Can Be for the Oceans What the Rio Summit Was for Climate and Biodiversity: a Fundamental Act”, French Ambassador Sums Up

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Nice does not get the most ambitious agenda, but steps have been taken on the right path. The increase in ratifications of the High Sea Treaty was the great leap that allows its entry into force in early 2026, which may make it difficult for mining projects in the deep sea, still far from a global binding moratorium. The ocean ceases to be an unregulated space, and there will soon be an ocean summit, with binding decisions, similar to what alrea…

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The Third United Nations Conference on the Ocean resulted in an unoperational political declaration, but it has accelerated the ratification of the High Seas Treaty and remobilised opposition to deep seabed exploitation.