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World’s nations to gather in France to tackle what UN says is a global emergency in the oceans
- World nations will gather in Nice, France from June 7 to 13 for the third U.N. Ocean Conference to address ocean crises.
- The conference follows rising ocean temperatures, plastic pollution, and overexploitation of marine resources, termed a global emergency by the U.N.
- The event, jointly organized by France and Costa Rica, brings together leaders from governments, scientific communities, the private sector, and civil groups to collaborate and secure funding for ocean-related challenges.
- More than 60 world leaders, about 4,000 officials, and 6,000 civil society members are expected to attend, with calls for $100 billion in new ocean funding.
- Participants expect to adopt the Nice Ocean Action Plan, focusing on sustainable fishing, ocean protection, plastic reduction, and accelerating maritime decarbonization.
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In echo at Unoc-3, the summit on the ocean that it hosts, Nice offers, with its Biennale of Arts and Ocean, no less than 11 poetic exhibitions and engagements on the sea.
World leaders to meet in France to confront ocean crisis and push for $100 billion in pledges
A global conference in Nice next month will convene over 10,000 participants, including world leaders and scientists, to address warming seas, plastic pollution, and dwindling ocean resources.Edith M. Lederer reports for The Associated Press.In short:The U.N. Ocean Conference, hosted by France and Costa Rica from June 7–13, will gather world leaders, businesses, and civil society groups to develop the Nice Ocean Action Plan targeting pollution, …
After two editions in New York (2015) and Lisbon (2022), France and Costa Rica co-host the third Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) in Nice from 9 to 13 June 2025. Ten years after COP21 and the Paris Agreement, UNOC 3 seeks to bring together all United Nations Member States, specialized agencies, civil society, the private sector and international donors and to achieve, with the Nice Ocean Agreements, what had been achieved in 2015 by the climate with th…
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