The third United Nations Ocean Convention (UNOC 3), scheduled for June 9–13 in Good, France, will convey collectively over 50 heads of state, scientists, civil society, and enterprise leaders to confront what UN officers are calling a “state of emergency” for the planet’s oceans.
“The ocean is suffocating,” stated Li Junhua, UN DESA chief and Secretary-Normal of the summit, citing escalating threats from rising temperatures, acidification, biodiversity loss, plastic air pollution, and predatory fishing. “Our planet’s life help system is in disaster—however we will nonetheless change course.” Co-hosted by France and Costa Rica, the summit will embrace 10 plenary conferences, thematic roundtables, and a collection of parallel occasions. France hopes to make use of the convention to launch a landmark “Good Motion Plan for the Ocean,” modeled after the 2015 Paris Local weather Agree-ment.
“That is an ecological emergency,” stated Jérôme Bonnafont, France’s Everlasting Representa-tive to the UN. “We’d like a pro-ocean settlement that matches the ambition of the Paris Accord.”
