From June 9 to June 13, the coastal city will host the UN Nice, the Third Ocean Conference (UNOC 3). France and Costa Rica are co-leading this high-level event, and the goal is to deal with the emergency of the deep sea, which scientists are constantly warning alert.
The general secretary of economic and social affairs and general secretary of the conference, Lee Junhu, told UN News that there is an unprecedented crisis in the oceans due to climate change, plastic pollution, loss of ecosystem and excessive use of marine resources.
“We hope that this conference will inspire unprecedented ambition, innovative partnership and probably a healthy competition.”
The pressure is on the top. To ensure new resolution, partnership and accountability, the world leaders, scientists, workers and traders are gathering in UNOC 3 to try to share the crisis on the oceans.
One week -long discussion is expected to be introduced on a political advertisement and Nice Ocean action plan, which will be targeted for sea protection and their continuous use.
Ocean
This crisis is not the fear of the future. This is happening now. In April this year, the sea surface touched its second highest level. At the same time, in large -scale coral rocks in history, they are being damaged, they are turning white. It is seen in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and some parts of the Pacific Ocean.
The coral wall, about 25 percent of the sea species nurtures and there are billions of dollars for tourism and jail communities, but they are disappearing in front of us.
Their loss can cause anxious consequences for biodiversity, food protection and climate tolerance.
And this loss is not just limited here. Only 90 percent of the oceans are derived by excess heat due to greenhouse gas emissions. This amount is now touching its limits.
Li Junhua said that plastic pollution, reduction of biodiversity, acidication of the sea and their growing temperature are all related to climate change.
Stop important for change
However, progress has also been recorded in the effort to address this crisis. In 2022, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has set an agreement to prevent excess fish, which has now stopped harmful subsidies.
The following year, after a long stagnation, the member states passed the ‘high sea’ agreement to save marine life in international water areas. This agreement can now be applied to a great conference.
However, only principles can not overcome this risk that grown in front of the ecosystem. “Global revenge is inadequate.”
Progress, not only depends on political will, but also at the same level of resources.
More than 5 percent of the marine ecosystem is either victims, or they are not being used continuously.
Financial resources require
The ocean contributes significantly to nurturing life on earth. They produce about 50 percent oxygen and protect us from the extreme effects of the climate. However, their protection, efforts for rescue do not get completely investment.
Sustainable Development Agender focuses on life within the 14th goal water surface and this goal has achieved the lowest resources in 17 sustainable development goals.
According to a hypothesis, sea protection and marine ecosystem will be needed for the next five years to require $ 175 billion annually. However only $ 10 billion was provided between 2015 and 2019.
This effort is an important goal of the NIS conference to ensure financial resources and investment at adequate level.
Pretty action plan
The theme of the Ocean Conference (UNOC 3) is: Eater protection and verb for sustainable use and lambandy on all sides.
For five days, participants will discuss many big questions: how to prevent phishing in illegal way, how to reduce plastic pollution and how to increase the economy of focusing on marine protection.
Hundreds of new resolutions are likely to be published. From the first ocean conference held in 2017, more than two thousand volunteer resolutions have been published.
Nice Ocean Action Scheme, Kunming-Mantile will be given a place according to the worldwide biodiversity structure. In 2022, the agreement to conservation of biodiversity has been called for at least 5 percent of the world to preserve the sea and ecosystem by 2021.
In addition to the new resolution, this action plan will also have a formal advertisement, a political document is described as a political document targeted in concrete action.
The political advertisement led by Australia and Cabo Verd is focused on sea protection and sustainable sea-based economy and efforts will be made to take immediate action to improve them.
A few important figures
- Every year 1.2 million metric tons are integrated into the plastic ocean, which is the equivalent of a truck burdening the garbage every minute. Representatives appointed by Ness will try to continue a global contract to deal with plastic pollution at its source.
- 60 percent of the marine ecosystem is victimized, or they are not used in a sustainable manner. The goal of this conference will be launched to strengthen efforts to conserve the ocean by 5 percent and to reduce carbon dependence on marine transport.
- In 1970, the Global Fish Reserve was 90 percent of their safe biological levels, but it has dropped to 62 percent in 2021. At the Nice Conference, it is hoped that an international contract for fishing will be paved.
- More than three billion people depend on marine biodiversity for their daily living. The conference will strengthen funding for the sea -based economy and encourage the solutions led by community.
Plastic, paper, wood, metal and other substances have been dissolved in the depth of the beach and at the depth of the sea.
Beautiful from Paris
The conference in Nice is being held a decade after the Paris Climate Agreement. The Paris Agreement has set the target to reduce the growing global average temperature.
During the Nice Conference, there will be an attempt to keep the oceans at the center of the climate work and try to deal with the sad crisis.
The city of France is not just a host. It is also a part of this story. The rising temperature of the Mediterranean is 20 percent higher than the global average and therefore it is a ‘hotspot’ in terms of climate change.
This conference really strengthens the health of the oceans or the only resolution pulses, depending on the measures and solutions introduced by countries, companies and communities.