The third U.N. Ocean Conference opened Monday as pressure mounts for nations to turn decades of promises into real protection ...

France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot addresses the audience during a plenary session on the ...

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders to curb practices harming the world's ocean during the opening of the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3). The ...

Climate change, plastic pollution, disappearing ecosystems, and industrial overreach are converging into a single, planetary emergency. But, perhaps the biggest threat of all is one that’s rarely ...

Eighteen countries ratified the High Seas Treaty on Monday, bringing the total to 49 — just 11 short of the 60 needed for the ...

The United States signed the treaty — formally known as the “Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the ...

UN Ocean Conference opens in France with 60 leaders debating deep-sea mining, marine protection zones, and calls for a global ...

COI’s second phase aims to raise €3 billion by 2030 for plastic waste reduction • New focus includes packaging innovation and stronger recycling systems • Africa remains heavily impacted despite low ...

World leaders are gathering in the French city of Nice on Monday for the United Nations Ocean Conference. It comes as just ...