Environment. "The ocean is boiling": Emmanuel Macron opens the UN conference in Nice
The French president opened the oceans summit on Monday morning by stating that enough countries had committed to signing the High Seas Treaty, which will therefore be implemented.
Emmanuel Macron opened the UN Oceans Conference in Nice this Monday morning. Photo: Sipa/Dominique Jacovides
"If the Earth is warming, the ocean is boiling": Emmanuel Macron called for "mobilization" on Monday at the opening of the UN conference on oceans in Nice , calling for more "multilateralism."
And it seems to have been heard: 15 countries have committed to signing the High Seas Treaty in the last few hours, bringing the number of signatories to a sufficient number for the treaty, signed in 2023, to enter into force. "So it's a done deal," Emmanuel Macron rejoiced.
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The French president also insisted that Greenland, where he is due to go at the end of the week, but which is coveted by Donald Trump 's United States, was "not for sale."
"The abyss is not for sale, any more than Greenland is for sale, any more than Antarctica or the high seas are for sale," he said.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also denounced "the threat of unilateralism" hanging over the oceans. "We cannot allow what happened to international trade to happen to the sea," he added.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, for his part, said that the deep seabed should not become a "Wild West," while US President Donald Trump wants to unilaterally launch mining in international waters in the Pacific.
"I hope we can turn this around. That we can replace looting with protection," he said.
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