Once 60 countries ratify the treaty, a 120-day countdown begins before it officially enters into force. That would unlock the ability to begin designating protected areas in the high seas and put ...

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But beyond this opening, Bonn laid bare a system in crisis. Even as NATO leaders just 200km away pledged more than US$1 trillion a year in additional military spending, rich polluting countries showed ...

The document describes oceans as facing a “global emergency,” ravaged by warming temperatures, plastic pollution, and the extinction of wildlife. U.N. officials and scientists say that could ...

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But the treaty requires 60 ratifications before coming into force. With 31 countries having pledged their support before the conference, and 18 having ratified the agreement Monday in Nice, France ...