{"id":53990,"date":"2022-08-15T03:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=53990"},"modified":"2022-08-15T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T17:16:10","slug":"un-negotiations-to-decide-the-fate-of-the-oceans-begin-greenpeace-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/53990\/un-negotiations-to-decide-the-fate-of-the-oceans-begin-greenpeace-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"UN negotiations to decide the fate of the oceans begin, Greenpeace comment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New York<\/strong> \u2014 The final negotiations for a Global Ocean Treaty begin today and run until Aug. 26 at the United Nations. The outcome of the meeting will determine the fate of the oceans for generations to come. <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/oceans-and-fisheries\/ocean\/international-ocean-governance\/protecting-ocean-time-action_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canada, along with 48 countries, has committed to deliver an ambitious Treaty in 2022<\/a>. These commitments must now become reality.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Sarah King, head of Greenpeace Canada\u2019s Oceans &amp; Plastics campaign, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cGovernments have been discussing a Treaty for two decades, while life in the oceans has borne the brunt of the climate crisis and suffered catastrophic losses across food chains and ecosystems. Canada pledged to help secure an ambitious Treaty to protect the oceans; the next two weeks will show if our delegation will lead on that promise. \u201d<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Laura Meller of Greenpeace\u2019s Protect the Oceans campaign said from New York: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThese negotiations are a once-in-a-generation opportunity to protect the blue part of our blue planet. The oceans sustain all life on Earth but for too long, we\u2019ve neglected them. Delegates must finalise a strong Treaty this August. A weak Treaty, or any further delay, will maintain the broken status quo that has pushed the oceans into crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>If a strong Global Ocean Treaty is not finalised in New York it will be virtually impossible to deliver 30&#215;30 \u2014 at least 30% of the oceans protected by 2030. Scientists say this is the absolute minimum required to give the oceans space to recover.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>To be considered a success, the meeting must deliver a Treaty that:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sets as a primary objective the establishment of a global network of Marine Protected Areas.<\/li><li>Allows states, through a Conference of Parties (COP), to establish ocean sanctuaries, free from destructive activities like fishing and deep sea mining.<\/li><li>Allows the COP to make decisions by vote when a consensus is not possible.<\/li><li>Defines Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to allow for the creation of fully and highly protected areas, which are most cost effective.<\/li><li>Allows the COP to decide whether activities such as fishing are allowed or prohibited in MPAs, without deferring to existing bodies.<\/li><li>Allows the COP to adopt interim or emergency measures to protect an area pending the establishment of an MPA.<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p>In the two decades since a Treaty was first discussed, more than a hundred marine species have become critically endangered. <a href=\"https:\/\/globalfishingwatch.org\/research\/global-footprint-of-fisheries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Industrial fishing pressure also now covers at least 55% of the global oceans<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/publication\/27261\/in-hot-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">climate crisis continues to damage the oceans\u2019 ability to regulate our planet\u2019s climate and temperature<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><br>ENDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>For visuals, <a href=\"https:\/\/media.greenpeace.org\/collection\/27MDHUHG0ETL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">see here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>For the media briefing, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2022\/08\/bd2d4777-igc5-media-briefing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>see here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Brandon Wei, Communications officer, Greenpeace Canada<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:brandon.wei@greenpeace.org\">brandon.wei@greenpeace.org<\/a>, +1 778 772-6138<\/p>\n\n<p>James Hanson, Global Media Lead, Greenpeace UK<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:james.hanson@greenpeace.org\">james.hanson@greenpeace.org<\/a> \/ +44 7801 212 994<br><br>Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Greenpeacepress\">@greenpeacepress<\/a> on Twitter for our latest international press releases&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final negotiations for a Global Ocean Treaty begin today and run until Aug. 26 at the United Nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":52543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"p4_og_title":"","p4_og_description":"","p4_og_image":"","p4_og_image_id":"","p4_seo_canonical_url":"","p4_campaign_name":"not set","p4_local_project":"not set","p4_basket_name":"not set","p4_department":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[31],"p4-page-type":[14],"class_list":["post-53990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nature","tag-oceans","p4-page-type-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53990"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53996,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53990\/revisions\/53996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53990"},{"taxonomy":"p4-page-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/p4-page-type?post=53990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}