UN Department of Peacebuilding and Political Affairs: Taking Immersive Storytelling to the Security Council | Treaty of the High Seas Negotiations Continue in New York
UN Department of Peacebuilding and Political Affairs: Taking Immersive Storytelling to the Security Council | Treaty of the High Seas Negotiations Continue in New York
Interview with the UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, WWF at the Treaty of the High Seas meetings in New York, UNESCO Internet for Trust Conference kicks-off in Paris
UN Headquarters in New York
World Wide Fund for Nature, WWF, is in New York, at the negotiating table, to get the Treaty of the High Seas primed.
Get a taste of the interview with one of their leading policy officers, Jessica Battle to get up to speed on the conversation about why the ocean and biodiversity are central to addressing climate change.
The meeting started Monday 20 February, at the highest political level, and has a very ambitious goal: the establishment of an international agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction, or also known as the Treaty of the High Seas.
The process is convened under the auspices of the United Nations, with the EU steering it, and now the US also announced that will be pushing it to the top of the agenda.
Areas beyond national jurisdiction comprise more than two thirds of the ocean.
The treaty will address designated marine protected areas, human activities regulation, and protection of biodiversity in the High Seas.
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