The United Nations on Monday adopted the first-ever legally binding international treaty governing the high seas. It will govern the use of international waters in a bid to protect ecosystems and head off disputes.
, told CBS News the treaty was"critical for our climate, as the world's oceans play"an important role in regulating our climate - absorbing carbon dioxide and excess heat from the atmosphere, regulating temperatures, and driving our global weather patterns." Marine Protected Areas
It establishes standards and guidelines to determine the environmental impacts of high seas activities, including their impact on marine life and ecosystems. It requires signatory countries to present an assessment of pollution or other impacts of their proposed activities on the high seas, such as deep-sea mining.
It creates a mechanism for the transfer of marine technology to developing countries to ensure equitable sharing Clark, of the Pew Charitable Trusts, told CBS News the hope was that the requisite 60 ratifications would be in-hand by the next"As with all treaties, ratification is the key to bringing it into force, and only then can we implement the benefits accruing. All parties should work towards this being achieved by the time of the next UN Ocean Conference, June 2025, in Nice, France," the U.N.'s Thomson told CBS News.
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