The EU Council is expected to endorse a draft political declaration on a ‘high ambition coalition for biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions’ to protect the ocean.
This declaration will be formally adopted at the One Ocean Summit, which will be organised by the French Presidency of the EU Council from 9 to 11 February in Brest. Its objective: to provide the impetus for negotiating an international agreement regulating the high seas. The high seas are beyond national jurisdiction and...