On Wednesday 28 May, the European Union ratified the Treaty of the High Seas, a historic international agreement designed to protect the oceans, tackle environmental degradation, curb climate change and halt biodiversity loss, announced the European Commission on the same day (see EUROPE B13647A9).
The EU’s ratification comes just a few days before the United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC), scheduled to take place in Nice from 9 to 13 June.
Furthermore, six EU Member States have...