11/06/2025 (Agence Europe) – Alongside the 2025 United Nations Conference on the Oceans, which is being held in Nice (France) until 13 June, the delegation from the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has joined forces with other EU institutions and elected representatives from coastal towns and regions around the world to defend resilient global ocean governance. The CoR notes that the Ocean Rise & Coastal Resilience Summit on 7 June officially launched the Ocean Rise & Coastal Resilience Coalition, an ambitious global initiative joining forces with coastal cities and regions to tackle sea level rise and other climate change impacts. The coalition aims to mobilise 1,000 cities and regions representing one billion people to strengthen collective resilience and develop adaptation strategies. (LC)