Some thirty heads of state or government promised, on Friday 11 February in Brest, at the One Ocean Summit organised by French President Emmanuel Macron, to do more to protect the ocean, notably through global treaties to protect the high seas and tackle plastic pollution.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced the launch of a coalition of the 27 EU Member States and 13 other countries to conclude a treaty to protect the high seas, which are not under...