There is a name that has survived the opening today of the third UN Summit over the Oceans of Nice, and this has been none other than US President Donald Trump. His name has been the center of all criticism about their attitude and their denialist policies that do not recognize climate change or bet on the defense of the environment.
The host of the appointment, the French president Emmanuel Macron, as well as the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, made these reproaches in a somewhat veiled way while demanding to maintain the multilateralism and defend science in the protection of the oceans.
«I say it high and clear. Oceanic abysses are not for sale, nor is Greenland not conquered. Antarctica or international waters are not on sale either, ”said Macron, in an incisive tone, referring to Trump’s projects.
The Summit on the Oceans Reniega de Trump
The great absent on the third UN Summit over the Oceans of Nice, US President Donald Trump has been the target of criticism by certain world leaders due to their expansionist plans and His intention to exploit mining at the bottom of the sea.
On the opening day of the appointment, the host, the French president Emmanuel Macron, and, to a lesser extent, the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, made these reproaches in an evening, while urgently urged to maintain multilateralism and defend science.
He also joined the criticism, the Brazilian president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose country will host the COP 30 in the Amazon city of Belém. «I say it high and clear. Oceanic abysses are not for sale, nor is Greenland not conquered. Antarctica or international waters are not on sale either, ”said Macron, in an incisive tone, referring to Trump’s projects.
Without quoting it at any time, The French president stressed the role that oceans have in climate change and said that it is not “it is not a matter of opinion and yes about scientific facts.”
He also spoke of the need to preserve “a science, free and open” – in another allusion to the US administration – and ironized about the plans of the world’s leading power to send a manned mission to Mars. “Before rushing to Mars, it is better to meet our best friend, which is the ocean,” launched.
Macron considered that in Niza, where 63 heads of state and government have gathered, it is time to “give strength to multilateralism.”
In a more institutional speech, Guterres warned that international waters “cannot become the savage west” and, to regulate it, urged countries to ratify the Agreement on marine biological diversity in areas outside the national jurisdiction (BBNJ).
«Nations are also exploring new horizons in seabed mining: we must do so balancing justified concerns about environmental impact with the legitimate interest in resources. All this to support a sustainable oceanic economy and the transition to green energy, ”he advocated.
Rejection of the predation of the seabed of the oceans
The Brazilian president, Lula da Silva, said that his country will ratify the BBNJ until the end of the year and, referring to the administration’s plans Trumpasked to be prevented “The mineral predatory career” In the oceans.
“We cannot allow what has happened to the rules of international trade, which have been so eroded that the International Trade Organization (WTO) has become practically inoperative,” criticized Lula, in a new evening criticism of his American counterpart. For the Chief of State of Brazil, the oceans cannot be converted “In the geopolitical dispute scenario.”
Reflex with the disinterest of the United States at Nice’s appointment, Trump sent Edward Russo, who directs environmental issues in the White House, but not a member of his government.
During the Plenary, a complaint of the Russian representative at the Summit, who accused France of not having visited a Russian head who had allegedly participated in the organization of the summit and in the preparation of the statement.
Among other intervening on this inaugural day, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, called to ratify the BBNJ, adopted in 2023 and that only Spain has ratified the EU.
«Europe will contribute 40 million euros to the global ocean program. So today I ask everyone: please accelerate ratification. The ocean needs us to play our role, ”Von der Leyen appealed.
Among the 63 heads of state and government present in Nice, are the president of Peru, Dina Boluarte; that of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, and heads of State of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader; from Argentina, Javier Milei; from Paraguay, Santiago Peña; and from Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves.
The latter, co -chair of the summit next to Macron, said that, despite the millions of tons of plastic that end at sea every year and that the 90 % of the species are at the overweight edge, The ocean can “become a solution if we have courage and intelligence to change our ways of acting.” EFE / ECOticias.com