Tuesday, 10 June 2025 () Nice, France (AFP) June 9, 2025
A global summit on the dire state of the oceans kicks off Monday in France, with calls to ban bottom trawling and bolster protections for the world's overexploited marine areas. World leaders attending the UN Ocean Conference in Nice have been told to come up with concrete ideas - and money - to tackle what organisers call a global "emergency" facing the neglected seas. The appeal for
Thousands gather in Nice for a drone show ahead of the UN Ocean Conference, where more than two thousand drones light up the sky with marine creatures. France will host world leaders this week to confront what the UN calls a "global emergency". There is pressure on the conference starting Monday to...