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Global Deals to Save Oceans Were In Reach. Then Covid-19 Hit
Virginia Gewin
Before 2020 became the year of Covid-19, it was set to be the “year of the oceans.”
With only a small portion of them protected by law or agreement, expectations were high that bold steps to preserve biodiversity, rein in overfishing and bolster social responsibility were within reach. Then the coronavirus arrived, and high-profile meetings from the High Seas Treaty (the first global agreement to police and manage international waters) to the United Nations Climate Change Conference were postponed.
The oceans are critical to any effort to slow global warming. Delay in global agreements, given how little time is left to avoid catastrophe, has only made matters that much more desperate.
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