Political

AGREEMENT REACHED TO ADVANCE HIGH SEAS TREATY

UN Secretary-General makes a final plea to delegates to adopt a robust and ambitious treaty

Yellow card warning to stop time-wasting at critical UN High Seas Treaty negotiations

High Seas Alliance statement to delegations at the resumed IGC5

Letter from the High Seas Alliance to the UN Secretary-General

Follow the resumed IGC5 negotiations through the HSA Treaty Tracker

Letter from Heads of Organisations of the High Seas Alliance and other partners to world governments on the new biodiversity agreement for the ocean:

REACTION: COP15 OUTCOME RECOGNISES THE IMPORTANCE OF BLUE NATURE

Ministers reaffirm their ambition to finalize in March groundbreaking new Treaty to safeguard life in the high seas

G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ Communiqué calls for the conclusion of High Seas Treaty negotiations in 2022

CEOs and Leaders in global conservation organizations in a call to world governments

Le Monde: 19 NGOs call for the One Ocean Summit to result in concrete advances to the BBNJ Treaty and global ocean protection

Final G20 Leaders’ Communiqué urges the finalization of the High Seas Treaty as soon as possible

IUCN World Conservation Congress Urges U.N. to Finalize Treaty to Protect High Seas by Early 2022

The Honourable Kirk Humphrey calls for the rapid conclusion of an ambitious High Seas Treaty

G20 Leaders highlight the importance of progressing the High Seas Treaty negotiations

France-Oceania Summit Declaration calls to conclude, as soon as possible in 2022, a new and ambitious treaty to protect biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction

G7 Climate and Environment Ministers’ Meeting Communiqué includes reference to BBNJ

International Ocean Governance Forum Webinar

US Climate Summit

Wilson Center Panel – Building Ocean Resilience in the face of Climate Change