oceans. Zero asks at Lisbon summit and Portugal leadership
Noon the eve of the launch of the 2nd edition of the United Nations Ocean Conference, co-organized by the governments of Portugal and Kenya, under the motto “Save the oceans, protect the future”, until July 1st in Lisbon, Zero also , in an appeal to global leaders for communiqués that protect concrete actions and concerts to protect the oceans and proposed measures for their.
“The oceans (…) are responsible for producing more oxygen than we breathe, they are home to more than 220,000 species and guarantee the livelihood of more than three million people, especially in developing countries and island countries”, begins for referring to Zero.
But “to this immeasurable importance in political, economic and cultural terms, human beings play an indispensable role for humanity and the planet by acting as climate regulators”, because “1% of humanity’s additional heat” is one of the main planet’s carbon gases, also driven into a carbon atmosphere of about a quarter of the carbon dioxide reactions”, underlined.
Therefore, making the oceans unable to cope with the crisis, “in agreement with the planet, in this case, it will fulfill the Paris scenario and establish the same to minimize 1 as consequences for the oceans and avoid irreversible damage to the marine ecosystem” , defends Zero.
“More than commitments, the oceans need concrete, concerted and ambitious measures”, emphasizes the association. Because “the failure of living organisms aims at the need for global agreements, which responsibility there is no failure to fulfill the objectives of preservation and recovery of marine ecosystems, if we seek a paradigm shift in the use of the oceans”.
The context argues that “Portugal, as one of the main oceanic nations in this economic economic zone, with the fifth in Europe and a deep socio-economic link, is in a privileged position to take the lead and leverage the global revolution around the protection economy and restoration”.
And the United Nations Ocean Conference, in Lisbon, will be, in Zero’s opinion, “a decisive moment”.
The proposed measures to be taken from our decisions “towards greater awareness of holistic ocean protection”. From the outset, the principle that aims to explore economic marine resources, the exploitation of environmental resources and to be measured equally to impact adolescents.
As for the decision-making and management processes, “of one voice they are transparent and exclusive, prioritizing in the same processes, justice and management that do not have access to them, have an active voice and do not protect the same access”.
In the understanding, in the sense of environmental and economic justice, their developed countries, more important and at the same time, among the terms of impacts on the marine, or that must be sustained as the richest for the environment also responsibility. oceans, and developing countries. And also the end of the “allocation of licenses for ‘offshore’ exploration for fossil gas and oil and accelerating the energy transition.
But a global network of Navy supervision areas is also crucial, covering 30% of the mares and coastal zones by 2030, ensuring plans to establish adequacy to the specifics of each area of supervision and efficient supervision, to guarantee the control of goals of conservation and recovery of ecosystems”, says Zero.
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In this aspect, one must assume the creation of a creation of a Northeast leadership, to reduce the ECA, in the Atlantic, which must circulate with the passage of the Portuguese coast, over time.
It is still a global moratorium on deep-sea mining, which is necessary for all the risks and impacts of the activity, as well as guaranteeing access to small-scale and artisanal fishing resources and guaranteeing mechanisms for investment and development of more suitable materials”. , it is necessary to ensure the end of subsidization or destructive fishing activities of activities.
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