What went right this week: protecting the high seas, plus more
Gavin Haines
created: May 30, 2025, 5:59 a.m. | updated: June 16, 2025, 6:50 a.m.
The EU ratified the global ocean treatyA treaty to safeguard the world’s high seas has been ratified by the EU, a move that Greenpeace said was “welcome”.
Amid much fanfare, 115 countries signed up to the UN global ocean treaty in 2023.
Currently, only around 1.2% of the high seas are protected, with the vast majority threatened by overfishing.
States had pledged to ratify the treaty before the UN Ocean Conference next month.
“It gives us hope to see such a large group of European countries ratifying the global ocean treaty, but it’s still not enough,” said Greenpeace’s Lukas Meus.
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